Scholar

Olivia is currently a practice scholar. Here's what her day looks like:

She has one stewardship-breakfast. She is in charge of planning it and preparing it. It is suppose to be on the table at 8:30 every morning. She hasn't missed once. We've had all kinds of yummy food. She has no other chores besides her room and personal care. She does however like to do her own laundry and she always likes to help me with dinner.

Immediately after scriptures study and family prayers she goes to her room and studies for 3 hours before lunch. She is way ahead in her two scholar classes at the moment. She is only 11 but is thriving in classes where the kids are much older. She wishes now that she had taken a third class because she likes the structure of class and the assignments. She is pursing a love of American History. She is also working on her writing. Her third strength is piano. She's only taken 4 months of official lessons and she is already playing advanced solo pieces.

I've been told that one of the signs of scholar phase is that the child will ask to be excused from mom/kid school. She did not know that, but at the beginning of the school year she asked to do just that. She opts out of mom school nearly every time we have it. She studies for several hours in the morning and she will study a couple of hours in the afternoon.

She is a very fast reader and so she covers a lot of material. She always says after finishing a book, "that was easier than Walden!"

She's a happy girl that is thriving. She good be the poster child for home schooling and Leadership Education. Good job Olivia!