Yet another reason I love homeschooling!
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Peter is taking a co-op class this semester on medieval history. It is taught by one of the teen boys in the group, assisted by his mom. He is doing a great job of inspiring and motivating this group! Peter came home one Thursday and said,
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Peter is taking a co-op class this semester on medieval history. It is taught by one of the teen boys in the group, assisted by his mom. He is doing a great job of inspiring and motivating this group! Peter came home one Thursday and said,
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"Can I do a report for school tomorrow?"
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Not a *typical* request! ;-) Not totally convinced that there would be any follow-through, I said, "Sure."
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The next thing I knew, Peter was scavenging the house for encyclopedias and dictionaries. He carried his stack of books around, working almost non-stop the rest of the evening. Early the next morning, he popped into the kitchen and asked, "Mom, can I give my report during school today?"
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Not to be outdone by her older brother, Bayley did some research of her own, and put together a short report herself.
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That Friday morning, Peter presented his report on knights to us, and Bayley presented hers on box turtles. For a "do-it-yourself" report with no assignment (and no help), they did a great job!
What fun to be part of our children learning to love learning!!
"Can I do a report for school tomorrow?"
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful.
One of our initial reasons for homeschooling was to nurture our daughter's love for learning. I graduated from college thinking that education was a chore, something that you had to do, not something to do for fun. It took me about ten years to rediscover the joy of learning new things.