homeschooling
we took faith out of preschool because of issues with getting her to school.
she’s always asking to go to school or play school at home. last week, my coworker mentioned that he and his wife have been homeschooling (independent study?) their 4 daughters right at the beginning. his oldest is about 18 now.
i was and still am amazed! i guess the term was somewhere in my subconscious mind but it took that comment to get it out in the open. i started asking him questions and it was funny because james and i talked about it about 1 year ago.
it is only mandatory for kids to go to school when they are 6 or starting 1st grade. i figure if i want to get my feet wet with homeschooling, i have plenty of time.
i went on various sites and read various things on homeschooling, free supplies and print outs, programs, curriculum, and other parents opinions. i even joined a local homeschooling group in our area and information from this board are super informative!
i love the idea of homeschooling and am afraid once she’s bigger that i won’t have enough hours in the day to homeschool but i shall improvise then.
we currently have no structure or routine and kinda just take things randomly but we do a lot of reading together and recognizing letters. i bought hooked on phonics for preschool, brainquest, a preschool reading book, a preschool work book, early bird singapore math, science and we’re picking up some other books from the local library when they are available.
so fair, faith loves it and james is totally supportive. i kinda just spend an hour or so and we do various things. i’m trying to plan a social event each weekend so she’s got people to interact with other than us and she’ll be enroll in gymnastics again next month. on days where i pick them up and work overtime, i would be so tired but we still read a bit if nothing else.
we are buying a season pass to the local pools and parks. i am really excited about this and love spending time with faith to teach her new things. it’s no surprise that i get paranoia each and very single time i hear a news story about someone bringing guns to school and school shot outs. in my mind at least, i’ve found a way that makes me feel better.
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It’s never too late to home school your kids. I’m trying my best to home school my daughter and try to read to her every day so she can enjoy reading when she grows up. On Tuesday and Wednesday I take her to library for story time plus she gets free hard cover books. So far she likes the singing but she can’t sit still for the reading part. There are many ways to teach your child. I even sign up for scholastic school books before my daughter was born. I buy my own scholastic book at a good discounted teacher rated price. Good Luck!
Posted by: cynthia | March 17th, 2008 10:14