5 Days of Homeschool Encouragement: Motivation Monday

Dear young homeschool mom,

You and your husband have made the decision to homeschool your children. Your oldest is 4 or 5 now, and you're getting pressured by society, friends, maybe family even, to put him or her in preschool or kindergarten.

But your little girl would rather play with her dolls, or make "meals" for Daddy in her play kitchen. Your little boy can't sit still; he'd rather play with his toy cars or his Duplos or Legos.

Or they'd rather be outside, playing in the dirt, climbing trees, swinging in the swing, or swimming in your pool.

Besides all that, there is so much curriculum out there from which to choose, it's extremely overwhelming!! Where do you start?

Relax, Mama. You can do this!

First step: Pray. God will speak to your heart. He will guide you in the way you should go.

Second step: Read. First and foremost, read God's Word.

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6.

"And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Deuteronomy 6:7. (Deuteronomy 11:19 says basically the same thing)

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16.

"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." James 1:5.

Some other resources to read:

If you click over to our Homeschool Philosophy, you'll find a few of my favorite resources. Or you can read it at this website, if you'd rather.

I shared a review of God Schooling: How God Intended Children to Learn last week, which was a new resource for me. It certainly is becoming a favorite resource for me to recommend to new homeschoolers.

A couple of the first books I read were: A Charlotte Mason Education, and More Charlotte Mason Education, by Catherine Levison.

More books to read, by Karen Andreola: A Charlotte Mason Companion, Pocketful of Pinecones, and Lessons at Blackberry Inn.

Maybe you'll even want to read Charlotte Mason's books: Home Education; Parents and Children; School Education; Ourselves; Formation of Character; A Philosophy of Education. (I will admit, I have not read them myself...not yet, anyway.)

You can listen to podcasts over at A Delectable Education, and at Simply Charlotte Mason.

For my Seventh-day Adventist friends, some of the best books to read are: Education; Christian Education; Counsels to Parents, Teachers and Students; and Fundamentals of Christian Education, or any other books by E.G. White.

Tomorrow we will cover Step 3 by taking a look at curriculum, so I hope you'll come back then.

Here are a few others of the Crew who are joining this blog hop:
Amanda @ Hopkins Homeschool
Angie @ Run Ran Family Adventures & Learning
Annette @ A Net in Time
Ashley @ Gift of Chaos
Betty @ Let’s Get Real
Brenda @ Counting Pinecones
Carol @ Home Sweet Life
Chareen @ Every Bed of Roses

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