Homeschooling an Only - Simply Charlotte Mason

I am homeschooling just one. She is 9. I am committed to keeping her home. We have 3 adult children and 2 are married and live out of state, so we are free to take trips to see them and their children. It does get tough sometimes because my daughter wants to be with her friends. I make sure we are involved in a local hs group and we get together often with a homeschooling family from our church. My daughter would be happy to do that every day, but I am trying to teach her to be thankful that she can be with them as much as she is. If I am doing something else, she often acts like she is bored. She wants someone doing things with her. I really want to be more structured, so I'm watching the DVD and using the charts in Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education. I don't want my daughter to have so much idle time, but I don't want to overload her with 'academics'. She struggles with reading and math because of some visual processing and tracking problems. We had 2 good years with another curriculum, but this year she is really starting to dislike school. She would rather clean the house than do school. I am really looking forward to the nature study. She loves to be outside. She may never be the best at math and reading, but I want her to enjoy learning all she can, and I think the best way is through observation. So, I am hopeful this coming year will be exciting for her. It will require more of my time, but that's okay. Since she likes to clean, we'll just add more of that to her life skills:) As long as she is doing something with me, she will be happy. The years with our children are short, so I'm not going to complain about the time I need to spend with her. We go almost everywhere together and have a very close relationship. She was adopted, so having this security and stability is the best thing for her. That's my situation in a nutshell.

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