Wanna Be a Steader!

I'm on HSLDA's Homeschool Heartbeat e-mail list, since Christian radio stations around here do not air it.  So they send me the transcripts.  The latest one mentions some great advice by The Old Schoolhouse's own Christine Field!!  She, and HSHeartbeat, confirms something that I tell many and that I talk about a little in my "Homeschooling as a Lifestyle" presentation - and that is:  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING!!  You DO NOT have to fill up every hour of everyday with STUFF; with field trips, with dance, sports, and other out-of-the-house activities. 

Our children want US!!  If you're worried about "gaps" in their education then STOP - it's too late!  There will ALWAYS be gaps, there already are - and that's not necessarily a bad thing.  Look at your own education, aren't there gaps in yours?  Haven't you ever been speaking with someone who went to a school close to where you went, or who grew up in a differnent part of the country or state, and something came up in conversation that let you know that they were taught something that you weren't?  I know once when my oldest daughter was about 9, a friend of hers mentioned something about "nostrils" (I don't EVEN know what the conversation was about), but dd didn't know what they were and her ps friend made her feel like an uneducated idiot because of it.  I just had to explain to my dd that we just call a nose a "nose" - "nostril" is simply a word that doesn't come up in our conversation.  That's all.  ....Well, there's one gap...

So, now that I've said all that...here's some great advice from HSLDA's Homeschool Heartbeat:

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><