How much did you "push" your kids

momma-three
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:08:48 +0000

I knew early on that my kids were naturally curious and academic in nature. I remember them coming home from school in first and second grade and they would complete their homework in 10 minutes. That is when I started “mommy school”. We read and studied together. We had many books available to them at all times in the house and the reading was often done as a group thing. I had four kids within three and a half years so it actually made it easier to sit down with all of them. Everything was our classroom. We went on all types of day and weekend adventures where they could really get their hands dirty, some of the most memorable were our rock digging trips. They learned by reading, but fell in love with learning, by doing.

Three of my four are attending either an ivy or its equivalent. All four kids have said that “mommy school” was the most important thing in their development.