Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Homeschooling on the MOVE
This past year our family has moved twice and lived in a temporary residence for a month once. So how do you homeschool and move at the same time? I can't tell you from a professional spectrum but I can tell you from experience how we made it through.
I am indeed thankful that we learned about Leadership education and the power of reading and discussing the classics. It was a turning point for our family where academics turned from being all about "SMARTS" and became more about "Virtue and Integrity". Sure I want my kids to be intelligent men and women but I also want them to have the personal and public virtue they need to use their intelligence to protect their freedoms and "BECOME" leaders. Leaders in their homes, communities, work, church services and any other endeavor they choose.
A classic is easy, it can go with you anywhere and everywhere. Often times we will have one playing in the car and one that we read at home or at the park. The most important part is the discussing and that we do as we read. It's not math (sometimes it is) and it's not rocket science but it is, literature, writing, reading, vocabulary, spelling, history and so much more. The kids also kept two other things available during our move; their current biography and their own literature book. We read a lot!
My favorite part of leadership education is teaching the kids to work, how truly important it is for future leaders to know and have good work ethic. It is hard in these modern times to teach kids "real" work. MOVING IS REAL WORK! It turns out that all of our little chores that we do around the house everyday were teaching them how to be hard workers because they certainly kept up with all of the moving. They were a tremendous help!
In a nut shell; moving slowed us down but never stopped us. If you have a move coming up the best advice I can give you is this....
Don't set aside learning, instead do this.....
Classics, Not Text Books
Structure Time, Not Content
Simplicity, Not Complexity
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