Our decision to homeschool was an easy one to make. It just made sense for our family. (Perhaps I'll dive more into the whys in a later post.) Planning, preparing, and embarking on this new journey hasn't always been as easy though.
In the beginning, I was faced with the daunting task of carving out a place in our small home where much of the learning would happen. I had a room in mind and began by emptying its former contents. That just left me with an empty room to look at night after night and wonder...
What do I need to put in here? Where do I even begin? How is it that putting a classroom together was so easy, but this is overwhelming?
On one of those nights, I sat down and began to first envision what I wanted our homeschool journey to look like. I imagined our days filled with books being read together on the couch, taking field trips, keeping interactive notebooks with jars of freshly sharpened pencils handy, outdoor adventures, a snug place to sit for our devotions, large rolls of art paper to pull out and cover with splashes of paint and colorful scribbles. We'd do science experiments, explore new ideas with a hands-on approach, use math manipulatives, play, and learn together. With this delightful vision in mind, I began to make a list of the things the room needed to accommodate these activities.
Do our days
always look like the picturesque description above? No. Rewarding as it is, homeschooling is not an easy journey. But having an organized, happy space that fosters a love of learning has been vital. The room has continued to evolve as the year progresses, but these essentials remain...
