My oldest child got the best homeschool experience with me. Then he went on to an excellent private school, and is thriving there. He had close to a 4.0, and now is struggling a bit lower than that. . . only because every ounce of his brain power is being used and stretched.
My next two children got good homeschool experiences, and are now in a school that is good for their spiritual, personal, as well as intellectual development.
But the next two children are under-challenged. They have very high intellectual capacity, and yet I do not think that capacity is being maximized.
So, this weekend, I told them: "In addition to school, we are going to do some homeschooling. I am going to teach you both to write. You are going to be excellent writers."
We are having so much fun already. I gave both of them a stack of books. We are going to do written narrations based on them. The younger of the two has already written a three page report based on her first book. I am very excited.
I am completely determined to maximize each child's intellectual capacity. I started strong with the oldest children. I am going to finish strong.
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