If you are a veteran homeschooler, you may already be doing some of the first steps that I’m going to recommend.  However, if you are new to homeschooling, or new to the Law of Attraction, I would suggest following these steps until you get the feel of your child’s learning style and your own teaching style.

The first thing that you should do is devise a plan or schedule.  Even as an unschooler, you should have an idea of how you want your day to go.  It does not have to be a strict schedule and does not have to be followed to the letter, but a plan is a good way to figure out which direction you want to start in.  If you go off your path, that’s fine, but having a path means that if you get a little lost in someting else, you know where to go to get back on track.  After a while you’ll know what to expect out of your day and you can adapt your “plan” accordingly.  Try not to fret over sticking to the plan or schedule, use it as a guideline.  Remember, It’s ok to color outside the lines!

When the boys were smaller I used Oak Meadow curriculum.  They were very unschooling friendly.  There was a plan, but not a strict schedule to things.  That is the style I would suggest.  However, if you like a more structured day, you can use a daily planner to set up your day.

Before you set up your schedule, figure out what you want to accomplish.  Ask yourself what your ultimate goal is.  You can do this for the school year, a month, or a week.  I’d suggest starting with your goal for the year.  It doesn’t have to be spelled out if that doesn’t fit your needs.  Be as detailed or as general as you feel is best.

For Example:  This year our goal is to have 5 fieldtrips, get through pre-algebra, learn the american constitution, and create a family newsletter that the children contribute to monthly. (note: not our actual goals for the year)

As you can see, the above goal is detailed in some areas, and not so detailed in others.  The areas that are more detailed may be subjects that are more difficult for your child to get through, or maybe something that you’d like to focus on because that’s where their interests lie.  The same goes for those subjects that are less detailed.  Whatever fits your family best is what you should focus on in your ultimate goal.

Once you know what your long term goal is, then you can break that down by month, by week, and then by day.  Again, be as detailed or as vague as you feel comfortable with.  The daily goals should have the most detail out of all of them.  This will be your main focus and where your “plan” takes shape.

Some of the things to include into your daily plan are:

• Waking up tasks - getting dressed, eating breakfast, brushing teeth, etc.
• Meditation or affirmation focus
• Subject work
• Field Trips
• Play time
• Meals
• Reading
• outdoor activities
• Other

The above list is an example of some of the things that should be included at least once a day.  This should include any activities connected with spiritual, physical and mental growth of everyone within your family.

The Law of Attraction states that what you focus on is what will come to you.  Your plans or schedules should reflect what you want for your family.  Make sure to create an atmosphere of joy and laughter, because that is the energy that will bring the good things to your life and your children’s lives.

Next time I will discuss Meditation and Affirmations for children.

Since I’m still working on the book, slowly but surely, while I do my many other things, I’m using my sons as guinea pigs for the book.

Experiment #1 - Had oldest son, 14, choose 3 out of 6 affirmations to write down 15 x’s each.  He chose:

•     I am open to the gifts of the Universe.
•     I allow abundance to flow through me.
•     I breathe in abundance, letting my whole body feel its energy.

Will let you know how things go as they progress.

The Law of Attraction has been working in my life, even if I”ve been having a hard time keeping up my positive attitude.  I don’t have to keep it up for it to work… any more than I have to keep up the belief in the Law of Gravity for it to keep me firmly planted on the ground.  The Law of Attraction is nuetral, therefore does not make judgements on how good a thought is.  Only I can do that.  That’s why I have to be conscious of the thoughts that come in and out of my head through out the day.  My thoughts are what the law sees as what I want. 

If I’m worried about money, then the Universe gives me more to worry about.  If I’m comfortable about my finances, then I will receive more comfort.  That’s the hardest part to learn though.  When you don’t have money, it’s very difficult to feel good about it, and not worry.  It can be done though.  That’s what I want, more money.

I learned that “The more money I spend, the more money I recieve” is a mantra that Dr. Joe Vitale suggests in his program “The Missing Secret”.  So that is what I keep telling myself whenever I start to worry about finances.  I say it over and over in my head…. The more money I spend the more money I recieve.

The other hard part about it, is that I want to try and figure out where the money is going to come from.  That is really not what I want to do though, because then I”m limiting the universe in how it brings me the money I want.  I’ve got to let go of the control of HOW the money comes to me. IT will just automatically come to me through the paqth of the least resistance…. And by letting the Universe figure it out, then I am making sure, that there are no limitations that the universe has to work around.

These concepts are so much easier for children to understand than adults, because they never try to figure out where their gifts are coming from.  They know that someone who loves them will provide for them.  Whether it’s food, clothes, toys, or money, they’ll get what they want and need.  So explaining this concept to children isn’t as difficult as it is for us adults to wrap our brains around it.  That’s why us adults have so much to learn from our children… almost as much as they have to learn from us.

I was thinking the other day about how easy and natural it is to add teaching the Law of Attraction to my sons, while homeschooling. I wanted to see if there were other families doing the same thing. There are quite a few. However, there are no books or websites dedicated to that idea. That’s when I decided to take the leap into writing this book.

I”ll be posting updates on this blog as they come up. I won’t give away too many details, for copyright reasons, but i’ll tell you how things are coming along.

So far I’ve wrtten the introduction and the outline of the book. Not a whole lot, but it’s something. And something is better than nothing. I’m trying to write a little every day, but my current job is so stressful that I don’t always feel like doing anything after work. But writing usually calms me down… so who knows how often i’ll end up writing.