     Monday:  Staying Organized During an Adoption
     Tuesday:  Special Needs Adoption
    Wednesday:  Adoption Challenges
    Thursday:  Homeschooling and Adoption
    Friday:  Adoption and Sensory Issues
Just like adoption has been an unexpected blessing for our family, so has homeschooling. Â I went from saying “I would never do that!”, to homeschooling six children for the last seven years. Â
Homeschooling has allowed us flexibility to take our children on adoption trips when we were adding to our family, and to not feel pressured to get unready kids ready for a traditional school.
Of course, like adoption, homeschooling is not for everyone. Â It has worked well for our family and for these particular children. Â It may not always prove to be best, but right now this is what works.
Homeschooling allows us to be together and build attachment .  Parent to child attachment and sibling to sibling attachment.  While some days it seems like there is too much togetherness and everyone needs a break, homeschooling gives everyone the chance to work through issues – there’s just no getting away from one another!
Some of our children have some learning quirks and we are able to work at their pace. Â It greatly minimizes frustration on both sides. Â Notice I said “minimize”, because we sure do have our days, but we have the choice to put a lesson away for a bit and come back to it at a later date.
It’s fun to focus our activities on an area of learning that our children are developing. Â Have a budding farmer? Â make a popcorn cake for National Popcorn Day {January 19th}. Â Have a bird lover? Sign up to count birds, read a book and do an easy activity.
Of course it’s important to get to the 4 R’s as I call them, religion, reading, math, and writing, but those subjects need not take all day. Â Then there is plenty of time for equally important activities, like learning how to be a part of a family. Â Â Â Â It doesn’t get any more real than that.
Attachment is a life long process, but most of our children will only be living in our homes for a short period of time. Â We need to make the most of that time together, creating and building positive memories, strengthening our bond as a family.
Be sure to peruse the January Hopscotch and see what the other homeschooling moms are sharing.
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Great article! I plan on featuring some points from your article and including a link in an upcoming article I am working on. Blessings, Delana
love this… especially the comment about “I would never do that”. Me too… 😉