School Principal Quits Job To Homeschool Her 3 Kids On A 10-Acre Homestead: 'I Wanted To Raise Thinkers'
🏡 Local WIN 🏘️
School Principal Quits Job To Homeschool Her 3 Kids On A 10-Acre Homestead: 'I Wanted To Raise Thinkers'
... “I remember as an educator, wanting more control over how I was teaching curriculum,” she said. “But then I would have to have it approved by my admin—the school—the district—the state … and ultimately the answer was always NO. ...
... Meanwhile, the biggest misconception amongst people about homeschooling, according to Mandy, is that people think there is a lack of socialization. “This is so wrong,” she said. “How is sitting at a desk surrounded by 25-plus peers your exact same age, while your teacher tells you not to talk, socialization? We are out every day, having real-world experiences with all walks of life!”
Biggest regret of my life is not having homeschooled my kids.
We decided to do Biblioplan instead of a full package curriculum this time, and I have to say everyone was engaged in book shopping, music and movie list making, and organizing in general that it could have been its own unit study. The more we do this, the more the kids notice the differences between their happiness levels and learning versus their government institutionalized counterparts, without us saying or doing a thing.
At a museum a little while ago, docent was asking general questions of the mixed group of families, and do I even have to tell you whose hands were raised to answer almost all of them? The faces of the other families were incredulous to say the least. The docent asked where they got to school and both hs families identified themselves. Afterwards, one lady asked us about it, suggesting we were lucky to have such genius kids; I told her I don't think they're geniuses, but that it's amazing how much everybody in the family can learn when we're actually focused on learning, and did she know that fourth graders only need about 2 hours of book learning/day? The rest is day care and programming to the lowest common denominator. I don't know if she's going to do it, but maybe if we make public showings more often, we can speak whatever that selfish social pride factor they have for Instagram crap and turn it toward something good.
Biblio is from Latin for book, but Biblioplan impressed me as it is very neutral but complete, has memory Bible verses every week, and matches for other spines, even Catholic. And yes, one of the best things about home school is that anything cool can become a unit study. We've collectively dived into some really fun things as opportunities have presented themselves, and it empowers the kids to take charge of their learning experience too, just the opposite of government institutions...