I figured it would be a good idea to take a few minutes to talk about how I actually teach my children.  I am working with a 5 year old who swears she’s the parent and a 4 year old who is the sweetest evil little child I have ever met.  Our house is a bit chaotic at times and that’s ok because it works pretty well for us usually.  For the most part we attempt to do at least a reading lesson and math of some form.

Aside from these basic subjects we tend to be extremely lax about other subjects.  Watching a video on math or even checking out one of the popular mechanics for kids videos that we have on a wide variety of subjects.  Trying to decide exactly which subjects that were most important to us was really easy.  I feel that reading and math are subjects that absolutely should be taught heavily.  Upon these skills it is possible to dive deeper into reading, advanced sciences and any other subject that is desired.

We tend to run a very lax day, and often we will find ourselves doing reading lessons at strange hours of the day.  Trying to decide what works best for our family is likely to still undergo some drastic changes especially as we are starting the testing necessary to help our younget daughter focus better on her studies but this will give you a glimpse into one of the many ways that you can homeschool your children.

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