Amanda Probst - Journal

THE NITTY GRITTY

HELLO

Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

Quote #12.

Monday, March 21, 2011 at 07:30AM

Here's this week's:

By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. –Latin Proverb

This is so, spot-on, true. As a homeschool mom, I find this ALL the time. One of the best ways for me to teach my boys is by example. By watching me learn new things, they see the value of looking for answers…they accept that no one knows everything…and they discover the process of educating one’s self. And in almost every lesson I teach, I learn something new…even when it’s not anything to do with the subject at hand.

(Incidentally, for the many parents out there who would love to homeschool but think that they don’t know enough, I can tell you for darn sure that I don’t know enough. I'm constantly coming across stuff that I only vaguely remember or have no recollection of whatsoever. But. I can learn it alongside my boys. And that works just dandy.)

Amanda |

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