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Mom Delights Homemaking and HomeschoolingSherry Hayes Mom of 15 Author: Sherry Hayes
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The Lazy Genius Way to Homeschool
Wednesday, 18 February, 2026
Did you know that the first compulsory education law, passed in 1852 in Massachusetts, only required children from the ages of eight to fourteen to be in school for 12 weeks in the year, with only six of these being sequential?Did you also know that students of that time enjoyed a literacy rate far above that of our modern day?We’ve been trained to believe educating takes six to eight concentrated hours of academics every day for five days every week for 40 weeks out of the year.That’s not true at all. No school in the world is actively “schooling” for eight hours each day.They are mostly shuffling for at least three or four of those hours; which includes getting to school, standing in lines, taking roll call, moving from class-to-class, taking bathroom breaks, and eating lunch.And even when children are sitting at their desks, they are not being intensely educated. There is a lot of waiting; on the teacher to be finished disciplining other students, waiting for teacher to answer a question, etc.I remember well that, even in my very good school overseas with a graduating class of only 70 or so, out of each 50-minute class period, only about 30 minutes (if that) were spent on the actual subject. That ends up being only three hours max of input out of that long day (not including homework, of course).There are reasons for all of this shuffling which have nothing to do with helping children become well-educated and prepared for life as whole persons; and you will find these reasons are well-documented if you care to investigate. (If you really want to go on a rabbit trail from here, look into the reasons why the German people so easily embraced the Nazi Party. You can begin with a man by the name of Fichte; but you’ll need to go both backwards and forwards from that point in order to get the whole picture. Ahem…).But YOU don’t have to “shuffle.” You and your children can actually LEARN things.I hope you will stick with me for the entire series.👉 Visit momdelights.com Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR I'm trying out Substack. Check it out here: https://momdelights.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D Here is a link to the Homeschooling 101 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-jr9P7R1o&list=PLxbcoXQo3Qiy5eKASa0BO7prU0dgldPFK Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/ In case you were wondering... 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