As a homeschooling mother I am very pleased with what I know my children are learning. I get to see it in their faces and share these memories of learning with them as well. I know first hand what they understand, when they understand and even the best way to teach it to each individual child – they all learn so differently. I have been the most worried about their grammar studies. We always get in the three Rs. Which in itself annoys me that they are called that, the three Rs – readin’, ritin’, and ‘rithmatic. Because if they are studying the at least the Readin’ and the ‘Ritin’ then they would know, as one of my own has said, “They aren’t three Rs, Mama. They are R, W, and A.” This same child tonight had this exchange with me:

Mc (8yo): Mama?
Me: Yes.
Mc: You know the song BINGO?
Me: Yes.
Mc: Whose name is Bingo, the farmer or the dog?
Me: The Dog. (lol – although, now I’m wondering about it.)
Mc: Hm.

Well, he has a point.

“There was a farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-O.”