Homeschooling Dads

Homeschooling our children is lots of fun. We have our challenges, but we make it through them together, as a family. Often, Dad gets to step in and school them too. My husband's part in our homeschooling is "principal."(My husband will be contributing some of the posts here to put in a husband/dad's perspective to homeschooling.) I know dads have a lot more to do with homeschooling than most people think. Some choose to teach whole subjects, some share the responsibilities daily with their spouses, there are even homeschool dad's too, where they do it all and the mother works or other situations.

The point is, it's not about moms all the time. Dads, get in on the homeschooling too. There is something to be said about your child knowing more than one teaching style. We talk a lot about our child's learning style, but there are teaching styles too. Not too many wrong. When my children have a question about grammar I often send them to my husband, not because I don't know, but to give them a different perspective, a different approach to problem solving. They get to hear that I'm not steering them wrong or making up arbitrary answers, but what I'm teaching is real, real-life and used by all.

If nothing else dads can be involved in one of the most important ventures toward their successful futures. And in having our children and homeschooling them isn't that the point.
I hope, Moms and Dads, that you can come together as a family and make lifelong, lasting memories in schooling your children together.