Motivating the Homeschooler - Thinking Outside the Box

by Angie Shiflett

Motivating the young homeschooler can be an especially difficult task. As we approached the new school year, I became increasingly worried because of the fact that our youngest son was not quite motivated when it came to learning. We had attempted to work with him over the summer and became quite worried that he may not be on target according to the state standards, and that we would never find a way to reach him. Now, our oldest son was right on target, and continues to be. However, we had to overcome the challenge posed to us by our youngest.

If you are a homeschool parent that has faced the challenge of motivating your child, you know the frustration, worry, and pure exhaustion that comes with trying to develop plans to win the child over. While my youngest did seem to be receptive to the new super positive route we were trying, we noticed issues with that too! We started to see that if we explained a mistake that he made, it hit him really hard and he would almost close up to an extent. He seemed to develop a real issue with being “incorrect” or not getting every little thing right.

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