When is the right time to begin posting about homeschooling? August. Run a series on our beautifully laid out materials, strewn lovingly, full of pictures of my children all sitting around our antique, second generation homeschool table. Which wobbles badly. And does not provide enough leg room for my giraffe children. Obviously.
Or perhaps June, so that I could capture all of the planning parents who are looking for inspiration and tools. Here is my scheduling tool! Here is my meal planning tool! Follow for more tips!
But not March.
Not in the weeks right before spring break when everyone is done. Just done. Done with this entire project.
Or, perhaps one should begin writing about making a homeschool especially in March. Because March is the month when the laundry pile deserves its own zip code, group time has dissolved into impromptu called after-lunch panic management sessions, and the school planner is as blank as the day it was so optimistically purchased.
No. You are not alone. Homeschooling is hard. March is smack in the middle of the depths of despair. Yes. This is a good use of your time. Homeschooling is beautiful even if it doesn’t look like you wanted it to. No. You are not ruining your children (by falling apart in March).
What will I be publishing here? My thoughts on homeschooling. Tips and tricks for planning. Strategies for managing a household in the midst of the maelstrom of home education.
What I will not be including: curriculum reviews. There are lots of wonderful resources out there, and I am not a great user of curriculum.
My homeschool paradigm is liturgically secular, meaning, I am a theologian and practicing philosopher of religion, but I do not homeschool from a religious stance. I love literature and Charlotte Mason, but I have two dyslexic children, so I have had to adjust. I work two jobs, my house stays bonkers, and I would not trade this life for any number of tidy checked boxes.
Come, let’s figure this life out together!