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You Don't Have To Wear A Cape To Homeschool
By Mary Joyce, Sat Dec 10th
Have you ever ran into, or know someone that just seems to runcircles around you in terms of how organized they are, how theyget so much done during the day, all events they seem to havegoing on with their children and families, even their kids seemsmarter than yours! Or, any number of things. We all have and we all will meet or run into these people again.It’s inevitable. If you are new to homeschooling or just starting out, you will,no doubt put high expectations upon yourself both as a teacherand a parent. Early on you will feel as though you hardly getanything done during the day because you spend much
of your dayresearching homeschooling lessons and ideas trying to make sureyou get everything just so. And as each day goes by and each dayyou feel as though there aren’t enough hours in the day toaddress everything that is on your ‘to do’ list, you may beginto feel a bit uncertain about your decision to homeschool.Always feeling as though the people that you read about haveaccomplished so much, while you feel as though you accomplish solittle.
Don’t let the apparent success of others dictate the feelingthat you have for yourself. homeschooling methods are as variedas those who teach. You will find yours. And while you’re takingtime to make the homeschool adjustment, don’t worry about whatothers think you should do. Appreciate what you haveaccomplished. Remember as you work to refine your homeschooling schedule,every item on your ‘to do’ list can’t be a #1 priority. Everytask can’t be marked as ‘High Priority’. If you do this, you will always feel overwhelmed. Sure, tasksshould be prioritized and that’s fine. But don’t get caught upin everything is a show stopper. It’s not. If you have fivethings to do and they all have a priority of 1, then take thetime to sort them as 1a, 1b…. and so on. You are not super parent and you probably don’t have a cape. I never did. But keep faith in yourself, know what you are doingis what you are suppose to be doing and all will work out. About the author:Mary Joyce is a former educator, successful homeschool parent,and has written many articles on teaching yourchild at home for the Homeschool-Curriculum-4u website.Please visit (http://www.homeschool-curriculum-4u.com) for more of Mary's articles,resources on homeschool, ideas, and curriculum information.
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