If you search the internet, will find lists and lists of homeschooling pros, but there is one pro that many do not realize that they realize. This hidden realization, pro, plus, “good thing” is something that happens to the homeschool teacher without notice… but one day, mom, you will wakeup and find that you are SMARTER.
I am not lying. Homeschooling your children makes you smarter. Me, I have always been smart. To remind myself how smart I am, I take an IQ test every few years. Last year I realized that my IQ score was up to 141 from my usual 127 to 134 range. Wow! I thought, I wonder where I improved. Well, previously I scored near perfect in spatial visual areas, the rest was average. Well guess, what? My Math and English scores had dramatically improved. Then it dawned on me. I had been immersed in middle school math, reading comprehension, and grammar for the last year. Working with my kids on their schoolwork had made me smarter! How cool is that.
If you do not use it, you lose it; they say. So be sure to exercise your brains by getting deeply involved with your child’s homeschool curriculum (or homework), especially if they are in middle and high school. One homeschooling mom in particular, who writes the It’s A Small World Blog, has reading requirements for herself. She tries to read at least a book a week. This shames me as I try to read a magazine a week. I wonder how smart she is. If her reading list is too ambitious for you, then check out your child’s reading list (or the reading lists for ninth through twelfth graders if your kids are young). You might learn something.