Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Smith:
Today, we’ll hear from Becky Butler, an experienced homeschooler who is now also a grandmother. Becky, welcome to the program!

Becky Butler:
Thank you Mike, and thank you so much for all Home School Legal Defense has done for all of us all these 27 years.

Mike:
Well, you’re very welcome. Becky, are there hobbies that grandparents may already pursue that would be fun for their grandkids to participate in? What are a few other basics: academic activities grandparents can do with their grandchildren?

Becky:
Well, my husband is a can-do, always-doing kind of man, and Phil takes every moment as a teaching moment with both children and grandchildren. He—if he’s building a birdhouse, if he’s repairing a part on a dishwasher, he pulls the children over and shows them how it works, or where to cut.

For myself, we both love identifying plants and animals, so our Audubon books are always out with the grandchildren, and it&rsqo;s really sparked an interest in their hearts for the natural beauty that we have around us. I think that grandchildren, and young children especially (maybe older children, too), feel very important when we include them on the things that we enjoy doing.

Mike:
Well Becky, that’s very creative—I really appreciate that. Until next time, I’m Mike Smith.