sharing extra about how lengthy we intend to homeschool, and why the heck we’re doing it with just a bit over a month left of the college yr.
Hello mates!
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For at this time’s put up, I needed to share somewhat bit extra about our homeschool journey and what’s happening. I’ve alluded to the truth that we’ve had a tough time the previous few months and it’s been tough to navigate how and what to share. I’ve at all times been open with you guys with regards to my life, however the aim of the weblog has at all times been to share MY expertise; not my kids’s. It’s a tough line to stroll, particularly after they’re an enormous a part of my life and I really feel like so lots of you’re part of our household. On the similar, I by no means need them to really feel like their privateness has been invaded by what I share right here, so I’ve at all times tried to take a fragile strategy to my content material, particularly as they’ve gotten older.
The nutshell model is that this: we ended up transferring Liv to a different personal college in January. We had been all combating the mind-boggling quantity of homework, assessments, and assignments. It was particularly onerous along with her competitors dance schedule. We switched studios and reduce her hours in half, and she or he was nonetheless up till at the least midnight each night time (for the previous 2+ years) making an attempt to complete every part for varsity. I’m an enormous believer in onerous work and I believe tutorial rigor has its place, however it was an excessive amount of for everybody. So, she switched and has been thriving.
When she switched faculties, it was the primary time P hasn’t had her large sis in school, which was difficult for her. The Pilot additionally retired, which was an enormous transition, and she or he began to have extra frequent stomachaches. (Her abdomen has bothered her on and off for years, which has at all times nervous me since she had extreme reflux as a child and was on Prilosec and Zantac, which has been recalled for terrifying causes.) She noticed a number of docs, had an ultrasound, her abdomen was deemed “wholesome,” and their solely suggestion was to place her on a PPI once more. She was additionally doing CBT weekly, and typically twice every week. Her abdomen ache and nervousness acquired so dangerous that she missed many days of college, and we had been right here making an attempt to maintain up with the insane quantity of homework, classwork, and assessments.
The Pilot was dwelling for retirement and was educating her the content material, ensuring she accomplished the large packets of classwork, and taking her to high school for assessments. He had return to business airline coaching and I couldn’t fathom solo parenting, working, and making an attempt to maintain up with all the college work she was lacking, so I requested her to both select to return to high school or we might pull her out, and she or he stated, “Please homeschool me.”
I by no means supposed to be a trainer, however I’ll do something for our infants and if it’s what P wants proper now, I’m going to do it.
(We love Nicole the Math Girl! A tremendous rec from Brittany.)
Additionally value mentioning right here that I made a decision to do a Meals Sentivity Take a look at (and another practical labs) and acquired to the basis reason behind some intestine points, and her gluten sensitivity was extreme. No surprise her abdomen was hurting :/ Since she began the protocols and eliminated gluten, her abdomen ache has tremendously diminished.
Our plan now:
– She’s on the waitlist for Liv’s new college however realistically received’t be capable of get in till fifth grade
– We’ll homeschool till then and if she decides to return, that’s nice, and if she doesn’t wish to, that’s okay, too.
The humorous factor is that I was actually cautious of homeschooling. Pre-kids thought to myself, “How on earth can a father or mother anticipate to show their children extra successfully than a trainer?”
In the course of the women’ time at school, we’ve had some extraordinary lecturers who’re every part lecturers ought to be. They love children, love what they’re educating, they’re above and past. However on the similar time, some lecturers are…not good. They are saying weird issues in school, disgrace kids in entrance of their friends, and this occurs in a personal college surroundings ALL the time, if you find yourself paying in your child to be taught by instructors who don’t appear to love kids in any respect. A overwhelming majority of the time, we spent the three to 4 hour block every night time educating anyway, as a result of they weren’t taught the content material throughout their courses.
Rising up, I additionally thought that homeschooled children had been in all probability awkward as a result of they don’t have as a lot social interplay. The truth is that all the homeschooled children I’ve met are form, articulate, pleasant, and extremely sensible.
Although I’ve seen mates homeschool and type of daydreamed about how how enjoyable it could be, I didn’t take into account it a chance as a result of I make money working from home, juggling shopper calls, content material creation, podcast interviews, Zooms, IHP work, and many others. I didn’t really feel like I might add one other issues to my plate, however I didn’t even assume twice about it once we acquired up to now. I’ve shuffled my schedule round rather a lot so that almost all of my content material creation is completed over the weekend, and the wonder about homeschool is that it solely takes round two hours every day at this age.
This put up is already tremendous lengthy, so I’ll share one other put up quickly with the curriculum we’re utilizing and the way we construction our days.
Thanks in your kindness and being so wonderful over the previous few months. It’s been a tough yr in some ways (this is only one of them) and being right here with you all every day is a significant vibrant spot. We completed our first full week of homeschool and I’m feeling fairly excited and hopeful about it! I’m additionally grateful that we get to spend some additional time collectively and are trying into all the cool homeschool actions that Tucson gives!
xoxo
Gina
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