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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a question I've had for a long time. How do you "train" your child to think of time at home, with you, as school time? If you've been a SAHM with your child, and you decide it's time for school, how do you make the kid understand that there is time in the day (a significant chunk of the day) when they need to be sitting and doing schoolwork? Instead of playing with bubbles in the sink, or having teddy bear tea parties, or coaxing you into building forts with the furniture and bedsheets? I know that all these activities can be part of a HS day, but I can't imagine getting my child to switch gears and work on something that's not necessarily fun when she's accustomed to all play all the time.

Also, does anyone homeschool an only child? Is it easier with multiple children, so that they follow each other's cues? [/quote].

Every family is different as to how they order their day.  Usually, when parents first start homeschooling, they do a more rigid "school at home" model, with set aside hours for desk work.  Typically, the longer a family homeschools, the more relaxed they become about "doing school," because they realize learning goes on all the time.  But not always--some families find comfort in a rigid routine.  They might start with the Pledge or a prayer or a bell, something that announces schooltime.  It is no more complicated than announcing lunchtime or naptime.

Our family has a mix.  Morning is set aside for book work, which is the basics of math, reading, spelling, grammar, theology, and science.  Literature and history is done in the afternoon and as bedtime stories, and afternoons are set aside for clubs, swimming, jiujitsu, playmates, games, and free time (which must involve using their brains).

Schooltime means cuddling with Mommy, having a big sibling give a younger sibling one-on-one attention, puzzles, science experiments...in other words, it is fun.  And once you have a daily routine set up, everyone knows what to expect.

I think it would be so cool to just have one child to homeschool.  My mom and her sisters, who all are down to their last kid at home, say it is a blast, and their last children are geniuses, so it is working out well for them.  But having lots of kids is also nice, because the big kids help teachthe little ones, and the best way to learn something well is to have to teach it to someone else.[/quote]

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