When our homeschool group was doing a little rethinking and restructuring, we tried to tackle this issue. I volunteered to put together a tip sheet to address questions and concerns that members might have about organizing a group activity. (Of course, I did.) I came up with a kicky little document with a Pollyanna smile splashed all over it. I'm sure it didn't help. But it illuminated my point of view on it (to me and to everyone else, I'm sure).
There are so many things I want to do with my kids. So many things I want to share with them. Many things that I think are important to learn. But how exactly am I going to get to all this? Or even the better part of it?
I wanted to do more geography this year. And I was thrilled when a friend said that she and her kids would be in for it, too! THE BUDDY SYSTEM. The granddaddy of motivational tools. With my friend's "we're in," I've locked myself into getting this done. It won't fall down the priority list, or off the weekly agenda. I'll do my homework on this because there are dates and times on the calendar.
We've only met twice so far, and I am loving it. We've sewn land and water form cubes (hello, I've had the materials prepped for this for a year and a half). We've started a world map lap quilt. We've made continent cookies, learned a continent song, watched videos, learned about plate techtonics, superoceans and supercontinents, and I can finally remember that the Earth is 35 billion years old.
From where I'm standing, doing "the work" is the easy way out of the problem!
(Did I mention that I've also finally ordered a globe as a result? Not a globe pencil sharpener. Not a globe ball. But a globe-sized globe. Watch me go...)
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