We plan to unschool/homeschool Aiden and Keeley as long as they are interested and stimulated and they want to be here being homeschooled. I do offer them the option to attend classes and or school -- occasionally -- but so far the answer is, "No mommy. We LOVE homeschool." I'm not REALLY interested in sending them to school anyway because of what I've read about them. School was established during the industrial age. It was designed to churn out factory workers who could make it to work on time and sit quietly, eat on a schedule, and take directions without giving their supervisors any trouble.
I'm interested in letting my children develop their own place in the world. To allow them to be free thinkers, critical thinkers. To get up and run across the room 35 times because that's what their little bodies need--right this second! To narrate a story while climbing over chairs and hopping on one foot across the carpet because they think better when they are moving. To draw pictures when they are inspired, not when it's "art time" twice a week for 40 minutes. To take a nap when they feel tired, not because it's "bedtime". No, "do your homework before you go outside to play." No stomach ache because you didn't study "hard enough" for that test or missed the deadline for that paper and now you've got an "F" ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD!!
I know how LUCKY I am to have this opportunity to stay here with them and watch them grow and learn and thrive. I would feel totally cheated if I knew a teacher was getting the opportunity to watch them "learn that concept", see the light bulb turn on, etc. and I was missing it. I would hate it. I LOVE watching my children grow up. It's my honor to help them learn.
I mean, come on. Look at those faces. Time is fleeting. They are my joy. The least I can do is let them have theirs.
