This was a question on one of the Facebook groups I’m in.
Here’s my answer…
It means freedom. It means slow mornings. It means self-learning. It means snuggling up to read together on the couch. It means faith and hope. It means fun, and experiments, and games. It means doing our bookwork together and siblings helping each other. It means sacrifice and cutting back and being creative. It means exploration, asking questions and going on tangents. It means being together 24/7 and sometimes that means no breaks! It means time to daydream and ponder. It means socialising in different ways. It means siblings learning and growing together. It means being flexible and following interests. It means often having lunch at 3pm because we got distracted building something. It means rheems of drawings and art and scribbled stories. It means structure one day and unstructured the next. It means climbing trees, and building fairy gardens, and checking out the birds. It means family discussions (and arguments!) on many different topics. It means splashing in the rain, and eating our snacks on the driveway under the bottle brush trees. It means collecting curriculum and trying to cull the stash of activity books, scrapbooks and stickers. it means art supplies, printing, and play dough. It means being encouraged to do our best, and often trying (and forgetting) to use our manners. It means leaving the housework for a bit longer. It means multi-age learning with grandparents, parents and kids all learning together. But mostly it means freedom to do things our way.
There were many interesting answers. I love that homeschooling can be personalised to your circumstances and it can be somewhat unique for each family.
But of course, it is only possible through faith in Jesus and the daily strength He gives us (even if we do have to fall on our knees hourly to ask him for another portion of grace, because there’s that bickering again..).
Thankyou Jesus that you give us strength and cover us with your grace.
Lost Corner Orchard 