Before I begin, I want to tell you what this post is and is not. This post is NOT about home-schooling children. It's about home-schooling ourselves.
While I was still in college, I made the conscious decision that my learning was not going to end when I got my degree. I still felt there were so many things out there that I needed to learn--some things that the University had classes for (but I just didn't have the schedule to take them), and others that it didn't. So I decided even after I had graduated, I was going to set up "classes" for myself, make a little syllabus with deadlines, and continue my education.
Fast forward four years--although I've continued learning and set goals to educate myself in different areas, I've never quite done the "classes" I've wanted to do since graduating with my bachelor's degree. A few months ago, a good friend of mine wrote about the many skills she's learned since marriage and called it "house-wife home-school." It reminded me of my plans and I decided this year I was going to be more intentional about teaching myself new things.
Please don't get me wrong--I don't think everyone needs to do this, and I for sure have learned a lot just trying to glean things from blogs and books. But I know I DO get more out of things the more intentional I am, and it's been working great for me the last couple of months.
My first "class" this year is going from January to April, and it's about parenting. I'm trying to learn how to be a more patient and practical mom, be better at teaching my children self-control and self-discipline, and trying to instill important values into them. The following is my course "syllabus" or assignments that I'm going to complete before April 30:
--Read six books on parenting
--Implement at least 3 ideas from each book
--Find at least five scriptures on parenting and incorporate the principles into my life.
--For at least two weeks without missing a day, pray every night and morning about specific parenting dilemmas I'm having and write down my thoughts and impressions about what I should do. Then act on them.
So far the books I've read in this "class" are RAISING A SELF-DISCIPLINED CHILD and LOVE AND LOGIC MAGIC FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD. I've loved them both. I've started reading PARENTING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC and TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN VALUES, and I plan on reading THE ENTITLEMENT TRAP and EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE as well. I've started implementing ideas from LOVE AND LOGIC MAGIC FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD that have been really helpful for me, especially with my daughter (she has a will to do things her way!), and I'm a few days into my two weeks of prayer on parenting. I know I would have learned a lot anyways from these books, but making these practices a more conscious effort have helped me learn even more.
I'm excited to keep you updated on my progress in my "house-wife home-school!"
While I was still in college, I made the conscious decision that my learning was not going to end when I got my degree. I still felt there were so many things out there that I needed to learn--some things that the University had classes for (but I just didn't have the schedule to take them), and others that it didn't. So I decided even after I had graduated, I was going to set up "classes" for myself, make a little syllabus with deadlines, and continue my education.
Fast forward four years--although I've continued learning and set goals to educate myself in different areas, I've never quite done the "classes" I've wanted to do since graduating with my bachelor's degree. A few months ago, a good friend of mine wrote about the many skills she's learned since marriage and called it "house-wife home-school." It reminded me of my plans and I decided this year I was going to be more intentional about teaching myself new things.
Please don't get me wrong--I don't think everyone needs to do this, and I for sure have learned a lot just trying to glean things from blogs and books. But I know I DO get more out of things the more intentional I am, and it's been working great for me the last couple of months.
My first "class" this year is going from January to April, and it's about parenting. I'm trying to learn how to be a more patient and practical mom, be better at teaching my children self-control and self-discipline, and trying to instill important values into them. The following is my course "syllabus" or assignments that I'm going to complete before April 30:
--Read six books on parenting
--Implement at least 3 ideas from each book
--Find at least five scriptures on parenting and incorporate the principles into my life.
--For at least two weeks without missing a day, pray every night and morning about specific parenting dilemmas I'm having and write down my thoughts and impressions about what I should do. Then act on them.
So far the books I've read in this "class" are RAISING A SELF-DISCIPLINED CHILD and LOVE AND LOGIC MAGIC FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD. I've loved them both. I've started reading PARENTING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC and TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN VALUES, and I plan on reading THE ENTITLEMENT TRAP and EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE as well. I've started implementing ideas from LOVE AND LOGIC MAGIC FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD that have been really helpful for me, especially with my daughter (she has a will to do things her way!), and I'm a few days into my two weeks of prayer on parenting. I know I would have learned a lot anyways from these books, but making these practices a more conscious effort have helped me learn even more.
I'm excited to keep you updated on my progress in my "house-wife home-school!"
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