It's a new year. Well, it's a new school year and frankly, September seems more like a new year than January ever will. So I'll call it a new year. With new ideas, new experiences, and a new middle schooler at home.
We're home schooling, sort of. But it's more like community schooling as we've got some great folks from the community on board to help us teach and other great folks who are going to be on the learning curve with us.
I'm excited about the way it's all unfolding. It's feeling rather organic in many ways and when things feel that easy and smooth, you kind of know it's right.
So, what am I looking forward to about this year with my home schooling middle schooler?
* Time together
* Learning new things from new people such as blacksmithing and tile making
* Making a nature almanac of our local park
* Helping my gal walk this new territory
* Allowing her to study things she wants to study - such as infants and children
* Crafting together
* Giving my oldest and my youngest time to really develop and grow and strengthen their relationship
* Allowing it all to ebb and flow
This is all new. I don't want to say it's a crapshoot because that would imply that it's all based on luck when really it's only partly based on luck. It is an experiment though. A grand one. And we're ready and willing and able to see what's working and what's not and make changes accordingly. Ebb and flow. Ebb and flow. My mantra with my infants and now with my middle schooler too.
