23. (S2E4) What is Learning Well? - with Alicia Hutchinson
Alicia Hutchinson is the founder of Learning Well and a homeschooling mother of four. The funny thing about Alicia is that she never really saw herself as a mom \u2013 much less a homeschooling mom.
Now Alicia can\u2019t imagine life without homeschool.
Alicia begins every day with a morning meeting. It started as a time to sit down, talk about the day and, on Mondays, go over the coming week. The meeting has grown to incorporate more activities and a daily focus.
\u201cWhat I\u2019m doing as the home educator is I\u2019m teaching them to love to learn.\u201d
The Morning Meeting:
- Sit down with an assignment notebook to write down what each kid has to do for that day.
- Talk about what is happening later in the day.
- Each day has a daily focus: Nature Study, Math and Logic, Writing, History and Geography or Fine Arts.
- Alicia runs down a list of fun activities or discussions: daily idioms, current events, games, journaling and more.
\u201cIt\u2019s really, really important for me to have a house where my kids can create and play and learn together.\u201d
What is Learning Well?
Learning Well is the idea of not being so hung up on the logistics of everything and focusing more on our kids. What you do may look different than what the homeschooler next door does. Education works differently for everybody, but if you\u2019re all learning together then you\u2019re doing it right.
Learning Well is a community of homeschoolers teaching each other \u2013 and having fun!
\u201cLearning Well is the idea of not being so hung up on the logistics of everything and focusing more on our kids. If you\u2019re all learning together then you\u2019re doing it right.\u201d
The Learning Well Community website is full of valuable lessons, planning tools, reviews of homeschooling products and a community of like-minded homeschoolers. Make sure you also follow the @learningwell Instagram account. There\u2019s so much value in seeing the life in action and her posts are fabulous.
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