Using workbooks for science is new this year, we have not studied science this way before. I’m not usually a fan of workbooks in homeschooling because there are so many other ways to learn than sitting at a desk.
Our homeschool has always been full of energy and active kids who like to listen to a story for a minute and then are off to do something else. It was hard to keep up. It took awhile to learn that part of the quick pace was that my kids had trouble focusing on their school work. We have learned to adapt, and our normal includes homeschooling with focus challenges.
You don’t have to use a textbook to teach kids about landforms and geography in the United States. Just start right where you are homeschooling outside. We don’t have mountains, or glaciers, or massive waterfalls nearby, but we do have some pretty neat stuff.
Before I homeschooled my kids, I spent over a decade working as a teacher in traditional schools. I thought that this experience would be great preparation for homeschooling my kids, and in some ways it is. But in other ways, I think that my experience in traditional schools makes it harder to homeschool my kids.
Homeschooling an only child is a unique journey, but one that we wouldn’t trade for the world! We love our little family of three and the freedom and joy that homeschooling has given us.
