I think one of the best things about homeschooling is flexibility. We are heading into our 4th week of school and we have already made some adjustments in our curriculum. We have identified areas that need more reinforcement and study. We are able to stop the planned course of action and focus on those things. One such adjust was made when I realized that we need more instruction in non-fiction writing, specifically in essay writing. The kids do a wonderful job writing from their imaginations and are extremely creative in their thinking, but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of laying out facts in an interesting and organized manner they need more practice. So we are setting aside the Learning Language Arts through Literature books for a bit and focusing on the formal writing process. We are also having struggles with the “how fast can I finish this assignment” syndrome and “how little can I do and still get away with it” disorder. This seems to be an ongoing condition that really needs treatment. That means a bit more discipline is applied on everyone’s part which some days can be frustrating all around. But, because of the flexibility that homeschooling allows, we are free to not only work on the academic weakness but also the spiritual inadequacy and hopefully will succeed in improving on both.