Love in Action. The more and more I read over this full passage, the more I believe that truly this is the ultimate school philosophy statement, the purpose and know-how of all we do as mothers and all our children will do as the next generation. 💛
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“Some things will anchor you at sea when the chaos feels so thick you feel you could drown from it all, but those anchors do not act as weights to hold us down, drown us or keep us from moving forward, they anchor us so that when the storm finally calms, the chaos has subsided, and the skies begin to clear, we have not drifted from who we once were, but instead, have become who we were always meant to be.”
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Toddlers are full of energy, inquisitive, and let’s face it -- downright exhausting at times. Despite being cute as can be, they talk over you, make lots of noise, and often destroy things in their wake. So how in the world can you homeschool when you have a toddler?
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I have to ask you to take a moment and consider what you are feeling: loss, fear, sorrow, overwhelm? Those are hard feelings to manage, now imagine those feelings in your children and remember that they may not know what these feelings are or what they can do with them. That lump in their throat, flutter in their stomach, seething under their skin, they may have no idea what that is. Can you imagine how terrifying that would be? On top of that children are very intuitive and can feel that you are having big feelings as well but may not know if those feelings are about them, if they are safe, or if they will ever go away.
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10 Essentials for Teaching at Home. An easily attainable list of essentials for teaching your children at home.
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It started with me realizing how my children retract from me when I scold them, when I get angry with them or when I react too harshly. Key word - retract. You know what happens when my children retract? They disconnect from me. What I realized through this, is that what we ALL need TO connect, to learn, to grow, is to feel safe. Connection to each other and to other things is what enables us to understand, to grow, to learn, to move forward. Isn't that exactly what we want when we are teaching our children? We need them to make the connections in order to keep moving forward...
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We all know that children go to school to “learn” but how exactly are they being taught? I am a firm believer that NOTHING is one size fits all, especially when it comes to learning. To be honest, I never in my life thought that I would be a home educator. Never did I think to myself when I had my first child, “Hey, I am going to homeschool him because that is how I feel he will learn best.” Instead I was the parent that couldn’t wait until my first born was school age so I could send him off to school to start his education, and honestly, give me a break a few hours a day. Somewhere along the road that all changed…
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I spoke with a recently retired elementary school teacher. She became a teacher fresh out of college, eager to connect children to their education and excited to do what she loved. But after 30 years of teaching, she was faced with a choice; she could continue to teach or she could retire. She chose the latter. As she began her story, I felt like I already knew another version of it. "The bureaucracy only cares about test scores. I wasn't teaching anymore, I was just drilling kids. I didn't love what I was doing anymore."
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