Well, we are week into homeschooling this year and I have to say it is going okay. I am not going to lie it is work and work isn't always easy. The easy go with the flow kid is gone this week. Aaron, my dear wonderful child, isn't always easy either. Neither am I. That being said we are having more good times then bad and he is learning a lot already.
My style of schooling is a little more easy going then his. He puts a lot of pressure on himself which in some ways is good but other ways not so much. I think it is this pressure what makes him not want to start the work. He totally expects to able to do things on the first try and gets frustrated when he has to practice things...piano, multiplication, spelling....etc. Then he starts to act out his frustration by yelling and whining and eventually goes into his room, in theory to calm down. He does get calmed down but it makes it so hard for us to keep going on with the lesson. Or get it started as the case may be. I knew the first week was going to be hard and I know that a big part of the reason Aaron is home with us is so that we can address these issue, I just worry that is is going to be the entire year. It is hard to say upbeat and positive when simply mentioning work brings on a fuss. Anyone have any advice?
When I started homeschooling, I thought I was going to be an unschooler and everything would just flow along, but, Aaron rebelled against that just as badly as he does work. Sometimes I wonder which is the right way but the truth is, Matt sorta made the choice for us this year. He was willing to home school but absolutely against unschooling he did not care for it last year. It was a compromise I agreed to because I wanted to keep Aaron home so badly. Matt has gotten very laid back but still expects Aaron to do a certain amount of work each day. I guess, maybe, I have having first week jitters and worries. This will be the first full year of homeschooling so I think we are stilling feeling a little out of sorts.
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