Preschool teachers have more fun

Until I really committed to homeschooling I had a horrendous time with my 4 year old. He would refuse to learn. If I sang the ABC song, he would put his hands over his ears and yell NO!!!!

Then he began watching me teach my daughter and would ask to do school too. At first I still struggled to get him engaged. And then one day, it clicked for all of us. I gave him a worksheet page and explained what to do. Then as he did it, I ran around the classroom and grabbed assorted colors of everything. Different shapes of things and set up stations all around the pool table. After he spent about 5 minutes on red and circles as the page indicated, he came over to see what I was doing. He sorted all the red items out, found the circles, and it clicked. He was smiling and laughing and learning. No hands over his ears. No yelling at me to stop! Learning suddenly became fun for him. And for me! 

Now he will point out red things, red lights, circles, wherever he sees them. And he wants to play learning games now too. He is suddenly getting phonics. Before he would look at letters like I look at hieroglyphics. Now there are letters that make sounds that mean something. 

I'm enjoying him more and he is enjoying life more. He even seems to be behaving better now. Granted, something clicked in his brain. But something also clicked with me in the ways I teach him and I have to admit, this is fun.