Thank God, I survived my first year of homeschooling my five-year old son. Like any other first time things in life, homeschooling didn’t come easy. The adjustment period took a little longer for me than my son who loved homeschooling as much as he enjoys regular schooling.
All the lessons we learned together in this journey taught me a lot as well but nothing brings more joy when I discovered a great deal about my son’s learning abilities. Which also explains why his teacher (back in Montessori) would often tell us that:
- He keeps running around
- He doesn’t listen
- He always like to play with his classmates etc. etc.
Such reports made my husband, Kris and I feel like there is something not right with him when in fact he was acting much like any other boys his age.
Later on, I realized that kids have different learning abilities and that it takes a huge amount of effort to really invest on getting to know a child.
If there are fifteen kids in a class with one teacher and an assistant teacher, it’s a serious task to make sure each child takes in what they need to learn along with everybody else and that’s where I appreciate homeschooling.
As a parent, investing knowledge to our children is a very important task and teaching is a huge fraction of that investment. I am glad that I have the opportunity to invest and teach at the same time.
The Heart to Teach 