unschooling and the freedom to guide the interests of your child.

since my son has always been passionate about mechanics

and knowing that's probably what God has in mind for him.... i've

decided to go ahead and embrace diesel mechanics. everyday this week, he has

labeled parts of the inside of a diesel engine (this cut away snap above) you see, the freedom of homeschooling for me-the-teacher is... "I KNOW that it takes more then one fill in blank worksheet to RETAIN something this important." for our home... it's not study the diagram label the parts and move on... uh-uh... no... a good 5 or 6 days of labeling should give him a good idea of what's what. make sense?

we also learned about the original diesel engines and mr. rudolf diesel very interesting life. copywork has been about intake, compression, ignition and exhaust. THIS IS SO, SO BORING FOR ME! you have no idea!

let me back up....another freedom of homeschooling? my sixth grader really struggled with cursive. we skipped doing it altogether in 5th grade... since the fight wasn't worth it. this year,

i've weaved it back in with copywork and a lower grade workbook. he is now writing cursive beautifully, and without any problems whatsoever. i know he was terribly behind on this... but when he teams it up with copywork about the operation of a four stroke engine... it works.

that said... what is your child's passion? God-given talent? find it and roll with it!