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Homeschooling Can Be Easy


I say this will a heart full of emotions from getting through our first full week of more structured homeschool. It has been a huge adjustment not only for me but mostly for Monkey. He loves doing worksheets and sitting at the table reading directions from the workbooks I buy at Wal-Mart and working by himself. But now it's time to bring in more learning than just practicing writing words and counting simple objects on a page and writing numbers.

I've gone back and forth a lot on what type of education I want to give my boys. I know that I want them to love learning. I want them to love to read. I want to them have fun during their school work. I have looked at curriculum after curriculum and still haven't found any I really love. I thought Sonlight was perfect but then changed my mind. I wanted to try unschooling and let the kids learn as they play and enjoy life but they were begging for structure work. So finally I looked at Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool again.

I looked at this program before when Monkey was doing pre-school work and I didn't like. I actually can't tell you why because now that I'm doing the pre-school program with Goose I love it. I know that it has changed because there is no reason why I wouldn't have loved it before.

So we started our first week with First Grade for Monkey and Pre-School for Goose. We have struggled to figure out how to fit everything into our day and still have fun. The first two days were awful. We couldn't get the work completed in the morning. It took forever and even with short breaks I couldn't keep Monkey's attention or Goose entertained. Monkey will need lots of help for the first few weeks maybe even longer before he can do most of it on his own. But this is what I'm most excited for with this program. Well, one it's free which is amazing and so generous of this homeschooling mama that could be making lots of money off this program. But I'm most excited that this program will teach the boys how to learn on their own. They will learn that they don't need someone to tell them the answers to questions in their lives. They can find books, online resources, and ask questions to find answers. That's what I think I want most out of my years of homeschooling. I want my boys to be independent learners that seek out answers instead of just taking peoples words.

So while I'm struggling getting started with this super amazing program I know that in the long run this will work great for my family and it will be a great way for my children to learn with my along side them. By the time the baby comes Monkey will be able to do most of his work on his own and probably even help Goose continue his pre-school program when I'm unable to help.

And one last note. I've already learned things about Egypt that I never remember learning in public school growing up. I'm excited to see what I'm going to be learning while teaching them. I think that is one extra bonus to homeschooling!

Have you tried Easy Peasy Homeschool? What have you found to make your homeschool not take all day to complete the work? I love hearing from others and what is going on in your home.

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