Learning how..

I've never really thought about keeping record of my thoughts and feelings on a regular basis, however, I know it can be an important learning tool so I'm going to give it a try.  I really don't know who's learning more through this, the kids or myself?  Honestly, I don't. Did I ever learn those grammar rules??   If I had to choose the most important thing I've learned so far this year, it would be that each child learns differently.  I cannot expect what works with one kid to work for all three, it's not even worth it to try.  I do not know how teachers in the public school do it?! Also, I had to totally move past the idea that my house had to become a school room in order to function, it just wasn't happening.  In fact, I'm eternally grateful to the woman who taught me the difference between a school room and learning.  She said, "Learning is a verb, school is a noun."  That was my first lesson and pretty much the principle on which I teach.  If my kids are learning something every day and they're making progress then we're on track.  The world is our school room, we can't limit education to any single place.  Now that we're sort of "in the groove" of things, my goal is to record some of the daily lessons that we acquire through our real life experiences of learning.   They don't come to me in familiar form, in fact I usually can't even see them coming.  We have a routine that we attempt to follow but often times the Lord intervenes with a much greater lesson than just reading and math.  Often we'll get all our subjects in on just one bible study.  I love and welcome this because it stimulates me and as a result the kids get more out of whatever I'm to teach.  It's not always easy..we have our "off" days but there is always a lesson to be learned.