I go through ups and downs as a Montessori homeschooler. There are some weeks when I feel the pressure to do school in a very formal way. I become stressed and I usually take my stress out on the girls. Then I get frustrated with myself and I am reminded it is about going with the flow and following the child. Not about sticking with a schedule or an outline. Then I relax and do just that. I spend some weeks just trying to enjoy my girls and then something happens and the pressure creeps up inside me again. I try more and more to stay in those easy-going weeks, but I have weaknesses and downfalls just like any other human being. If you want to know the truth I think it has a lot to do with my cycle and hormonal imbalance. I find myself going from one extreme to the next and, as hard as I might, I can't seem to get a grip on it.
This week however, I am going with the flow and while I still have that nagging feeling to do school I am pushing through it to be the mom and teacher I want to be for my girls.
Monday we had a busy day. We didn't do much "school" where they sat in front of a mat doing activities for hours at a time. They did the kind of school that I love to see blossom in them. The natural curiosity for life and the learning that comes from that.
Here is the only shot I got of the girls doing mat work.
The rest of these pictures are just of things that the girls asked to do.
Then on top of all that the girls asked for turkey and cauliflower for lunch and asked for classical music as background noise after lessons. :) So no matter how bad I put myself down for being hard on the girls and being stressed out and not feeling like playing all the time, apparently they are turning out all right. Yay me! And yay them for putting up with me.
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