we went through 2 weeks of Homeschool. I have to admit, although I was slightly intimidated by the idea, I really, surprisingly, enjoyed it! wow!
I did give my kids the chance to decide for themselves if they would rather be homeschooled or go to school (I knew what Gabe would choose). I was hoping they would both choose homeschool since I really got used to them being such awesome help around the house and with the baby.
Gabe was obvious. He could hardly wait for an excuse not to have to endure another day in the corner at public school. He has been begging to be homeschooled for a couple of years actually, so yes, he chose to be home.
Evan, on the other hand, was frustrated with me that I could not keep up with him. he was often waiting for me to figure out how to do all that 5th grade math stuff that I had forgotten and needed to "google" before I could explain in to him. He told me he learns better with a "real teacher". Oh how I tried to talk him into staying home and explained that we could get a "real teacher" he could talk to and still be home. He said "no thanks, I need a real recess and soccer and my friends too mom."
bummer He was such a good babysitter for those days I needed to go take care of things and leave the baby at home. I will miss my 11 year old free child care. He's a cool kid though and I am glad he was clear-headed about his decision and I will respect it as long as he continues to do well in school and our home life is not too upside down. know what I mean?
If Bill takes the job where he may be gone a week at a time, I may need Evan's help again. and He may have no choice but to be homeschooled. Time will tell.
For now, Evan goes back, Gabe stays home. I think it might work. maybe I can "school" some responsibility into my 9 year old hyper kid. we'll see.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
To School or not to School, that is the question...
whether tis nobler to sacrifice the quiet sanctity when all kids are away or to keep my sanity and send them off for some other poor sap to try and corral them... and... whatever...
Our community has a Whooping cough or Pertussis (sp?) outbreak and all non-immunized kids have to go home for nearly a month until this passes. AND kids whose California pediatrician and new Utah Pediatrician back in the year 2001 lost immunization records - well, those kids have to go home too if you can't prove they were immunized and you don't want to re-do them all (such is the case with my 2 oldest boys, Evan and Gabe). SO we get to try "home-school" for 30 days and see what we think.
Today was day one of the teachers sending home work for them to do for the next 2 weeks. DUUUDE! they blasted through it! I could not believe it. in fact I handed Evan his packet of math and said go as far as you can go. He stopped after 3 pages of math work and said "Mom, I better not pass up my class. I need to stop because normally this is where I stare off into space and wait for the rest of the class to catch up."
Gabe (almost 9years old) normally sits in the corner of the class because he has a few behavior problems connected to his easily distracted way, and he refuses to work and lives in a fantasy world. I handed him his packet and said "get as much done as fast as you can in any subject you want." so he grabbed the mapping stuff and did 3 pages in 15 minutes - something the teacher at school has to pull teeth to get him to do. I told him I was proud of him and gave him a piece of Chocolate and he asked if he could get more done tomorrow and get ahead and then started talking about if he could go to college when he was 12. Hmmmm.... he does love learning, he just has a hard time learning in a crowd and Evan is ready to just blast through the grade right now. I guess the school district and this pertussis thing was what I needed to finally decide to see what I could do for these 2 boys. So even when this whooping cough thing blows over, the public school system may not see these boys for a couple of years. we'll see. I told them it was a 30 day trial. SO far so good - Day one.
I'll keep you all posted...
Our community has a Whooping cough or Pertussis (sp?) outbreak and all non-immunized kids have to go home for nearly a month until this passes. AND kids whose California pediatrician and new Utah Pediatrician back in the year 2001 lost immunization records - well, those kids have to go home too if you can't prove they were immunized and you don't want to re-do them all (such is the case with my 2 oldest boys, Evan and Gabe). SO we get to try "home-school" for 30 days and see what we think.
Today was day one of the teachers sending home work for them to do for the next 2 weeks. DUUUDE! they blasted through it! I could not believe it. in fact I handed Evan his packet of math and said go as far as you can go. He stopped after 3 pages of math work and said "Mom, I better not pass up my class. I need to stop because normally this is where I stare off into space and wait for the rest of the class to catch up."
Gabe (almost 9years old) normally sits in the corner of the class because he has a few behavior problems connected to his easily distracted way, and he refuses to work and lives in a fantasy world. I handed him his packet and said "get as much done as fast as you can in any subject you want." so he grabbed the mapping stuff and did 3 pages in 15 minutes - something the teacher at school has to pull teeth to get him to do. I told him I was proud of him and gave him a piece of Chocolate and he asked if he could get more done tomorrow and get ahead and then started talking about if he could go to college when he was 12. Hmmmm.... he does love learning, he just has a hard time learning in a crowd and Evan is ready to just blast through the grade right now. I guess the school district and this pertussis thing was what I needed to finally decide to see what I could do for these 2 boys. So even when this whooping cough thing blows over, the public school system may not see these boys for a couple of years. we'll see. I told them it was a 30 day trial. SO far so good - Day one.
I'll keep you all posted...
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