Well you’ve all read that I was thinking
about going back into teaching, either classroom or virtual. I feel like God was trying to get a
message across to me and I was thinking I needed to work for the income. As nice as that would be, Franklin does
not want me to get a job. He says
my job is here at home, now don’t get all bent out of shape… It’s a very sweet
way of telling me, he doesn’t want anyone else raising our girls and everything
that I do around here couldn’t be done if I had a J-O-B!
Okay, wandered off topic…back on
track! Well I have been dealing a
lot with Evelyn’s struggles, which I have not shared a lot of and won’t go into
details. I believe that God was
softening my heart to become my daughter’s teacher. I am going to pulling Evelyn out of school in the near
future and homeschooling her.
We feel it is the best decision for her
personal development, self-esteem, growth and education right now. I am really excited, and would be lying
if I said I wasn’t nervous, but I know through faithful prayers we will make it
fun and see her grow. She is such
a sweet little girl who has begged to be homeschooled since K. It has nothing to do with teachers, she
just doesn’t learn by overload of worksheets. I intend to make her learning style more fun, eclectic, and
educational all in one.
As far as the rest of the girlies, they are
going to stay in school for the rest of the year. Who knows what will happen,
but for now I want to focus on building Evelyn up and getting her feeling
better about herself. I know I can’t
“fix” her, but I can let her know how much God loves her and teach her about
relationships and glorifying God and still learn too! I am sure I will share lots more as we dive into things, but
to start off we are just going to do a lot of reading! Picking subjects that interest her the
most, things that keep her attention.
This morning I turned to my Bible just for something encouraging and guess which verse God chose for me to read:
"We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer."
Proverbs 16
Proverbs 16
The focus of the elementary years is
to foster, grow and develop a child’s innate appetite for learning and life.
This article was very insightful…
1 comment:
yay! i am so excited for you and Evelyn and I can't wait to read more about your journey!
My daughter, Allie, sounds a lot like Evelyn...very sweet, but school just didn't work for her and her self esteem suffered. Homeschooling has been wonderful for us and I pray that it is for you as well!
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