Friday, May 4, 2012

Homeschooling: Creating an Environment for Learning Exploration

Well here it is, A simple weekly outline to enhance your child's learning and create lots of learning activities for the home.  Here's our weekly plan for supporitng learning in the home : 

Monday - Friday :  Family Childcare

Evenings/Weekends
Tuesday - Cooking Project
Wednesday - 9 - 12 Childcare/ 1 - 4 Learning Activities at Home / 4-5 Dinner Preparation (Math) 5 - 7pm Tutoring at GECDC/ 7 - 8pm Bible Lesson at GAPRT.
Thursday - Childcare 9 - 4 / 5 - 7pm Library Day
Friday - Childcare
Saturday - Outing/ Service Learning
Sunday - Family Day

Our learning week has interactive play experiences at Childcare, one-on-one learning time at home including bible devotional, helping with chores, helping with meal preparation and character building activities. 


This year will give us a start at developing a learning atmosphere, identifying learning styles, and creating a curriculum plan for learning. 

Well the plan is changing and taking shape.  As an advocate for home learning environments, I have come to a point where working outside of the home full-time is a priority.  In this journey, I discovered alot about my self and how important proper education is to me and my family. 

Our home has a plethora of activities to enrichment our children's learning, no matter what setting they are in.  This year we will be enrolling our  oldest son in a private Christian school that supports our values and beliefs.  While this school was not my first choice, I've decided that it is the best choice for my boys.  The tenets of faith and the commitment to quality education is at the core of their mission.  Some of the methods for teaching differ from my belief on what is optimal for young children, although both methods warrant the same result, a child excited about learning and grasping the concepts needed for advancement to the next grade level. 

So for those following me on my journey stay tuned.  We will still be talking about the homeschooling aspect, and how to partner with your child's school to support the child's development.  Stay tuned, as we create a specific space in the home for homework  materials, reading enrichment, and math manipulatives for active boys, two years old and five years old.  The materials will support lessons taught at school, and cause the boys to experience success no matter what the school setting.  Happy Homeschooling!