School Books
vs.
Relationships
by Misty
Each homeschool year comes with changes; new
curriculum, new schedules, new students, etc. As
homeschooling parents we have to be able to recognize
when we need to make changes,
and prepare ourselves and our
students for these changes. This year I
decided to make quite a few changes to our
homeschool. We went from a heavily based
textbook curriculum to a mostly literature
based curriculum, and after the first week of
school I am thrilled to see the excitement in
my children’s faces where dread used to be.
Beyond the curriculum changes that
I made to our homeschool this year, I
came to realize two things that are more
important than school book learning. I
have been striving to incorporate these
into our school year already, and am very
happy with the early results.
So my homeschool purpose this year is
to ensure I’m focused on my children’s
hearts and our relationships, more than
their school books. I’m confident that
learning will come much easier when
these realizations are kept as
the priority.
The two things that I truly believe are
more important than school work are:
• My children’s hearts
• My relationship with my kids
Rushing through our days and completing
our school day checklists with broken
spirits and/or broken relationships will not
encourage learning.
There are a few specific reasons you’ll
find that parents choose to homeschool
their children. One of which is that we
want to raise our children, and not hand
them over to someone else, trusting that
they’d do it the way we would like.