”Trying to make homeschool look like the schools. What on earth was I thinking, I’ll never know. Thinking I was classical in my homeschool approach because I thought that is what a good school looked like. Lots of memorizing, lots of workbooks, lots of … well, lots of what I grew up with! ugh Now we have a more Charlotte Mason approach, the joy of discovering and learning. Lots of living books! Learning about what they are interested in. Developing good habits, which affect EVERYTHING they do! Reading God’s word, lots of variety…. music and poetry and art and so much more. I have realized learning doesn’t always take place at the school table, but that learning is woven throughout our lives. I am still learning to be present! Simplifying my life, decluttering so that I can focus on that which is most important!!! Educating my children is such a joy and so very different than I thought it would be. It’s better!!!” R.G.