Ask and ye shall receive…
08 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Curriculum, Our Progress, Resources Tags: curriculum, decisions, God, Heavenly Father, Overwhelmed, prayer, the Lord
Wow, what a week! I’ve been driving myself nuts trying to choose the different curriculum programs I want to use. There is just SO much out there to pick from. Trying to weed out what I feel is good has been literally exhausting! After looking and looking I was beginning to wonder if I was fighting a loosing battle! Then it occurred to me: Ask Heavenly Father to help. Hello! Duh! What the heck have I been doing? Sure, seek His input as to whether or not to go the traditional homeschool route, but then don’t ask Him concerning the curriculum to use. Gee whiz and good grief! I should have done that at the beginning of this search process! I could have saved myself many headaches, much time, and many nights of fitful sleep! (Yeah, you know you need help when you are literally having nightmares and dreams about curriculum!)
So, anyway, once I asked Heavenly Father to help me discern what would be right for our family, the answers came immediately! I just love that!! When the Lord says to ask, He means it! (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)) I tell you, the Lord blessed me with some wisdom and I am so very grateful for that! After all, He sees the end from the beginning and He can direct our lives so much better than we can! Once again, my testimony that we must trust God and His will for us is strengthened. How amazing that the Lord will bless us each, individually, because He truly loves and cares for us!
So, I found (or rather, I was guided) to a great reading and a wonderful science program! I’m SO excited!! The more I find and get settled the more excited I get. It’s a little ridiculous how overjoyed I am about things. I feel like a little kid at Christmastime again. Now, if I can just get some of my enthusiasm to rub off on the kids…..
Yikes!
13 May 2008 5 Comments
in Our Progress, Start Up Tags: Information, Overwhelmed
I had a bit of an anxiety attack the other day, as I realized the ginormous task ahead of me. I’ve been researching and researching, and I still don’t know everything I need to teach the kids. So, I started to really freak out and felt entirely overwhelmed. I guess it just hit me, all of a sudden. Math won’t be a problem, we’ve already picked out a math program we are going to use. However, that’s the only thing that has been decided. What am I going to do about reading? My friend, Amy, who is also going to be homeschooling, is suppose to get Hooked on Phonics for us to use from her mom, but that hasn’t happened yet. I think that will be a good program to use, and is pretty well proved. But, what about spelling, language arts, science, art, music? I think my big problem is that I don’t know exactly what should be taught at what grade level. I’ve got some information from the school district as to their math and reading guidelines, but I need more. I think that what I need to to is contact some other homeschoolers, and see how they do it. I guess this is a good lesson for me to remember that I don’t have to have all the answers and information at once, and that I need to take a deep breath.
