Learned so far:

After two days of homeschooling, I have the following wisdom to share:

*Have your children brush their teeth before you start the day.  Other than that, pajamas are OK.
*Take your shower before you start the day.  (Today I snuck mine while they were writing about our Bible lesson because I just couldn't stand myself any longer.) 
*Put gold stars or stickers on their papers even if you and they are the only ones who will see it.
*Having one computer per person would be ideal.  I had no idea how much computer and printer use there would be.  Yesterday when I had three kids home, plus myself, and only two computers, it was a constant dance of who is using it and who is doing something not requiring them to check the wiki, print something out, or do an online activity.

New journey

So I started this blog to practice my writing since I was teaching writing to Jr. Highers.  Now we are starting  our homeschooling journey.  There are a million blogs about homeschooling out there, and I know no one but me and maybe my sister will read this one.  It's just for my own practice and thinking.

I went to the annual conference put on by our charter school through which we homeschool today.   I came away inspired to:
*create a dedicated physical space
*view education as discipleship--coming alongside your child
*use a discipline/reward system
*remember the objective of the lesson, not just check off the boxes that it's done
*focus on my children during our school time and resist the urge to multi-task.  If I want them to value it and take it seriously, I must do the same.