“‘Tis the gift to be simple…”
I am thankful for homeschool because I get to have a front row seat to my kids’ development and learning. There aren’t any other people obstructing my view of this great show we call “growing up”.
I am thankful for the freedom to homeschool, and to homeschool how I see fits us best.
I am thankful for slow mornings and extended projects.
I am thankful my kids are learning and developing at their own pace.
I am thankful for homeschooling because my kids have strong relationships with each other, they are one another’s best friend.
I am thankful for homeschooling because it feeds my love of office supplies and my childhood dream of “becoming a teacher when I grow up”.
I am thankful for homeschooling because of the other incredible families I have met through local groups and activities.
I am thankful for homeschooling because it has caused me to think through choices I make in other areas of life. Am I doing things a particular way because that’s how it’s just done or that’s the way I grew up doing it? Or is there a way that suits us better?
I am thankful for homeschooling because of the broadness of our potential activities, places to study, things to learn, and choices of interest.
I am thankful my kids are growing up loving the library and beg to look through the book sections of stores we shop.
I am thankful for homeschooling because I get to help my kids become good friends to others.
I am thankful for homeschooling because it makes me a better mom. My kids’ education is an important enough reason to pause my entire To-Do List and focus on them for a portion of each day.
I am thankful I don’t have to pack lunches or race to the school bus each day.
I am thankful for the flexibility homeschooling provides in our schedule, both on a daily basis and yearly.
I am thankful for homeschooling because we can always turn anything into a learning moment.
I am thankful for homeschooling because I am now getting a chance to read all of the great literature I wasn’t able to read as a child due to limited time and simply not knowing about them.
I am thankful for homeschooling because I feel like I am reliving, and re-writing, a part of my childhood – for the better.
I am thankful my daughter has the time in her day to dive deeply into her love of mysteries and code-cracking – or spend time drawing pictures of how she thinks serfs lived in the medieval time period.
I am thankful for the resources and respect offered to homeschoolers in our day and region.
I am thankful my kids are learning in an environment where they don’t feel heavy pressure or stress.
“…‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be.”
“Simple Gifts” is a Shaker song written and composed in 1848 by Elder Joseph Brackett.
Lindsay Banton is a caffeinated mother to three great kids. She never expected to homeschool, but has found that it is a wonderful addition to their lifestyle and wouldn’t change it for the world. In addition to homeschooling, Lindsay works alongside her husband in campus ministry at a large university in Connecticut. She grew up in Virginia but has settled into life in New England, learning to love the long winters, cool springs, green summers and gorgeous autumns- and has built a boot collection to meet all the demands. She is currently blogging at www.oaksreplanted.blogspot.com
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