Decisions. Decisions. My oldest daughter, who is in 1st grade, tells me all the time she wants to be homeschooled. When asked why she says because her friends are mean to her (meaning that they make fun of the mole on her neck, tease her because she rubs her nose a lot due to allergies). Not only that but she hates the 2 hours of homework almost every night. And so do I.
It's not that I think homework is a bad thing. It's just that some schools go overboard in the amount of homework they dish out at such early ages, contributing to kids hating school. And you and I both know it is terrible for a kids to begin hating school before they ever get out of Kindergarten, knowing they still have 12 years of it left, at a minimum.
Then on the other hand we live in an excellent school district, academically-speaking. Even though I'm a certified teacher, I know the kids will get a great education at their school.
When you say homeschool people often bring up the social aspects. I'm not worried about the socialization piece at all. They get plenty of interaction with other kids at dance twice a week and then at church, as well as playing with kids in the neighborhood.
Richard and I have always wanted to homeschool but because of our circumstances have felt like it wasn't possible. But as we are talking to more and more moms who homeschool, we are beginning to see that we can make it work.
Our schedule would have to be quite different from a traditional homeschool because of the necessity for me to work full-time. But we have met a couple of people who are like us and make it work. So we have started thinking of a plan.
And probably in January will begin our homeschooling journey with both of our children.
Stay tuned for more on these developments : )
Dawn
It's not that I think homework is a bad thing. It's just that some schools go overboard in the amount of homework they dish out at such early ages, contributing to kids hating school. And you and I both know it is terrible for a kids to begin hating school before they ever get out of Kindergarten, knowing they still have 12 years of it left, at a minimum.
Then on the other hand we live in an excellent school district, academically-speaking. Even though I'm a certified teacher, I know the kids will get a great education at their school.
When you say homeschool people often bring up the social aspects. I'm not worried about the socialization piece at all. They get plenty of interaction with other kids at dance twice a week and then at church, as well as playing with kids in the neighborhood.
Richard and I have always wanted to homeschool but because of our circumstances have felt like it wasn't possible. But as we are talking to more and more moms who homeschool, we are beginning to see that we can make it work.
Our schedule would have to be quite different from a traditional homeschool because of the necessity for me to work full-time. But we have met a couple of people who are like us and make it work. So we have started thinking of a plan.
And probably in January will begin our homeschooling journey with both of our children.
Stay tuned for more on these developments : )
Dawn
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