Homeschooling has officially begun in our home. Since we got back from our holidays sometime we began. I thought having a bit more structure might help with some of the severe behaviour problems that have blown up since the kids are no longer spoiled rotten and have realized that they do indeed have another sibling, and must split their mother 4 ways now, and in 4 disproportionate ways at that. Now that January is almost over, the kids seem to have settled down to their former more manageable level of (dis)obedience. When I tuck myself in at nights my throat no longer feels strained from yelling, and my adrenaline is not pumping madly from poor anger management and self control. Time has settled the kids, no thanks to thoughtful interventions.
My reading stack is a little big, and I'm rather behind...but some of it is pleasure reading, and a lot of it only neads to be read a snippet at a time. So maybe I'll manage.
Just to break any (dis)illusions you may have about me homeschooling:
I plan to spend not more than a half hour with Nathan per day, Mon-Fri
All days start with some Bible stuff (currently Schoolland book above) and singing
Reading lessons will begin next month since Nathan appears (to my untrained eye) to be ready
Matthew and Melanie join a bit of it, and Melanie gets her own "lesson" as sitting practice mostly
I have no idea where I'm going with this homeschooling business
Philip is the resource/motivator/goal setter/monitor
Wish me luck on this new venture. ;)
4 comments:
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with a sore throat at the end of the day:)
Good luck with homeschooling - I'm counting the days until Levi starts kindergarten! By-bye!
From what I know of you Roze - with God's blessing you are going to do great!!!
Enjoy - they grow up too fast
I recognize some of those books ;-)
I wish you an enjoyable time learning along with your children! I wouldn't trade my (many) years for anything!
Love, Aunt Sylvia
There's tons of free resources online for homeschooling. Try starfall.com to teach letters and early reading. I have some sites saved, and use up ink cartridges printing worksheets. I use a cyber school for my older kids, but my preschoolers are homeschooled. Enjoy!
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