DON’T RECREATE PUBLIC SCHOOL AT HOME

<p>If public school is all you know, it's natural to try to <strong>recreate</strong> that experience at home. But guest Sarah Hercules warns us against falling into that trap. Instead, let your family's needs guide your decisions. Flex to what serves <em>your </em>routines and your well being! You don't have to have desks in a row or start lessons at 8 am each morning. (Of course, you can if you <em>want </em>to!) When you get outside the public school box, you have the freedom to truly savor the learning journey with your children and stop worrying about wearing the parent hat or the teacher hat.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>QUOTABLES&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Janna: "So think of curriculum like an outline. So as long as you're hitting the main points, you're getting the information that your child needs. If you're super creative, then you can take that creativity and expand your outline to include a lot more activities or different ideas. But if you're bare bones getting through the day, you're working full time, and trying to homeschool your children, just having that outline and knowing that this is what we need to accomplish today, it can be very basic."</p> <p>Sarah: "... there's not a distinction between being a parent and being a teacher because parents teach. That's one of the jobs that we have and that we get to do so, and so if we're mentally separating them, that's because that's what public school does."</p> <p>Sarah: "But I can be really good at finding out information or I can be really good at finding the perfect YouTube video that's going to help my child with that concept. And <em>that </em>makes me a great teacher."</p> <p><strong>TIMESTAMPS</strong></p> <p>02:25 Sarah shares her transition from a public school believer to a homeschooler.&nbsp;</p> <p>03:55 How Sarah's attempt to use desks, schedules, worksheets in organized drawers, etc. led to disaster.</p> <p>05:54 Sarah's epiphany while nursing the baby and reading to the other children on the couch.&nbsp;</p> <p>07:17 Managing a classroom requires ce