#1. What are you passionate about besides reading and blogging? For example, are you crafty (knitting, woodworking, scrapbooking, model building)? Do you cook? Into gaming (computer or board)? Sports (player or spectator)? Photography? Maybe you like geocaching, rock climbing? Or love attending events like renaissance fairs, concerts? Music? Dancing? You get the idea.
Tell us why you're passionate about it. Post photos of what you've made or of yourself doing whatever it is you love doing.
I am interested in a great many things. I have a large variety of hobbies and interests. I love to hike, travel, paint, play piano & violin, sew. I love art and music, just to name a few. I hardly spend any time to get truly accomplished at hobbies and interests because of the demands placed on me by what I'm truly passionate about. I incorporate my interests into my life and my children's in every way I can, though I don't spend a lot of ME time getting immersed in my own projects or activities.
AT the risk of sounding cliche or like a stereotypical SAHM I have to say that I love my children. We have four very young children and they are more to me than I'd ever imagined possible. I put my other interests on hold to some degree not because it's a painful sacrifice (even though it is a great sacrifice) but because sometimes diapers have to be changed, etc. and I know great things are ahead of us. What I do with my children that is my passion is home education.Here's the three older kids doing a hands-on learning activity. Ha!
I think this must have been a legacy passed on from my grandparents who placed such a high emphasis on education. They were both highly educated as was my mother, in music, sciences, language. This example has ingrained in me what I want most for myself and my kids: an education that cannot be compared to what is considered normal. So far that is a lofty goal but the key for us is to go slow and steady and use the right materials. I work hard to care for a baby and toddler and teach two young school children. I can only do it because I am PASSIONATE about it!
Those of you who have already experienced your years as a parent to young ones may reflect and commiserate with my current position. I love to create things and have adventures and this is my time of life to experience this. I look forward to future times when I'll have more time to read and explore other interests and hopefully that will also be a time when I can see how my hard work and preparation has led to happy lives for more than just myself.
#2. Get us involved. Link to tutorials, recipes, Youtube videos, websites, fan sites, etc, anything that will help us learn more about your interest or how to do your hobby. Maybe you'd like to link to another hobbyist whose work you admire or tell us about a book or magazine related to your interest.
Because there is such an overabundance of CRAP out there for home educators I had to sift through a lot before I found just what I was looking for and I don't do a whole lot of time wasting looking around anymore. I don't do co-ops or support groups but I do blog about it a little. I've hunted around for the BEST book lists and don't use any one method unless you call HARD WORK a method. I like the Robinson Curriculum and especially The Well Trained Mind . I also use The Story of the World. I place high emphasis on math and playing games. I love MindWare and ThinkFun!
#3. Visit other Weekly Geeks. Link in your post to other Geeks who've peaked your interest in their passion. Or maybe you might find a fellow afincionado among us, link to them.
I noticed that there seems to be a quite a bit of crocheting and knitting going on! When I tried my hand at that I involuntarily scrunch my hands and get cramps, so not very relaxing for me! I most enjoyed the food links left by Melanie at The Indextrious Reader. I like that her blog made me have to look up what "indextrious" means! I can relate to L in Lous_Pages in her love of travel. I just love the photos and Egyptology is a fav subject of mine as well. It was so nice, though not surprising, to see so many interests among book lovers!
4 comments:
I think it takes great passion to raise (and homeschool) four children and there is nothing cliché-ish about it. And as you also say yourself, down the road there will be more me-time and more time to read and perhaps immerse yourself in other hobbies.
Thanks for mentioning my blog :-)
I am in awe of the homeschooling mother. Especially one with four kids! What you do is commendable and fantastic. Your children will thank you =)
The smile in the first photo - is she the youngest? so precious! I can really see evidence of your passion in this post. :)
Beautiful kids! I find homework challenging, I can't imagine homeschooling.
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