FOCUS On Relaxed Independent Study

“Hurry, hurry we’re late!” This refrain is heard in school households daily; perhaps even among Independent Study families it is heard as we rush out to one of our many ‘fun and educational’ activities. But think carefully, is it also the still, small voice in your head saying “my child does not understand how to do long division and they should have ‘gotten that’ by now”? Perhaps for your child the example is reading level, or science, or history, the point remains the same. Why hold your child and by reflection yourself to some arbitrary outside standard of achievement? You are Independent Study your child to help them learn and grow on their own best time-frame, no hurry involved. We spend a great deal of time focusing and working towards who our child is going to be, perhaps too little on who our child already is; the creative, dynamic, bright, funny and sweet person who is already here, and right on time!

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