What are your kids learning lately? Whether they’re changing diapers or the oil in your car, home is a great place to learn life skills! Hear more on today’s Home School Heartbeat with host Mike Farris and homeschooled student Lydia Ware.
Mike Farris:
Lydia, last time we talked about how homeschooling gave you academic flexibility, and you discovered a love of history. What other sorts of things have you learned as a homeschooling student by participating in your family’s daily life?
Lydia Ware:
Mr. Farris, something that I find really impacted me in being homeschooled is that I get to experience living. I don’t have to learn about the things that I’m going to need and know in life; I get to experience it in the real thing. I get to apply it in a real situation—from shopping and comparing prices to training kids and balancing bank accounts. I get to learn it by doing it. Being a part of a big family, getting up early, and getting the morning going, helping with five different grades of school, keeping the house clean 24/7, making meals, not to mention learning how to care for a screaming baby, make dinner, and keep the toddler busy and out of mischief all at the same time, is a huge part of living! Which, for me, is awesome because that is what I want to do with my life—raise kids and be a stay-at-home mom, and everything I need to be learning is right here at home, and I’ve already been doing it all my life! In the end, I may not be able to tell you all there is to know about calculus, but hey, I can run a household!
Mike:
Lydia, that says so much—all you can do is pronounce a benediction and say, “Good job, Lydia.” I’m Mike Farris.
