Simple Reminders

So I sat with my son on the floor of our homeschool room today doing a math project on skip counting. I had actually saved this project from two years ago when I did it with my eldest child, knowing that eventually I would have to do it with Chase. I'm still in awe that the time has come.

Here I was thinking that I would be able to go at it the same way I taught my daughter, but it amazes me that they both took to this concept differently.  My daughter went off of basic memorization, where as my son, as you can see below, we had to take out some blocks to breakdown the concept of counting by two's. 

Here's the thing though, when I had this flashback moment, I was thinking of something else. Sitting on the floor with my little one was a great reminder of WHY we chose to homeschool. I realized that not only did my son process this new idea of skip counting differently then my daughter, but I also had to teach it differently for him to grasp it. My son in that moment needed me to be adaptable to his learning style as his teacher.

 

 

It was a good reminder that he wasn't the same as his sister, and so I shouldn't treat, teach, or expect the same. That is why we chose to homeschool over public. For moments like this, where we could address our child's individual learning & help him flourish to be the best that he can be.

 

It was a great feeling as a mom but also as his teacher to watch him comprehend this new skill and then to see how proud he was of himself.

  

It was in that "simple" moment that I was reminded that my husband and I made the best choice for "our family"