Not So Long Division

We introduced long division, today, in school. I was worried it would be a fight as this is a somewhat complex concept to grasp. As it turns out, they have enjoyed learning it. Even though it's been a challenge, it's been without tears. With a sheepish grin, they've actually asked for additional problems to work. We are working the problems together on our dry erase board and notebook paper.

But here is where the real joy in homeschooling is...I made the executive decision to forgo a few of our other subjects, today. While they were interested and willing to continue to work on long division, I took advantage. You see, when homeschooling, you can do that. There are times you let the child lead. We don't have to cram in the other subjects or assignments because of an upcoming test waiting at the end of the week or year. We approach each day on a need basis. If we need to continue to focus on something we do, if we can move on, we do that, too. Today has been a successful day of homeschooling not because we accomplished every subject or every assignment I had planned but rather because we learned. We learned something new and we enjoyed it.