If I could start over again... I may have unschooled

I had a convesation today with another mom whose kid was a little stressed due to all of the activities (read socialization), plus academic homeschooling.  The child is in a play along with one of mine, and I suggested that they take a break of teaching until the play was over... the thought of this stressed the mom out, but she did see how taking a short break would cause more peace.

This is why we homeschool isn't it?  We want to provude more opportunities for our kids as well as allow them to learn at their own pace. 

In our desire to do it all, and do it all right, we tend to get a little carried away.  There is a time to work and a time to play and a time for enrichment.  We don't need to do them all at the same time.

What does this have to do with unschooling?  Unschoolers seem to handle letting education follow the rhythm of life than us Academically focussed homeschoolers.  They don't worry about checking off everything from a list to make sure the child is balanced in academics and socialization all all that jazz... still somehow it happens. 

I think we can all learn alot from unschoolers.
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Mommas have to socialize too.

I have been making it a point this year to network more with other homeschoolers, writers, and business women.  Today, I did both... in duplicate. 

I had breakfast with a business owner/homeschooling mom and her daughter... my daughter of course was there.  Then in the late afternoon, I met another writer/homeschooling mom on her way through Atlanta from Detroit to Florida.  She took a little detour and we talked, and talked, and talked...  poor thing had to get back on the road...  She's a machine... I don't think I would do it. 

It feels to great to meet with like minded women, who I have soooo much in common with.  Not that I don't have plenty in common with other homeschooling moms, but these two women were particularly  of a similar mindset as me. 

Tomorrow morning I meet with one of my best friends that I hardly ever see.  ... after I drop the kids off for their Arts program.

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New Website Designs &Tyler Perry

You may or may not have noticed that I redesigned my website last night.  No, I didn't sleep.  I don't sleep well when my husband is traveling.  Anyway, I discovered the blogger has new templates that are kind of hard to find.  They also have pages you can add with tabs at the top of your page.  I really like that feature.

BTW, I also redid my FreeHomeEd website...( link below).  It needs a little tweaking, but I am very happy with it. 

 This actually had nothing to do with Tyler Perry.  But he did sent out a letter to his followers today.  It was very inspiring.  He ended his note with

God didn't give your friends and family your vision - He gave it to you. You have to try. I think that is why there are so many unhappy people. I think so many people have walked away from their dreams because it got too hard; they stopped believing because they got discouraged...don't stop believing!Every miracle in my life started with someone telling me what I could not do. 

I encourage you to read the whole message. 
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Carnival of Educators, Rewards of Teaching Edition

Enjoy this weeks Carnival of Eductors, Rewards of Teaching Edition. It is posted at the  Education Headlines Examiner blog.  The posts are all from educators with very little filler.

enjoy!

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