CounterCultural Momma

1. Spending time together
2. Teaching my son to read (there was nothing more satisfying than hearing him read his first book!)
3. Being in charge of our families schedule (we do school very regularly - I'm a scheduled person - but, if we are super busy and miss one day...I'm not stressing!)
4. Having the time to take part in extracurricular activities (my son regularly attends basketball, library story time, awana, sunday school, swimming lessons, as well as a one day a week co-op school day) - adding music lessons this summer.
5. Ability to adjust teaching in response to his needs and interests
6. Choosing out of the thousands of wonderful curriculum options (see rainbowresources.com)
7. Beginning to instill a teachable spirit in him
8. Schoolrooms are made for girls (I LOVED THEM!!), but boys learn differently - educators know that, but why is nothing changing?
9. Education that doesn't take a back seat to teachers salaries. (We are in one of the top school districts in America, yet, our school could not take the kids on more than one field trip per year. Why am I paying $3000 to our school district alone? !)
10. My ownership of his education makes me a more "plugged in parent" - I'm not giving this responsibility to someone else. 


ok, ok!! one more... :)
11. SPRING BREAK - we don't have to schedule our vacations or life around school. School revolves around our life.

Have a wonderful day! It's feeling like spring in Chicago, yea!

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