Homeschooling | a black and white photo essay

Although my blog is not specifically about homeschooling, I often get homeschooling questions from readers. Since a lot of people don’t really know what a homeschool looks like (of course, that varies from home to home!), I though it would be fun to give you a peek into some of our homeschooling days.

Please do know, though, that there are times when homeschooling is not photo essay worthy. Sometimes I’m frustrated, sometimes children have bad attitudes, sometimes a lot of times they don’t read directions, and sometimes they cry (I don’t think I’ve ever actually cried about homeschooling, but I did cry about potty training back in the day. In case you wanted to know.) Anyway, homeschooling isn’t perfect, and I’m not trying to present it as such. But, I do feel the the happy moments outweigh and outnumber the sad ones, and those happy moments are the ones I’m sharing.

{a post-breakfast state geography game on the computer}

{Zoe staring down an especially difficult state}

{reading practice on Zoe’s floor}

{doing state papers for our geography study}

{lunch at our neighborhood pier, with a side of bubble-blowing}

{the post-lunch half hour reading time}

a.k.a. 30 minutes of quiet time for me, cleverly disguised as a fabulous educational tool

{math checking session on the kitchen counter, using a crayon to mark wrong answers.}

{math and handwriting at the kitchen table}

{the kitchen table does show up a lot, doesn’t it?}

{once-a-week Latin and composition with my mom}

{reading practice on the sofa}

{ok, so maybe this doubles as snuggle time}

{it’s a hard job, but someone has to do it.}

{piano practice for Lisey, piano-practicing supervision+laundry-folding for me}