Homeschooling

The Corona Virus still rules.  Shut-downs continue to increase.  We are counseled to stay home and away from other people.  It is a different world!  We are staying home for the most part, but still venture out for the necessities.  Today, Sunday, was a Church-wide fast for the Virus scare to end.  In the meantime, I've started a homeschooling program for the kids.  I've decided that the most important subjects to teach are American History and Economics.  American History because school curriculums these days are quite anti-American.  I can't understand why we would teach our children to have contempt for their own country.  Especially since this country is the best the world has ever seen.  Far from perfect and not without many faults, but I challenge anyone to find a better system or more benevolent country than this one generally is.  So I've started the kids on Hillsdale College's course on American History.  I'm taking it too.

The other subject, Economics, I feel is also important since our children are also being conditioned to think that socialism is a superior system.  Which it most certainly is not.  So we are also beginning a study of Economics and Capitalism.  I'm also having them write and do keyboarding and a little bit on Ethics.  There are many offers of curriculum online that appear in my e-mail since just about all American students are now home.  So there is plenty to do and plenty of choices to help us do them.

Granddaughter Rayne and her husband, Dominic, have been here all of this past week.  They are now working from home, like so many people who are still able to work through this quarantine.  So they made their home with us for awhile and we loved it.  Dominic is full of fun; he cooked for us and so did Rayne.  We broke Dominic into Pride and Prejudice while they were here.  We watched an episode every night.  I think we hooked him on it though he would never admit it.

Here's Dominic at work in the kitchen.  I think I've gained a bit of weight from all the cooking that went on this week.  So yummy!

Grandson Isaiah arrived on Friday night and spent the night with us on his way home to California.  All three of them left on Saturday.  It seems a little empty around here now. 

Here's Rayne and Dom, with Isaiah below, saying goodbye on Saturday.

We had Church at home today.  I really enjoy that.  Layne and Seth blessed the Sacrament and each of us gave a presentation on the Come Follow Me curriculum. 

There is a lot to be said for being home without obligations.  Except for homeschooling, our time is open to our own desires.  I have a lot of personal "to do's" so there are no boring moments.  Perhaps this new experience with wide-spread quarantine will teach us all some lessons in self-reliance and caring for others.  Surely some good will come of it.