...can take over your life.
Tho it's not my first reason for homeschooling, I do this thing because I want to be in control of my kids' education. I want to customize it. I want to build up their weaknesses by using their strengths. I want to be able to say, "That's enough" when I can tell they're are mentally checked out. I want to cross out rows of math problems when they "get it" and just do enough to keep them fit.
Under the guise of "enrichment" I enrolled my kids in a one day a week program for homeschoolers. And the homework from just that one day a week took over our life this week. I don't know if my kids felt pressure, but I sure did. All those overachiever, people-pleasing feelings came rushing back to me this week as I tried to not only implement the lessons I had planned for our family but to also incorporate the lessons these other teachers imparted to us.
It drove me nuts.
You can be sure I'm doing some deep thinking about this.
I'm all about the 'do enough to get it and move on'. That's why COVA (and Kaplan) work for us. If it is enrichment for them why is it so intensive? Shouldn't it make them love to learn? Or are they ok with the work and you're just stressing over it?
ReplyDeleteIt did sound like a lot of work to me (but, I'm lazy!)