tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097344390472384599.post8268975794581025011..comments2023-03-27T09:24:27.624-06:00Comments on This Homeschooling Life: Some thoughts this Monday eveningDaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14131708997537029150noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097344390472384599.post-30008268146260761422012-12-26T12:38:35.560-07:002012-12-26T12:38:35.560-07:00I am anticipating this change in my own son - I...I am anticipating this change in my own son - I'm not sure I'll be ready, but I sure hope so! ;) <br /><br />I can imagine how hard it is to go from the eager child who is willing and wanting to learn everything in sight or thought --- to a child who frankly needs to be outside digging in the soil, growing food for the family, chopping down trees for firewood, and all the other more "practical life" things adolescents need, far more than they need schooling while their brain development takes a back-seat to their physical and hormonal changes. <br /><br />I keep telling myself - it's not they stop learning; it's not that their brains STOP - it's just that it slows compares to the 6 years previous; and the body is where the focus is --- and learning to balance the new construction of the body (heavier muscles, new shapes), thus we need MORE practical life to provide lots of opportunities to work out the awkwardness. But still somehow maintain the academics enough. <br /><br />I'm still exploring that balance. I have 3 1/2 years to get there! Yikes! <br /><br />;) <br /><br />Jessicahttp://montessoritrails.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com