Art

In addition to writing a book report, Johnny had to make a poster about one of the books he read from his January Reading Goal list. He chose Pete the Cat. One of the many things I miss about homeschooling is my knowing what my kids are individually capable of and requiring their best work even if that meant starting over more than once. The younger two seem to lose a lot of their creativity at school when it comes to art. Boys are easily distracted and with a classroom full of kids I image they don't work even close to their full potential in art class. It annoys me when they bring home art work that I know was rushed through or not given much thought, but it's unavoidable. When they are at home and I make them sit down and do their artwork to their capability it makes a HUGE difference and they are very proud of their work when they see what they can accomplish. I love this picture that Johnny painted at home. His teacher liked it too because she hung it up in the classroom:) I really wish I were capable of homeschooling. I envy moms that can do it. There are so many benefits, but unfortunately in my home it had not worked for us for YEARS and I had to let go through gritted teeth.

I found this in a pile of papers. Elizabeth sketched this many moons ago. This is the kind of creativity I'm talking about. I can't imagine this would have happened at a brick and mortar school. This sort of makes me want to cry. Schools stifle this kind of thing for my kids. They are affected by worldliness. It happens. I can't change that.