New Beginnings

Welcome to my newest blog "Chasing Rainbows". Primarily this blog has been created to share with you some occasional sweetness, sometimes craziness but always interesting days I spend while homeschooling/unschooling my 2 boys ages 5 and 6. I always knew (well mostly) that I would teach them myself. I never truly imagined the challenges I would face and the uncertainty that each day would create but I stand by my decision and am happy that I am (well trying to) find balance with this hectic and busy life I call my own. Ian and Aevan have completely different learning styles. That in itself can be challenging but the awesome thing with being a homeschooler is, you learn what style works best for your individual child and that happens rather quickly. It didn't take much time for me to see that what works for Ian wouldn't work for Aevan and to my dismay I had to adjust things accordingly almost from day 1. Initially I thought I would find a curriculum based category for each child and stick with it the entire school year. After about 2 or 3 years of looking through (and I mean through TON'S and TON'S of reviews and curriculum studies) I finally came to the conclusion that I needed to find a way to teach that didn't necessarily require a commitment to any specific company or educational material. After all I chose to school my children from home so that I could keep things simple and non-specific. Why would I teach from what I was presumably running away from?

I think that everyone chooses this journey for a different reason. If you're a newbie like myself, you are still learning what you want out of this experience for your child/children. Everyone is different and the teaching techniques will require adjustment but honestly, we're all still learning... even us mom's. So sit back, relax and enjoy this season of your life. Will it be insanely crazy at times? Will your kids drive you bonkers and make you scratch your head (thinking, why, why did I choose this?) Yes, I assure you, it will happen. Hopefully you will have the great days too where you will see the sparkle in your child's eyes when he/she learns something new. When you create a magical world of learning at home and your child learns to read because "you" taught them how. Those milestones are incredible and just knowing you were able to be an instrumental tool in that process and journey is enough reward in itself. Thanks for being here and reading my blog. Please subscribe and share!