I was at a loss.
At the same time the Homeschool Blogging awards were popping up all over my twitter feed and every link that I clicked on made me feel more and more like a failure.
I went on vacation determined that in January I'd send Sophie to preschool across the street.
I was clearly not made to teach my child. I couldn't get her sit and practice her letters and she had NO interest in doing anything that was not directly related to paint. None.
Sigh.
On the beach we were sitting playing in the sand and we found some seaweed, some shells, coral and a few pebbles. We talked about how the waves make the pebbles smooth and the animals that used to live in the shells. She was enthralled and sat for over an hour drawing in the sand and learning about the beach.
Hmm.....
As I reflected on our first few months, I realized that while I am a planner and like everything in order, she does not. She had a wonderful doing school when we visited Thomas and learned about trains. She loved watching the Bob on-site DVD and learning how to build a road.
She learns best when I let her interests lead us....not when I decide that we are going to learn about scarecrows and pumpkins. She wants to learn about concrete and fish.
For the next few months we are going to be doing interest led schooling {or unschooling} and see how that works for us. It should be an interesting ride.
But I'm not ready to give up. Not yet.
