After being home alone for a month and being nearly bored to death, I have taken on a new hobby. I thought once my kids were all in school, I would take up sewing, scrapbooking, biking, or something just for myself. But I just couldn't motivate myself to do any of the above things. I haven't even had the desire to get all my closets or digital pictures organized like I promised myself I would do when my kids were all in school.
It was such a rewarding experience to teach my four children to read. It has been kind of sad for me to finish up my boys' reading lessons. We aren't planning to have anymore children, so it made me sad to know this would be my last time teaching kids to read.
So what is my new hobby? Tutoring. I know it doesn't really sound like a hobby. But I love it. Over the summer I tutored a friend's set of twins. They were going into 6th grade and having a lot of trouble with reading and spelling. I borrowed the Barton Reading and Spelling program from a friend I knew in Hawaii. It gives step by step directions to teach children with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. I found teaching these twins to be very rewarding and the program greatly improved their reading, spelling, and confidence.
I would like to become a certified Barton tutor after I get more experience. So I volunteered to tutor children at our local elementary school. Now I have four new students to work with. I am excited to finally have something to do with all my "free" time. I hope to eventually make money with my tutoring, but for now I will just take another form of payment, the happiness I get from seeing these children finally succeed.
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