Ever wonder what a homeschool morning might be like from a kid’s perspective? Today I’m putting my kids in the spotlight and sharing what homeschooling is like through their eyes.
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I spend a lot of time talking about what homeschooling is like for our family. I love sharing our journey and encouraging other homeschool families in theirs, but today isn’t about me.
Today we get to see what a typical homeschool morning looks like through the eyes of my five year-old daughter and my eleven year-old son.
A Homeschool Morning Through Their Eyes
Our goal is to be done by noon on a typical homeschool day, so I gave my kids an old phone to help me chronicle their morning. Before we get to their photos, take a look at the video version of this post.
In this video, I interview both of my kids about a homeschool morning and some of their favorite (and not-so favorite) things about homeschooling.
Now that you’ve heard the interview, here’s more on homeschooling through their eyes. These are the photos they felt best described their morning:
Scenes from a Homeschool Morning:
My 11 Year-old’s Perspective
On this particular day, my 7th grader was working on several subjects independently in his room:
- Fractions with Life of Fred (He specifically mentions this in the video)
- Writing Composition
- Reading
- Music Appreciation
You can learn more about any of these homeschool resources in our 7th Grade Curriculum Choices.
It looks as if he had a significant interruption while working through the last few pages of the Schubert unit in music appreciation. 🙂
When he finished his independent work, he and his sister watched a documentary about water quality. This was to help them understand more about water quality and the results of our recent water testing.
That’s it for my oldest kiddo’s morning in photos. Now, on to my little one.
Scenes from a Homeschool Morning:
My 5 Year-old’s Perspective
If you’ve seen our homeschool plans for first grade, you may recognize some of the books in this picture from my five year-old. This scene contains Life of Fred Cats, her math book, our current read aloud, and a few of her Ambleside Online selections for the day:
Although we read several poems each day, her favorite is “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” by Eugene Field. We usually read it along with our other poetry selections for the day, so it doesn’t surprise me at all that she would include it in her photos from the morning. 🙂
It also doesn’t surprise me that she would include a picture from our Life of Fred lesson for the day. This girl loves those math lessons and has learned so much more than math through them.
That wraps up my little one’s homeschool morning. I hope you’ve enjoyed a peek at our homeschool through the eyes of my kiddos!
There’s lots more of this kind of thing happening at iHomeschool Network’s Back to Homeschool Blog Hop. Stop by and check out Through the Eyes of the Student week.
Oh my goodness. Your kids are so stinkin’ cute! And I love how articulate your son is. He sounds so much like you! Excellent video. 🙂
Thank you, Michelle! 🙂
What a great look at your school through their eyes.
They had a fun time sharing their experiences! 🙂
Love the “out-takes” at the end! So funny!
Your kids are so poised in front of the camera.
Thank you, Alison! 🙂
I had to include those out-takes. They were cracking me up.
That was so sweet to hear. Your son sounds so grown up and is able to articulate so well. That is a great reflection of how kids are when they spend more time talking with adults and not looking down at a phone. 🙂 Your daughter is a doll too. We use Reading Express and Math Eggs too and love it.
Thank you for sharing!