Homeschool Classroom: Organized Team Sports: To Play or Not to Play
I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard that question, don’t you? It’s one of the most commonly asked questions related to homeschooling, and in my mind one of the easiest to answer. Our boys have participated in Cub Scouts, AWANA, Sunday School, Classical Conversations, ice skating lessons, swimming lessons, play groups, pen-pal match-ups, nature center classes, library workshops, and a host of group field trips. In fact, our first year of homeschooling, we were so social, that is involved in so many extra-curriculars, that we had trouble finding time for school. Surprisingly, nobody ever asked, “But when do you have time to school?”
Fast forward a couple of years. We had found a balance between socializing and academics, but then came a new question, one uttered with a combination of surprise and horror: “They don’t play organized sports?”
