So homeschool, I have figured out, is like everything else in life; it never looks like what you think it will before you start. I don't know what exactly I imagined it would be like to homeschool but knowing myself I think I probably had perfection as my goal. Wonderfully behaved children and the perfect curriculum and so forth. Obviously that isn't reality and our school looks nothing like that (although I'm still searching for the perfect curriculum). And I think I'm okay with this. Sometimes I get all worked up about it and what we aren't doing and the things we aren't learning and the field trips we aren't taking, but you can't do it all and you can't join it all and eventually choices are made.
We're learning phonics, albeit at the slowest pace known to man. We aren't intentionally doing math because we're living math all the time. We're reading a lot and playing a lot and going to playgroup and also Awana. We're doing puzzles and games and art. It's pretty relaxed but I think it's just enough for us right now and I'm trying to keep track of what we accomplish every day and when I look back I'm actually pleased.
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