I withdrew B, our kindergartner from school. I had many issues with the school, the last one being that they lost her this past Friday and no one could tell me where she was for over 15 minutes. Outwardly, I was calm, but inside I was freaking out....how in the hell could they not know where a 5 year girl was?!
Now I am all "WTH WAS I THINKING?! HOW CAN I HOME SCHOOL HER?!" I want to do this, and I am committed to doing this, and my husband is supportive, and I have A LOT of friends who are providing me with resources....but wow, it is intimidating. It's so intimidating, in fact, that I ordered Homeschooling for Dummies and I will be reading it cover to cover starting tomorrow. A friend also reminded me that natural things, such as shopping, can be teaching moments so I am trying to remind myself that I can make everything into learning moments. I know that this is best for her, I just have to figure out how to do it and how to make everything work.
I thought that staying at home would make me feel less like I was being pulled in a million directions, but truthfully I still feel pulled in a million directions. What's changed is that these new directions are all home/family/CrossFit related, so I feel passionately about all of them, which is both wonderful and trying. Adding to this is my trying to go green and save money on things...so yeah, I am feeling majorly pulled in so many directions.
So what's my plan you might ask? Well, I am taking this week to figure how the homeschool stuff, so no formal homeschooling this week. I will go to my local CrossFit box every day for the rest of this week (so that will be 4 WODs and 2 yoga classes) and eat healthy so that I feel better and think more clearly. I will NOT freak out about B and home schooling at the moment, because that won't be productive and will just cause me to want to drink a case of pinot noir.
This gets easier, right? *sigh*
I really like the author of the Homeschooling for Dummies book. The more I read of it, the more at peace I am with our decision. We're going to send Jay to pre-k for a couple hours a day next year (if he gets into the free program) and then begin homeschooling for kindergarten.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't worry too much about kindergarten. From what I read, the curriculum for that age is mostly playing, every day life learning/teachable moments, learning about the community, and reading a lot of books with them. Jay did ABCmouse.com and I would recommend you get it because both your kids can use it.
I am excited for your new journey. YOU CAN DO THIS!
Thank you! J is gonna do pre-K in the fall as well (it's free here & I didn't realize your J and my J were the same age!) and I am hoping to have a better handle on the homeschooling by then. Learning that the homeschooling curriculum calls for play learning while the schools here are not that way at all, really affirms that homeshooling is the right choice.
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