{"id":60500,"date":"2019-03-14T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/?p=60500"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:37:53","slug":"beg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/beg\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you want your kids to beg for more school?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/beg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60501\" src=\"http:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2640.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2640-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2640-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2640-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2640-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Written by Kari Patterson of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karipatterson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacred Mundane<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">I<\/span>t was the conversation I never dreamed we&#8217;d have:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re doing enough. School has gotten really easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, you said we&#8217;d be doing more this year, but we aren&#8217;t. Can&#8217;t we learn some more things?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>It was the kind of complaining that&#8217;s music to a mama&#8217;s ears.<\/strong> <em>Both<\/em> kids lamenting that they&#8217;re not learning enough?\u00a0<em>Both<\/em> kids actually\u00a0<em>asking to do more school?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After I picked myself up off the floor, I asked some clarifying questions, to understand what exactly they were wanting. At twelve and ten-years-old, they are mostly independent in their studies, and over the past couple years I&#8217;ve slowly decluttered our curriculum, simmering it down to the basic essentials.<\/p>\n<p>I saw so much good coming from having more space, I was hesitant to add anything back in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But now they were\u00a0<em>begging<\/em> me for more.<\/strong> Wasn&#8217;t this exactly what I&#8217;d hoped for? Wasn&#8217;t this the whole point? Don&#8217;t they say that <em>cultivating\u00a0<\/em>(or recovering)<em> a love of learning<\/em> was the whole point of these middle-years?<\/p>\n<p>This was it. <strong>My confirmation that a <em>love of learning<\/em> was growing<\/strong>, and that now, now that they were\u00a0<em>asking for it<\/em>, I could effectively add more work into their days.<\/p>\n<p>I sat down with paper and asked them each in turn:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ok, you&#8217;re already doing the basics, so what subjects would you like to add? What do you\u00a0<em>want<\/em> to learn?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each child answered differently.<\/strong> Heidi was eager to learn a second language, take a Creative Writing course, read more books from our booklists, write book reports, and start a monthly book club with her friends.<\/p>\n<p>I had to chuckle. I&#8217;ve never required my kids to write book reports, favoring discussion instead. But this girl loves to write, so written reports appeal to her. Great!<\/p>\n<p>We signed up for an online Spanish course, and I pulled down the Creative Writing materials I had purchased ahead for Dutch (who isn&#8217;t interested&#8211;ha!). She took the initiative of inviting, organizing and hosting the first gathering of her book club and the girls had a blast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60508 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4538.jpg 640w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4538-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4538-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4538-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4538-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My son&#8217;s request was short and sweet, related to his obsession with all things Creation Science: <strong>He wanted to buy a high school Biology textbook and critique it<\/strong>, considering claims, writing notes in the margin, and finding any areas of inaccuracy, when compared with a Creationist perspective.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-60509\" src=\"http:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4571-e1551479233596-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4571-e1551479233596-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4571-e1551479233596.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This had never occurred to me, but I thought it was a great idea. Undoubtedly he&#8217;d learn some more biology, gain experience comparing varying perspectives, sharpen his reasoning, and learn how to articulate his views.<\/p>\n<p>We also purchased <em>The Truth Project<\/em> DVD series so we could go through them together and discuss different aspects of a biblical worldview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clearly, my two children&#8217;s requests could not have been more different.<\/strong> And certainly, it would be a disaster to try to force both kids to fit into the same educational mold.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch can easily advance into adult-level materials in his area of interest. Heidi is doing a week&#8217;s worth of writing lessons <em>each day<\/em> because she enjoys it so much.<\/p>\n<p>My point is this:\u00a0<strong><em>If we overcrowd our curriculum<\/em> we don&#8217;t have the time, space, and mental energy to add in what our children love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe that, in general, we want people to <em>want more<\/em> of what we offer, not less.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every public speaker knows that the key is leaving people <em>wanting more<\/em>, not looking at their watches wondering when you&#8217;ll finally be done.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The same, I believe, is true with education. At this stage, I want to whet my children&#8217;s appetites for knowledge, learning, acquiring skills, and then leave them wanting more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create a hunger, then let them feast at will.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We might be surprised to find our children begging for more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert\"><i>How do you add this type of &#8220;fun&#8221; learning into your homeschool?<\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane It was the conversation I never dreamed we&#8217;d have: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re doing enough. School has gotten really easy.&#8221; &#8220;Yeah, you said we&#8217;d be doing more this year, but we aren&#8217;t. 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