Workjobs

When I first moved to Oklahoma and mentioned to some friends that I was interested in homeschooling, the name Cheryl Lange came up repeatedly. I hadn’t been here a month before I got to meet her. She was every bit as wonderful as was promised. A woman full of wisdom and knowledge and I soon became a fan. It’s nice to rub shoulders with people who can provide some direction, answer some tough questions and give me new things to consider and to challenge my thinking.

Cheryl has a ministry called Lodestar. I’ve been fortunate to attend a few of her workshops (I actually get to go to one this coming weekend!), and I always leave feeling refreshed and rejuvenated to dive back into my version of homeschooling. My version being the one that uniquely fits our family. I don’t think homeschooling is for everyone, and I certainly don’t think there is one way to do it, but I do like to feel empowered and freed up to do the version of homeschooling I see in my head. A very laid-back, organic, curiosity driven, and creative environment. Cheryl makes me feel empowered. You gotta love people like that.

So anyway, Cheryl has a handful of books she always mentions. I think I’ve read nearly every one, especially early on when we were still trying to make our education decision. And finally with some Christmas money, at the beginning of this year I was able to purchase a few of the “activity books” that she always talks about. One of those is called Workjobs.

This past weekend we pulled this book out and I picked a few of the workjobs for us to make. They are basically teaching materials that once created can be used time and time again and my kids can do them with little to no help. We have started a workjobs box. I can imagine how fun it will be once we get a lot of these created. Like many of our homeschool ventures, we might do this for awhile and then tire of it, but for now, I hope we can make a couple of these workjob tools a week. And truthfully the book is stretching me creatively, making me think outside of the box of learning. I love that.