Homeschool Peace
I know if you’ve read my blog for any length of time you’d know those two words DO NOT go together. But it’s been a long time since I’ve felt this peaceful about my kids education. And the reason may be because we’re planning to send them back to a private school.
It’s a Classical Christian school that has a small family like feel with 8-12 kids in each class. They’re less rigid than the boys’ last school and more flexible, plus they big into the arts.
We were only planning on sending Chris (12) and Joey (10), but the other school I had picked out for the younger two is full. So I’m open to sending Timmy (7) especially since the school answered all my objections and is planning to fix the things I was most concerned about.
That leaves me with Grace! I really don’t want to homeschool her, yet I don’t want to send her to an all day kindergarten. She’s on two waiting lists for different two day a week kindergartens, but I have to make other plans just in case. So since she’s a young five year old, I thought of sending her back to preschool (so I could get a break two days a week) and homeschooling her the rest of the days.
I know she needs more time with me, but I also know I can’t homeschool her like I’d like to. So I may have to take it slow and make it fun!
So for this next year I have a peace about NOT homeschooling and this is the first time I can actually say that. Plus, the great thing about this new school is they have homeschooling options once the kids are in 7th grade. So they can keep their new friends, and take homeschool classes there and still be a part of the drama program. But that’s two years away, and way too soon to be worrying about that!
My StumbleUpon Page
I’m glad you’ve found a solution that works for your family.
June 14th, 2007 at 5:11 amWhere we live, pre-k is all day, every other day and Senior K is all day, every day
and actually, both kids have adapted really well to the schedule. It might work for your daughter, too.
Hey, blessings on your decision, it was a hard one, I’m sure. Sounds like a wonderful small-time environment you’ve found for your boys. Enjoy the peace, Gina!
Homeschooling isn’t for everyone.
June 14th, 2007 at 11:53 amI’m looking forward to a little break this year too. Savannah will be in preschool 4 half days. Emery will go 2 half days. That means 2 MORNINGS A WEEK!!! To do what I WANT??? OMG, I am way overthinking this but I haven’t had 6 hours to myself in 4 and a half years!!! Whatever will I do???
June 14th, 2007 at 1:34 pmGod’s peace is so wonderful! That’s how you know you made the right decision. I’m so glad for you! What will you do with all your free time?
June 14th, 2007 at 11:06 pmWrite! What else would I do, clean house? Ha! I won’t have a whole lot of free time since I’ll most likely be homeschooling my kindergartener, but she’s been a little neglected these past few years missing alone time with me, so I think it’ll be just what she needs.
She’s a really young five year old, so I thought about putting her in preschool for two days a week so I could at least have a couple of hours a week without any kids, but we’ll see. Maybe she’ll still get into the two day a week kindergarten. That’s really my dream. To have her home most days and NOT have to teach this little fire ball!
June 15th, 2007 at 8:07 amHey Gina,
I’m so glad you’ve come to a place of peace about this! We kept our young five year old home this year, and I taught her to read, but I am going to put her in kindergarten in the fall (not first grade) anyway. Last year, she was weepy and clingy at the thought of it (not at all her normal, spunky personality!), but she can’t WAIT this year! We kept our oldest back, too, and we have never regretted it, especially since she’s in school now.
June 18th, 2007 at 9:37 amMy youngest just tured five and she’s been clingy for YEARS! I’d love to send her to a two day a week kindergarten this next year, but they’re all full.
Towards the end of preschool she didn’t want preschool to end, but it was a bear getting her to walk through the doors in the morning. Then I started to have my oldest walk her in and it was a piece of cake.
This morning I tried to get her to go to VBS for the first time (not our church) and she had a huge fit crying that she wanted to be with her brother. Oh well! Hopefully she’ll outgrow this!
June 18th, 2007 at 10:05 am