As last year was all about exploring home schooling and showing Mischief's daddy that a. I had the discipline to do it and b. It worked for our family and Mischief was learning, this year I want to instill some more stucture.
I've been very guilty of fitting 'schooling' round our daily routine and social activites. Now this hasn't been a problem as Mischief is still so young but as she gets older and her friends increase their time at preschool and start thinking about school I'd like our efforts at home to be more intentional. I fell there is no rush to start in with hours of 'work' a day and don't see this as template for our learning anyway. I just don't want to get to age 5 and suddenly insist on something more formal and it be a shock to her and she resists against it as something she feels forced into doing. I really want learning to be fun and something she wants to do and I feel that but introducing this early it will be just a normal part of what our life is, like walking the dog.
So with those vague thoughts in mind here are some goals for the year ahead. I'm not calling them goals for 2015 as by some hiccup in the space time continuum we seem to already be a quarter of the way through the year.
Be more intentional about discipling Mischief
Instigate morning devotional for Mischief/family
Meet some homeschooling familiesJoin some homeschooling activity groups
Achieve some sort of routine to our homeschool week so it's more intentional than adhoc
