After the stress and heartache of infertility and loss between Little Man and Baby Girl, my husband and I were DONE with having kids. God must have chuckled a little at how set I was, and 4 days after Baby Girl turned 1, I got a positive pregnancy test! Thinking about how hectic life will be with a first grader and 2 under 2, I really wanted to simplify school for this next year (you can read how I am simplifying life,
here). Please don't take this as I am simplifying, or lessening his education, rather, I am waving the white flag of surrender to the ideal homeschool year I thought I wanted.
What does that mean exactly?
It means no fancy curriculum with elaborate activities.
It means finding more curriculum that can be done independently.
It means saying goodbye to activity filled, book studies.
It means there may not be trendy, Pinterest worthy bookshelves and bulletin boards. No perfect baskets organized by what we are studying that day, having planned it all in advance (and let's be honest, for me that wasn't happening anyway!)
What it doesn't mean:
It doesn't mean boring textbooks.
It doesn't mean long study hours or even slapped together lessons.
It doesn't mean we won't have a fun filled, nature rich, amazing year!
One of the beauties of homeschool, is the ability to tailor curriculum to fit your child and your year. This is what homeschool will look like for us this year. Next year might be different, but it will for sure be exactly what we need for that year. Please don't beat yourself up, or give up, if you've found that the perfect homeschool year you saw on someone's Instagram feed isn't happening for you. Know that they have their not so perfect days, and maybe even not so perfect years!
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