There blog updates have been very informative and offer valuable information. This one, linked kids schooling, with overland travel. A subject very close to my heart after I became a dad.
Education
We brought a small box containing reading materials, spellings and maths for both Jessica and AJ. We also brought a journal for Jessica to fill. But, what we failed largely in doing was to have was a set daily structure. We did regular reading each night and Jessica’s journal was completed most days but spelling, maths and any special topics and plans were non-existent. Just the daily journal writing with Jessica we found a struggle at times (e.g. to make Jessica concentrate - to make us concentrate!) As parents, we were as bad as the children (or worse!) in terms of preferring the sun, bikes, beach, sight-seeing, lazing or eating - as precedence over any educational need. We know our faults and are now doing some pre-planning and research into home schooling to ensure we have a more consistent and structured approach to daily educational requirements.
Well worth reading the rest of the blog.
Source:
http://www.overlandwithkids.com/2009/12/reflectionslessons-learned-since-summer-trip-2009/
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