Homeschooling Shmomeschooling

Here we are two months away from what may be the hardest year of my life, and i am giddy with excitement!!! For the past two years Husband and I have been discussing the forbidden "homeschooling" option. At first it was mostly just me being to attached to my beautiful, awesome, sweet, amazing, smart and STUBBORN first born child!!! But last year husband got fully on board and we began really coming to our own realizations about how important homeschooling is to us. We looked into private schools for a bit, and noticed two things about it, it is very expensive, and it will still be some one else teaching my babies. Though the school system will be better fitted to our goals in the long run, it still will be a teacher that cannot appreciate all the things that makes my kids individuals!! Husband is careful to not get too enthusiastic about it homeschooling, saying, "its not me that will being doing all the work"

We have researched and hunted and read reviews talked to friends, and came to our final choice for a school curriculum. I want my children to stay home with me and be in my care and protection, eat my food, and learn my values, but i still want them to get the same "education" that they would be expected to get in a public school. We first were very enthusiastic about K12, but really the only perk to homeschooling is a shorter day, why would i expect my 5 year old to sit still either at a table or a computer for SEVEN hours a day, no thank you. Then we researched Waldorf curriculum's, and every thing about Waldorf sounds amazing, and just what we want for our children, learning through everyday skills and chores and open ended lessons exploration... except for one big BIG BIIIIIIIGGG difference... Reading!!! The lessons fall short on teaching reading! IMO reading should not fall by the way side to allow for personal growth... i will spare you the soap box!

Also there are the options of making up your own curriculum as you go, deciding what is needed, creating a lesson plan and following through with it. I will be completely honest with you, i am not that motivated!! I need a written plan, almost word for word, and i would like times to be included, giving me the option to follow them or not, if we are having a particularly hard time with a lesson, i would like to say "we we are out of time lets take a break from this today and star fresh next time", or," we are really having a great time with this lesson, we can keep going"

Calvert was recommended to us by a good friend, over a year ago, and through out researching we have always come back to Calvert! She has had lots of success with her 5 children, and i really hope that we will love the program so much to recommend it to friends also!!

So now that we have decided on that i have been researching a cheap preschool program to get my three year old involved! Once again my homeschooling friends has recommended a preschool supply program and i think we may go with that also!! Its so nice to know homeschoolers that have been successful and can help you in your homeschooling journey!!

There was going to be more to this post but Mr. Oxenfree is screaming his head off... until next time!