Shout Out for Home School Moms

Yesterday it was the school program at BSF. This morning I spent about three hours helping a mother of seven (four still at home) school her children.  I had a great time.  There is a coach / teacher person inside of me waiting to emerge. We studied science this morning and read about frogs. I'm a "tadpole teacher" of sorts. I've heard about home school for a long time especially so since my coming to Calvary Bible Church.  I had very little, if any, experience actually being a part of the process.

I have helped children with homework before but this was different. It was kind of like diving in the deep end. I loved it.  It made my heart glad to hear mother and son learn the grammatical principles related to pronouns as objects of prepositions. (That's fodder for another post!). I loved listening to the kids read and helping with the math. I learned the differences between frogs and toads. I heard that Albert Einstein was ridiculed as a school boy. I did some math problems and got the right answers.  Okay it was fourth grade math so no big deal. The eldest son was studying physics. I told him he was on his own...

Okay I digress. I saw a brief moment of the effort it takes to home school children.  I have a far greater appreciation for the parents who do it day in and day out.  I especially have much respect for the fact that often there are six, seven or eight children in a family. I imagine that like most things it gets a bit easier as you do it more.  By the time you get to the last child, it perhaps does feel like a breeze. Anyway, here's a shout out for home school Moms.  You rock.