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Sunday, January 15, 2017

First year homeschooling-half way done!

I can't believe our first year of homeschooling is almost done, I feel like it was semi successful for being our first time. I'm not going to lie when I first brought up the idea of homeschooling to my family I was nervous, I realized what it would take to be a good homeschooler and didn't know if I had it in me. I'm not the most organized person in the world and to be honest I didn't enjoy school growing up, but I do enjoy teaching. I like watching my kids learn new things and love knowing that I helped them learn everything they know. Despite how well I feel like we did, we have been struggling this year. The books we used(there's a video on our Youtube channel about them) would be perfect for kids who weren't being taught from the moment they started comprehending things, but that isn't the case with our kids. Ever since they were little we have been talking to them and teaching them anything and everything. If they asked a question we would answer it in an appropriate way and let them decide if they wanted to know more. Most of the time they did and they became more advanced than most kids. Anyway, back to the books-they are made amazingly and allow for open discussion and you can use outside sources to expand on the subjects. We did all these things and our kids still just killed the books. Brooke is actually almost done with all her kindergarten work that we got for the year! It's insane! I don't want to rush her by putting her into first grade, but at the same time I don't want to hold her back. So what am I supposed to do? Being a parent was hard enough, now adding the role of the teacher has made it twice as hard. The wrong decision could make or break her educational life-I know I sound dramatic. The point is, I'm running out of ideas for kindergarten work. I'm hoping next year is easier and we can find more ways to keep our school work on track. I did say this is our test year for homeschool and I wasn't kidding. If anyone else out there homeschools I'd love to know what you guys do! Let us know.

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