11th January, 2008
First week of the rest of my life
Well we made through the first week of homeschooling with few hiccups. It is really amazing what a short stint back in public school did for Joe’s attitude. We are focusing on tying up some loose ends while we wait for his books to come in. This past week we reviewed our Latin from last year, restarted Japanese, and picked in history with the War of the Roses. He is doing a novel study on a Wrinkle in Time and just finished The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull who also wrote Fablehaven series. Oh yeah, and Writing Strands Level 4. I thought I would be incredible nervous going back into this, but honestly?, it feels like coming home. I love doing this. I love knowing what he is learning and passing on the topics, subjects Ithink are important. I love giving him the space to choose how he arranges his day and get a peek inside his creative mind. I thrill at being able to provide the atmosphere that lets him learn and grow, not be stressed and weary. I’ll probably have more thoughts to relate next week about some topics that have arisen this past week in education. But for now, I am content and blessed to have a happy, healthy, and eclecticlaly educated 10 year old boy.
Posted at 4:32 pm |
On January 11, 2008 at 10:32 pm
tribeofautodidacts said:
January 11, 2008 at 10:32 pm
I’m glad to see you posting again!
Sounds like things are going well.