I tend to have all sorts of things lined up for my kids at the beginning of the year and then “wham”, the end of September comes and my expectations have changed. One thing I am REALLY going to shoot for this year is “structure the time, not the content”. Okay, I am still the mom and God put me in authority over my kids so I get to choose some of the content. But, I plan to give my kids some freedom about what they will study. If I tell my 12year old that we will study until 3pm (starting around 9am with an hour lunch break), he should have lots of time to study and read. If he is not finished with something by 3pm, but has really studied the entire time, then it is time to stop and work on it tomorrow. There is no rush to get through everything. I have to keep reminding myself of this concept, especially with my 17 year old who is taking a college course this year. I still have so much I want to teach her.
Structure Time vs. Content
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