Interest Led Education Never Ends

Interest led learning is something that’s very important in our family.  It’s one of the top reasons that we homeschool.  Learning that is interesting is just well, more interesting!  Not only that, but kids and adults tend to more easily retain information that we have an interest in.  We work hard to tap into what our children are passionate about and try to help feed that passion, whether it’s technology or cub scouts or horse riding.

One of the best ways we can encourage our children to be interested in new stuff is to be interested in things ourselves!  Not only showing interest in what they are learning, but our own interests.  I think it’s important for our children to see us persuing our passions whether it’s learning a new craft, trying new recipes, starting a home business, or blogging.  I think they need to see that our learning never stops.  Education goes way beyond a specific set of curricula and it certainly doesn’t end with graduation from high school or college.

Of course it’s crucial that we never lose sight of our most important passion which for me is that of wife, mother, teacher, all while {trying to} living out a domestic church in our home.  While all these other pursuits are good and worthy, and certainly add a richness of conversation to our home, there needs to be a balance and a pecking order if you will.  My duty as wife and mother will always win out.

It’s beneficial to our children to see us walk out of the library with a stack of books on raising chickens, photography, or books that can help us grow in our faith.  We are not stagnant and our brains don’t shut off when we obtain a degree.

How do you share your current interests with your children?