Looking Forward
Today we continue to celebrate Home Education Week with Dana of Principled Discovery who asks:
- What are your goals for home education? What do you hope to instill in your children? Are you planning any changes to how you educate your children?
- As I mentioned before our goals for are children are that they grow in wisdom and understanding, learn to love learning and how to learn, that they love the Lord with all their heart, soul, and mind, and love their neighbor as their self. We want to train them in the way God wants them to go.
I don’t think we are planning on changing too much about how we train them. We roll with the punches and try to keep things flexible and suited to their and our needs so that is not likely change. I would like to travel more but at this point that is not too likely either. We do want to do more big outdoor projects together .
I would like them to continue to get better at helping with the housekeeping without a fuss and we are working on that. Other than that I think we are good. 🙂 And whatever else God has for us, we will cross that bridge when we come to it.
The pictures above were all taken today down by the shelter we built last fall. The kids designed a playground around the area including a slide (behind on the tree), a sports area with soccer net, a see saw, a mini sandbox, and a swing (which Rachel made herself for Issac with no help from me–it needs some work and we are going to design a safer one.) I love their perseverance and ingenuity and want to continue to encourage it. Oh, and I know one of my kids was in a winter coat and the other in shorts–it was 60 out and raining–he took off his jacket and she couldn’t find her raincoat. 🙂
Ooh, yes. More housework, less fuss. That is a good goal. 🙂
Again….I so want to come live with you 😉
Those are great goals, focused on what is truly important in life. For our kids, a chore chart helped them get their housekeeping done without a fuss. We all do chores together.
Okay, you know you are a home school mom when you look at the last photo and think, “I wonder if the kids were studying area and perimeter!” 🙂
Great pics. I want flexibility too, but I can’t seem to get it to fit in my schedule:-)
Traveling would be nice. I want to take my kids to the East Coast and Yellowstone and Mesa Verde and…I miss our easy adventures before we has kids. I want my little ones to experience nature the way I did. We’ll get there.
I can relate to your statement about rolling with the punches and meeting their needs. Their ever changing needs and interests are enough to lead us on in home education. I appreciate the emphasis that you have put on God and living for Him.
It looks like a wonderful place to play! Your children are very creative and full of intiative!!
Shoot – – I will need to add more housework, less fuss, too!
Thanks for sharing!