Hi All,
I thought I'd write here about something I've been struggling with lately, just to see if anyone has anything they can add or recommend to me.
So, I have two kids-- a girl, almost 4 years old, and a boy, who just turned one year old. Both have been incredibly "high needs" kids who rarely sleep and are always on the go, either emotionally physically or otherwise. The sleep thing is really killer for me because it affects my energy level and emotions during the day, and I'm already an introverted low energy type as it is. Basically, after a night like last night (baby was up too many times to count, at least twice an hour, then up for the day at FOUR in the morning), I have little energy to "go go go" or "do do do".
I *can* and do delight in the little homemaking things. Cooking, keeping mostly up with housework, snuggling my kids, reading, etc.
But we don't "do" much the way some families seem to. And we live rurally, far from big city amenities. Our once-weekly outing is to the library, and maybe once every week or two we go to our small children's museum. Grocery shopping, too. The odd playgroup. And that's IT. That's all I can handle.
But in regards to homeschooling and keeping my kids home with me, there is that eternal "socialization" question. And the question of "is reading a lot and playing together and doing chores together" enough? I'm not high energy. We simply do not do Pinteresty things. We do basics very well. I expect my kids to be bored at times, and to find creative ways to fill time (not a whole lot of screen time). I still need to nap with the baby every day because he won't sleep without me there.
Does this sound like a recipe for a successful homeschool? Am I dooming my kids to failure? Thoughts?
I thought I'd write here about something I've been struggling with lately, just to see if anyone has anything they can add or recommend to me.
So, I have two kids-- a girl, almost 4 years old, and a boy, who just turned one year old. Both have been incredibly "high needs" kids who rarely sleep and are always on the go, either emotionally physically or otherwise. The sleep thing is really killer for me because it affects my energy level and emotions during the day, and I'm already an introverted low energy type as it is. Basically, after a night like last night (baby was up too many times to count, at least twice an hour, then up for the day at FOUR in the morning), I have little energy to "go go go" or "do do do".
I *can* and do delight in the little homemaking things. Cooking, keeping mostly up with housework, snuggling my kids, reading, etc.
But we don't "do" much the way some families seem to. And we live rurally, far from big city amenities. Our once-weekly outing is to the library, and maybe once every week or two we go to our small children's museum. Grocery shopping, too. The odd playgroup. And that's IT. That's all I can handle.
But in regards to homeschooling and keeping my kids home with me, there is that eternal "socialization" question. And the question of "is reading a lot and playing together and doing chores together" enough? I'm not high energy. We simply do not do Pinteresty things. We do basics very well. I expect my kids to be bored at times, and to find creative ways to fill time (not a whole lot of screen time). I still need to nap with the baby every day because he won't sleep without me there.
Does this sound like a recipe for a successful homeschool? Am I dooming my kids to failure? Thoughts?