Homeschooling when you are not at home

I write today on a computer not my own.

We are house-sitting for a good friend of mine. Her house is "farmish"--meaning that there are plenty of dogs, cats, chickens, and small pets. That's about an hour's worth of work every morning, before I'm usually even stumbling about! But it's been a treat, and a joy, and insightful.

We debated about whether to even try to homeschool being in someone else's home. The materials involved in our schooling do travel occasionally to the library, however we usually do something like "homeschool lite" when we do that. So should we even bother?

We bothered. WOW! I am so thrilled we bothered. Right now, my eldest is finishing up her language arts lesson, and shortly after that we will finish off the day with a spelling lesson. I can say that in our entire homeschooling career, we have never been finished before 10AM. Math, Reading, Handwriting, Language Arts, and Spelling. All done. Already.

Something about getting up with the chickens really gets the blood pumping and the body ready for doing all the things needful. Like school. The kids were focused and ready to learn. Maybe it's just the novelty of being up so early...and getting to take care of critters that are totally different than ours. Maybe this too shall pass and tomorrow will be "back to normal" But for now?

McDonald's parody here: I'm Lovin' It!