The Beauty of Home Education

Because most people go to school, you will most often hear only of the benefits of going to school, so I’m here to champion home education! Because, given most people in fact “were” schooled…it can be hard to have faith in yourself to do something so huge without “being directed what to do” all the time…as you are in school.

See, the big thing I want to say upfront is… school does not equal education. Going to school, does not amount to education. School and teaching are different to learning and education! They may take place together but they don’t always! See, one…is being done “to you”, while the other, you take ownership of! Very different things!

I want to take a moment to share some of the reasons and inspirations behind WHY I choose to home educate. Because not many people understand it, because it’s not very common. I get that. I understand. What I want people to understand is…my inspiration for home ed / unschooling is … choosing something VERY different to what I see!

I don’t want my children to be “normal”, like everyone else. I am NOT bringing them up solely to “get a job”…Gosh! I want WAY MORE than just that for them! I see the possibility for an entrepreneur, someone who does something that HASN’T been done before! So in my eyes…why limit my children to just “getting a job”???

Why I’m so grateful for unschooling, natural learning, home education or whatever you prefer to call it, is…

The time with my children…not being rushed. I grateful I won’t be losing that couple of hours a day packing a lunch box and school bag! I also truly grateful my children will be wearing whatever they want too.

I am grateful for home education giving me the ability to be the one “modelling” for my children…how to “do life”, with LOVE. See, I don’t know where a teacher has come from and what attitudes they will show up in the class room with! What I do know is that my attitudes and insights in life have served me enormously!

My greatest accomplishment will be the “gratitude” I impart onto my children as I instil it as an essential foundation for fulfilment in life! How do I know that that one single fundamental learning will be offered to my children in a classroom lead by a stranger???

One of the best things I feel home education offers is…the possibility for random, organic and DEEP connections we make as we weave in and out of each others spheres throughout the day. The most beautiful aspects of home education for me is that message that is communicated to my children that they are more than what other’s perceive them to be. More than a mark or a grade and much more than a report card or test result!

My wish for them is that they learn that their voice matters and that they have control over their lives, freedom to choose and the right to be respected. What I do not want for them is a learned dependance on an authority figure to direct them when, what, where and how to think!

I am grateful to be here with my children for the thousands of hours instead of not knowing what they are going through. I grateful to be their greatest example… Not someone I do not know. How can that be a promise of joy for my children? That is my greatest purpose in home education! My children’s fulfilment!