I'm a little hesitant about homeschooling mainly because I will have 2 younger children that will be wanting attention while I'm trying to work with my oldest and I'm afraid my patience will wear very thin...I need to start making up a schedule for each day so I know I'm setting aside enough time for everyone and still keeping up with my house- can't have a messy house while I homeschool then I will never find anything...Ordered some fun beginning activities to start working on with Toots today and I'm excited to get started on little things early- she will soon be 3 and ready for pre-k stuff so I'd like to get her ready and prepared for the time set apart to work on things with her- get her used to the routine. Need to get my younger child in the routine too...Just not sure when to start. I'm thinking after my youngest is 1...and right around the beginning of summer since I will be inside and more limited to what I can do anyways....hmmmm...Until next time.
I spoke with another homeschooling mom the other day and she showed me her curriculum! All I can say is wow! We are searching for a christian homeschooling program but I'm not wanting to rely on computers much at all and I'm not a worksheet person so I was skeptical. She uses My Father's World and I'm impressed- they are a little steep if you buy the whole curriculum but if you just by the lessons and cds, most of the activity things you can find cheaper at home. You can also buy the literature sets from them but I'm a book lover and so my children so I'm all about buying them to keep for home. All in all I think between My Father's World and some activities from Confessions of a Homeschooler I'm set on what I'd like to use. How I'm going to work in school with a 3 year old, 2 year old and 1 year old I'm still processing! More next time!
I ended up purchasing a Horizons curriculum for toots this fall and started teaching her that way, I love that it's not a huge schedule and still leaves a little wiggle room, plus it was inexpensive for us. Toots enjoys doing a lot of hands-on stuff and I'm not a particular fan of worksheets so between that and my amazing Child Care Folders from High School with several activities about several subjects it's going well. I'm horrible with keeping to a schedule and things have been a little more than hectic with my husband and I trying to be self-sufficient that I've been focused more on what I'm trying to get done for the day rather than sitting down with her. We try to learn outside the home as well so that's always helpful so despite my lack of organization/schedule I did a quick Kindergarden Readiness Checklist on Toots and needless to say she is 75% of the way there! Must mean I'm doing something right.
My love and I had a sit down talk about me going back to teach, for those of you that do not know, I have a degree in teaching and have been toying with the idea of going back to work over the last year. Our decision was for me to apply when the job I wanted, not needed/could have, opened then I should apply. The very next day, I checked for job openings and right there was the job I wanted so I applied. Now we wait, my heart is being pulled in two directions...I want to enjoy the kids while they are little but I also feel that my calling is to teach children with special needs, not my own children at home. I have little patience for my own children but a ton for others children, is it a sign? We shall see...God will make it known either way.
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