Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Smith:
Becky, can you tell us how you’ve managed to actively engage in your 17 grandchildren’s education, while leaving space for the parents as the primary teachers?

Becky:
Well first of all, I still have a 12-year-old that I’m homeschooling, so I’m not finished with my primary job! But, in the years past, I’ve had what I would call a little co-op class at my house, and we did hands-on things like, we did the life size cut-out of the human body and put in our organs, we did the days of creation in notebook, and so those were things we did in years past.

This year, I’m actually loving homeschooling more than I have in years, because I’m teaching a co-op, and I’m teaching social studies. I take Ethan, our oldest grandson, and bring him home with us for two days of the week to do social studies homework and that frees Christa to do the first-, second-, and third-graders. And on Mondays when I take five of her children to co-op, she has time for housekeeping, preschoolers, and bookkeeping. So, I just try to stay involved and see how I can help.

Mike:
Well, you need a lot of energy to do what you’re doing, and we really appreciate you sharing this with our listening audience. And until next time, I’m Mike Smith.