Oh, the negative comments. We always have negative comments, it doesn’t matter what part of our life is there will always be negative comments. 

Before getting started here is a link to the Virtual Homeschool Coop website.

I haven’t had a lot of negative comments, maybe because my kids are young and strangers may think they aren’t old enough. I don’t know. The only few times I have heard a comment from a stranger I usually smile and ignore the comment and go on. The only negative comment that I remember is from a cashier. When she learned that we homeschool she immediately asked: why? I smile and I may have laughed a little and we went our way.
If we talk about family, I don’t think our family agrees with our decision but we live far from home and family that they don’t have the opportunity to tell us everything they wish.

My dad one time asked me: what about college? And I just say well, that’s on them. If they want to go to college they can.

My mom, who is a former teacher in Mexico and she was a good teacher I might add, told me once: well you can homeschool them now that they our younger and let them go to middle and high school. Another comment she has told me is: I do think that homeschool is great and that they can learn better because they can have one on one interaction, but what about socialization?  My answer was, kids in public school don’t socialize that much, they’re always sitting and they are expected to be quiet for 6 hours or more. Besides PUBLIC SCHOOL ISN’T THE ONLY PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN SOCIALIZE. And that is it. I do want to add that my mom has been amazing, I can always talk to her and ask her advice and she also sends me books, she buys us new books but also she has given us books that she had from school, when she was teaching.

I have received other comments from my mother in law, my sister in law, etc but nothing to bad, I don’t get offended. And my sister in law is amazing, I can always talk to her about all this homeschooling stuff, the good days, the bad days, everything.

And there you have it. I’m pretty relaxed about it, I usually let go.

Blessings!

Abby.

Yay! My first virtual Honeschool Coop assignment, this is so fun!

Before I begin, if you want to know more about the Virtual Homeschool Coop go to the blog or you can also check the youtube channel.

Now, I’m supposed to say how structure or relax is our homeschool from 0 (no structure) to 10 (high structure) in 3 categories: curriculum, daily rutine and space.
I would say I’m a 5 curriculum wise. We’re really interested in unschooling, but not having a curriculum makes me nervous, specially since English is my second language and my son loves workbooks and worksheets. So my son has curriculum for languague arts, reading, spelling, math and spanish. He is not learning to speak spanish, he alredy speaks and reads spanish, but he is learning grammar and spelling. As for the rest of the subjects we don’t do a specific curriculum, sometimes we do something from easy peasy and sometimes we do nothing but read and read. Now my 5 year old daughter is a free soul, she doesn’t like curriculum and for this year we are letting her be. She is really creative and alredy reads, so we focus in a lot of reading, she reads to me and I read to her, she chooses what to read. Sometimes we also do some hands on activities. But as I said we are letting her be.

Our daily routine would be a 2 or 3. I have tried in the past to have an schedule but it only lasts a couple of weeks and that is it. We try to start our homeschool around 10 and we are done by 12. The rest of the day is for independent reading and play.

We do have a school room, but it is more a storage room for our homeschool stuff. We don’t spend a lot of time in there, we do school anywhere and everywhere. So I think that makes as a 1? 

Considering all of this I would say we our a pretty relaxed homeschool family. We want our kids to have enough time to do what they like to do and enjoy life.
Blessings!

Abby.

Hello, everyone. Do you know what the virtual homeschool coop is?

Well, is a group of awesome homeschool moms or dads, etc.  that share their homeschool experiences. You can check them out here.

Before I start doing any assignments I want to introduce myself. I will be answering the following questions.

Introduce yourself to the community and who you are.

I’m Abby, a 29 year old homeschool/stay at home mom. I’m from Mexico (forgive my English), I have a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, but I do love staying home with the kids.

How long you have been homeschooling?

This is our second year homeschooling, so I’m really new to this concept. Before this I didn’t have any idea that you could educate your kids at home.

How many and how old are your homeschool children?

I have 3 beautiful kids (I’m their mom, so yes, I do think they are beautiful and also smart), my son is 6 years old, my daughter is almost 5 years old and the baby girl is almost 3 years old.

What is your homeschool mission statement?

I don’t have a mission statement but I can tell you what I want for my kids and our family. I want to create wonderful memories, and to have enough time to do so. 

What is your homeschool approach?

We don’t have an specific homeschool approach. We read a lot, in both, English and Spanish. We do some hands on activities, we watch educational videos and movies, etc. 

Where are you located on this planet?

We live in the US.

How was the social media platforms helped you with your homeschool?

They’ve been really helpful, specially pinterest and youtube. I get a lot of ideas from those platforms, I would be lost without social media platforms.

What are you excited about getting out of the VHC this year?

I just wanna get to know other homeschooling families and share our experiences.

And that’s it.

I’m really excited to be part of this amazing community.

Blessings!

Abby.

Ha pasado bastante tiempo desde que escribí aquí en mi blog, y es que con 3 niños de 6 años, 4 años y 2 años se mantiene ocupada uno bastante, y más si hacemos escuela en casa.

Este ciclo escolar hemos empezado de una manera y ya vamos por otro camino, tan rápido hemos cambiado de rumbo. Pero ¿por qué ha pasado esto?

Bueno como una madre que hace escuela en casa me gusta estar leyendo de métodos de enseñanza, explorar tipos de aprendizaje, etc. Además  de que me gusta buscar cosas que puedan servir mejor para mis hijos. Y lo que pensé que serviría para mi niña pues no ha funcionado.

Mi niña es la niña más alegre, le gusta explorar, es muy activa, muy creativa y mil cosas más. Esas cosas no le permiten estar sentada leyendo libros de texto o contestando ejercicios en un libro. Ella necesita libertad de crear, de jugar, de imaginar y soñar, de disfrutar su infancia. Algo que aveces pasamos por alto los adultos.

Así que este ciclo escolar he decidido eso, dejarla soñar, crear, jugar, imaginar. Cero curriculum para ella. Quiero que disfrute aprender, y el aprendizaje es natural en el ser humano, especialmente en los niños. Vamos a leer bastante este año, yo a ella y ella a mi. Vamos a jugar, soñar e imaginar juntas.

Al final de cuentas la vida es la mejor escuela.

¡Bendiciones!

Abby