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I have none… and I had wanted to start school tomorrow…. (actually, I had originally planned to do some light school this past week and didn’t…)
And I have 0 motivation right now.
Do you have any favorite HSing books– like Educating the Wholehearted Child?
I just recently was in the same boat– I usually am this time of the year.
I downloaded Sonyas Mp3 on Spelling and Writing and listened to that— that was all I needed to get motivated.
We are focusing on the 3 Rs right now. Until I have more energy.
I’ve been fighting bronchitis for 3 weeks now, and I’d rather not have to start school again tomorrow….but I’m afraid not to! Plus, my 12yo ds was very upset this evening because he thought his dad was going to have him visit for a couple of hours, but was disappointed when it didn’t happen. (Just got too late in the day & ds can’t seem to understand when “life” interrupts your plans.)
So, he spent 1/2 hour before bedtime ranting and emphatically stated he is not going to “do school” tomorrow. Should be an interesting day….
I like to rearrange things in our “school room” or make some new posters for our wall or do something organizational when I feel like that…especially after a break! I usually helps me over the hump.
I have been trying to reorganize our schedule, and last night I determined that if I do everything that is needed and most important to me, there are not enough hours in a day. And I haven’t added in anything new yet, like learning to sew, gardening, or canning/freezing! Needless to say, I am frustrated & don’t want to do anything today. (Doesn’t help that my 2yo is still not going to bed on time, so I am also extremely tired.) Most especially frustrating is that whenever I voice my frustration to hubby, he suggests quitting homeschooling. :'( Then the mother bear comes out & I am determined to make it work. It also makes me stop talking to him about it because it *hurts* for him to suggest taking my babies away from me. So then the frustration grows & grows until I burst. <sigh>
Guess that turned into a bit of a vent…. :-/
I was reading something of Charlotte Mason recently. It would have been out of one of the two SCM books, “Laying Down the Rails” or “Way of the Will”. She is talking about how to teach our children the difference between “I want” and “I will”. She says that they need to be taught how to “change their thoughts” and says us as mothers can do the same.
It would be best to find this quote instead of me butchering it from memory here. Sonya, can you help?
I get what you are saying DMCall3!! Good idea!!
‘I’ have been having a bad attitude– ‘I’ need to change ‘my’ thoughts.
I should be saying I ‘get’ to homeschool today! Yay ; )
I remember reading that– I am going to go find that now.
Thanks.
Here’s what I read out of SCM’s Way of the Will. The CM quote has the reference to her original writing. The rest is not CM but Sonya’s commentary.
You see, Charlotte knew that the battle of the will is played out in a person’s thoughts. So she helped students prepare for this battle by arming them with a secret weapon: “change your thoughts.” Here’s how it works.
“The knowledge of this way of the will is so far the secret of a happy life, that it is well worth imparting to the children. Are you cross? Change your thoughts. Are you tired of trying? Change your thoughts. Are you craving for things you are not to have? Change your thoughts; there is a power within you, your own will, which will enable you to turn your attention from thoughts that make you unhappy and wrong, to thoughts that make you happy and right. And this is the exceedingly simple way in which the will acts; this is the sole secret of the power over himself which the strong man wields—he can compel himself to think of what he chooses, and will not allow himself in thoughts that breed mischief” (Vol. 1, pp. 325, 326).
HTH!
Dana
(PS – I think CM had a lot to say about this sort of thing so there are probably a lot more gems like this to be discovered.)
Oh, Dana, I SOOOO needed to hear that right now! Thanks for posting it! I think I will go write it down and hang it on my wall above my desk right now. “Change your thoughts.” Ah, CM was so wise! 🙂
Well, did some school today – just setup a light schedule (for my crazy busy days… lets see…)
We did:
Violin practice (the 100 day challenge started today!)
The new devotion study we are doing….
copywork
math
reading with the 3yo while the 8yo read a book to the baby and the 6yo whined that she didn’t want to read a book
Then we had violin lessons, then swimming lessons….
Then Family Home Evening (imagine another devotional…)
So – overall it went pretty good.
Oh, and I was surprised how well the reading lesson (doing them because she WANTS to…) went with the 3yo after a 2-3 week break over Christmas! She only forgot what the new letter said… she did great at blending the words and reading the little story!
Sara B. I totally understand your frustration with your “hubby” and I’ll try not to continue on venting since you seemed to have moved on but the same happens with me. My husband is an educator outside of the home and whenever he detects something didn’t go as planned in our day instead of encouragement I get criticism or a long speech about what I should have done. So I’m left with not wanting to ever talk to him about anything school related. I’m finding encouragement in other moms though and I just try to focus on his day now instead of mine.
I may have missed this in an earlier post (and I’m not too lazy to look, just too busy!), but with regards to violin practice, what is the “100 day challenge” you mentioned? Is it as obvious as I think it is? Is it something only related to music practice? Is this your own thing or something suggested online or by the violin teacher?
Enquiring minds want to know!
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