![]() I can't help it! It's not because I want to compare. ![]() I’ve always said the best motivation for learning is good, hard work.I admit I love to peek behind the curtain into other people's homeschools. So, if you are pushing your kids til they cry or hate you, I encourage you to stop battering them with every assignment listed in the curriculum and get them out in the community to learn. We NEVER took an achievement test until the ACT, and my son scored a 29 on his first try. I do think academics are important, but the more well-rounded they are, the better they will adapt in life. My son also did scouting (now Trail Life). Through 4-H, I exposed them to just about everything there was to offer. We were always socializing with people of my choosing. We also did a LOT of volunteering around the community (soup kitchen, relief org, etc….). Most afternoons, we had some sort of music practice or club meeting or church activity. My son was always finished with his work by lunch. My daughter and I went to bed around 12-12:30 and we’re up 9-9:30ish. The last couple of years, my son chose to go to bed at 10 or 11, and he got up at 8. We are now all 3 in college (my 2nd go round) with dual-enrolled H.S. I liked it because we didn’t have to rush home from church or events to get kids in bed. I am a night owl and I kept my younger children up til 10 or later so I wouldn’t have to operate on 5 or 6 hrs sleep. We used to fight all through the morning when we got up early. □Īlthough it infuriates others, and I let them guilt me into thinking my kids had to be up early for years, I finally settled into a late day routine in high school. they do tend to stay up later (till around 10:30 or 11) talking since they all share a room. which would be totally fine if their neighborhood friends didn’t want the afternoon hours for play. i have to give them specific start times otherwise they would play all morning. for my younger girls (12, 10, 8), i stagger start them with independent work so i can sleep in a bit and dont start the youngest (who i work with the most) until 9:45. etc…) the only stuff that has to be done at a certain time is family school subjects (bible study, foreign language, scripture memory). his schedule is the most chaotic since he does most of it on his own and he has to make more adjustments for certain things on certain days (karate at the college next door tuesdays/thursdays. then he starts school around 8 on his own after breakfast and a shower. He gets up early (around 6) with my husband and they work out and read the Bible together. My son (almost 14) is actually an early riser like his dad. (Sadly, I find that Josh’s algebra comes more easily to me than Megan’s 8th grade math. I’m getting pretty good at algebra, y’all. ![]() Like Megan, he does math in the afternoon so that I’m available to help explain difficult concepts. That’s when Josh tackles everything he didn’t do before lunch. We take a long lunch and usually resume school by 2:00. ![]() For him, that’s usually language arts, reading, and science. ![]() He does the subjects that require the least amount of thought before lunch. I don’t speak to him any more than I have to until after lunch. He wakes easily, but is so not a morning person (like his mother). Josh is typically up between 11:00 and 11:30 AM. If not, there are always 2nd and 3rd shift jobs. Megan will adjust, too, when she needs to. Brianna has now gotten accustomed to going to bed by 11:30 most nights. She sets her own alarm, gets herself up, and prepares her own breakfast and lunch before heading out the door each morning.īoth Brianna and Megan are perfectly capable of getting up at a more mainstream time when the need is there. Like, seriously, because they lock the doors at 8:30 and if you’re late for school you just have to wait until they unlock the doors at 9:30.īrianna has never been locked out. Now, she has to be at cosmetology school by 8:30 every day. Do I worry about how she’s going to manage to get up at a decent hour when she gets a job out in the “real world”? Nope. ![]()
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