Monday, October 31, 2011

Embracing Differences

I am a homeschooling mom these days.  I have two extremely different daughters, they are 6 yrs apart and complete opposites.  This is the first year that I am really trying to teach my 6yr old.  She has been going to school since she was born (I work at our church and we had a school there up until this year) but now that she is "of age" to be in kinder we are trying to get across to her that she needs to actually do school not just be in school.

She is a little on the strong-willed, ADHD side of the spectrum, at least compared to her sister who can work independently for hours without even a whisper.  The 12yr old's philosophy is "Get 'er done" whereas the 6yr old's philosophy is "Why?" In the time that I have spent writing this blog, the 12 yr old has completed 2 subjects, the 6yr old 1 math problem, ugh!



I need to figure out what works for her and her way of thinking, God made her this way for a purpose and I need to cultivate the good parts and weed out the negative in order for her to blossom.

Lord, help me!