I love science. I hate grammar! When we first started down the road of homeschooling, I was very fearful that my kids would be poor spellers and writers because it was such a struggle for me. Well that is largely how things have played out. 3 out of 4 of them are poor spellers and each of them struggles with grammar concepts. They have slowly become better writers but I will give the schools more credit for that than myself.
Both my husband and I are hard science people and though he knows his grammar concepts better than I do, I honestly just could not see the point of drilling those things into my kids heads. Our focus, rather, has always been exposing them to good writing.
I specifically chose a curriculum that was very strong in literature so we were always reading a number of books together and individually. We also spent an entire year just going through the Chronicles of Narnia. At my retirement party, each one of my kids said they would miss sitting on a blanket together eating an afternoon snack and listening to me read. I could cry just thinking about how much I enjoyed those times together.
So all I wanted to say was don't miss the experiences of doing things you enjoy with your kids in order to check more things off your to do list. If you are really going to linger in some places along the way, somethings gotta give and that is ok. God will be faithful to clean up our messes or fill in the holes we leave. I have yet to meet a homeschool mom that wasn't a bit (a lot) overly responsible. Be sure to put yourself in the equation. Are you having fun? What can you do differently today that will allow you to smile and laugh with your kids before the day is out? Why not try it.
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