the reason we decided to homeschool our son in the fall is because i work in a daycare and see what the kindergarteners are coming home with everyday. here it is the end of the school year, and my son is able to do almost all the worksheets the kindergarteners are bringing to the center each day. my boy is already reading, is very inquisitive, and wants to learn so much more than i know the public school will teach him. he won't be challenged, and he needs that. hubby wasn't keen on homeschooling, but we found a virtual academy that we're going to use (OHVA through K12), and that at least will take the pressure off for the first year. i'd love to homeschool for many years, and that might be able to happen if i get the job change i'm looking for. i remember how bored i was in school, and i can see dalton being the same way. i'd rather him not get into trouble (since he's such a follower) because he's bored. ~Michelle
it just never felt right to hand my kids over to strangers. I figured if God had intended for someone else to teach them, He wouldn't have given them to me. I also feel like my kids need to be kids,not robots who perform on command to pass a state test. I want to know that if my 3rd grader isn't ready for multiplication then we wait;she doesnt get held back or labeled "slow". I've got a late reader and we're ok with that. we are not morning people and that's ok. we like to have school outside and that's ok too. mostly,my kids are seeing Godly character being modeled in their daily lives and you cannot put a price on that.
Why do you home school? I just want to teach my kids and be on hubby's work schedule. What made you make the choice?I pushed the HSing issue when we took DD out of K a few times (two weeks here and there) to take leave and for family emergencies. I also didn't like the principle. I think it was more our personallities clashed. There was an issue (not concerning DD) and I didn't like how the principle handled it. Told him that I am taking my DD out and will not return to the school until there is a new principle. How long will you do it? I don't know. It depends on the day you ask me. I was thinking of putting the kids in when there was new principle but decided to continue to HS. Thought about putting the kids into the DOD school but decided to keep HSing. I think we are going to HS while overseas. It may change once we return to the states.
Why we started hs was a gradual eroding of other options. Which makes it sound like hs was our last choice...and maybe it was, but that isn't why we KEEP hs. Both dd went through school, eldest public, next private and public...I quite frankly didn't think of it much because I contribute half of the household income. I did mention it(hs) when my eldest was in high school, but we weren't really serious. She would have been a blast to hs. ds started having trouble in 2nd grade...although he never LIKED school...Third grade I changed jobs to be home more and he had a GREAT teacher, whom he loved and loved him so we were ok again. 4th was fine...5th was a disaster. I put him in private school for the last semester of 5th so I could research and "get ready" to hs. I hs him for 6th, while my youngest was in 3rd at ps. This year I hs them both because youngest ds wanted to be home because "Jazz is getting all the attention." plus the girls were done with school and only having the boys it makes sense not to have to "mess with" the ps schedule. I will hs next year...and then we have some decisions to make. (9th and 6th grade) I am not working much and my contributions to the family income are no longer half. I know this shouldn't be a huge issue, but for me it is...I know I am contributing VITALLY to our home and family...but... I am a bit jealous of a pp who has the option of 400 high schools with many of them being performance art schools. Oh how my acting/dancing son would love that. But I don't think I could live in NY (or any big city) So I guess he will have to make do. We have 4 school options for high school not including homeschool. We do have the option of concurrent enrollment at the University...so for drama, maybe that could be an option. sorry...a bit off topic. Reading. and struggling with it. That is why we homeschool the eldest. Math. and being ahead. That is why we hs the youngest. (sort of) and now they are both ahead in math and I am trying to decide what to do with that. (I am an outspoken opponent of "early" algebra...but I don't want to hold them back either....sigh) We continue because both the boys are obviously learning and blossoming.
