Today was our second day of homeschooling. How was it? How was our first day? Yesterday was okay. I survived basically. And felt satisfied that we finished before noon, and that he was able to pick up something from me.
By the way, since Unno, my son-student was super tired from the EK trip last Sunday, it was quite a struggle for him to wake up at 8am. But that turned out to be a blessing in disguise because as I was doing my old trick of splashing water to his sleepy face, I suddenly realized that the situation was an ideal way to jumpstart our science class.
So instead of pushing him to open his sleepy eyes, I covered his eyes with a shirt and started a guessing game. Our science lesson was about the different senses. I opened the toothpaste tube, had him smell and guess it, ask him to guess what was going on around him just by listening to the sounds, had him taste and feel the texture of sugar and so many more. It was fun and that really woke him up.
Today was a bit different though. There were more exercises to do in all the subjects.
And I started having doubts if we made the right decision. I feel in my bones that homeschooling is the way to go. I guess, feeling doubtful is just a natural reaction whenever we are faced with some challenges.
This is our first year and although I have been hands-on in rearing my son, homeschooling is still quite an adjustment. Today I was scaredand doubtful (but these has been just replaced with a grateful heart and super optimism, just this second! Thank God!). I was scared that I might not
give my son the best that he deserves.
Thank you for these heart saving blogs.
Confessions of an Imperfect Mom from the Nanay Notebook
I'm okay with not being a perfect mommy from Topaz Mommy
