PANIC! Yes ladies and gentlemen I have officially reached that point where I am begining to stress about my curriculum for the coming year (also how I am going to pay for all of that curriculum)! Did I choose the right program? Will my son be overstimulated by the pictures in the book? Will they respond to the new material? Are they ready for the new material? Am I being unrealistic? This year I have the added stress of having to file under the school district. I have to fill out my paper work, send it in, and then at the end of the year they we check over my portfolio.
It is not that I am really worried they don't think I do enough, as I think we do more than expected. I just worry that the paperwork will get lost or some other possibility that is so minute it really should not be worth thinking about.
My biggest fear is buying a curriculum and spending a fair amount of money on it, only to have it not work for us! Then having to find something else and spend more money.
Over the nextfew weeks I will beging to order our curriculums and the books will start coming in. Getting fresh material and pouring over them is so exciting to me! I love looking through the books and relearning with my boys through out the year.
Now I just have to figure out our new schedule and what to do with a 18 month old while I teach!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Library Days
Every Friday morning I pack up all 3 boys and we head out to the library. We usually don't spend very much time there as my boys know exactly what they want and most are reserved ahead of time. But I love coming home with a mountain of books. Most days they can not wait to get to the car and crack open their books to see what they are about. I only wish I had more time to read, since the baby came last year I have slowed down considerably in my personal reading. I know this is temporary but I miss a good book, right now a good sleep is so much more important!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Laying Corner Stones
Corner stones, you know the big large stones that are the first placed when building a large building, that is what I am giving my children. I am trying to teach them the fundamental building blocks of character, a love of learning, and an appreciation of family. Some days are easier than others and quite honestly some children are easier than others. Each one of my children has a different personality, and so far a different learning style.
My oldest nearly 8 now was diagnosed 5 years ago as being on the Spectrum. Autism is not something that describes my child, but something that dictates his life. He is silly, loving, and tries ever so hard to do exactly what you say and to please people. His Autism is very mild, and by mild I just mean that my son can function in a alien world to him. He can speak and express himself although sometimes in funny ways. His biggest challenge right now is his ADHD (or ADD as we aren't sure which it really is yet). He is a visual learner, who is very clever.
My middle son, well he is the challenging one for me. He has always pushed his limits and he has always been a little too smart for his age. This child walked by 9 months, and was speaking in sentences by 18 months. However all that early development stuff has lead him to be a little confused about what he is actually capable of handeling. He is 5 but he thinks he is almost 8 like his eldest brother, yet he is emotionally not ready to handle the things an 8 year old handles. All of this leads to a fair few escalated temper situations. He is a hands on, I can do it myself learner.
My youngest son is a year and half, he has the sweetness of the eldest and the temper of my middle son. He is definatly the baby of the family. Content to be carried, yet not content to be gated into safe rooms. He is not old enough for schooling yet, in the traditional sense. I can see already though that he is a learn by example child.
So this is the begining of our journey on this blog it is not the begining of our homeschool journey as we began that nearly 3 1/2 years ago.
My oldest nearly 8 now was diagnosed 5 years ago as being on the Spectrum. Autism is not something that describes my child, but something that dictates his life. He is silly, loving, and tries ever so hard to do exactly what you say and to please people. His Autism is very mild, and by mild I just mean that my son can function in a alien world to him. He can speak and express himself although sometimes in funny ways. His biggest challenge right now is his ADHD (or ADD as we aren't sure which it really is yet). He is a visual learner, who is very clever.
My middle son, well he is the challenging one for me. He has always pushed his limits and he has always been a little too smart for his age. This child walked by 9 months, and was speaking in sentences by 18 months. However all that early development stuff has lead him to be a little confused about what he is actually capable of handeling. He is 5 but he thinks he is almost 8 like his eldest brother, yet he is emotionally not ready to handle the things an 8 year old handles. All of this leads to a fair few escalated temper situations. He is a hands on, I can do it myself learner.
My youngest son is a year and half, he has the sweetness of the eldest and the temper of my middle son. He is definatly the baby of the family. Content to be carried, yet not content to be gated into safe rooms. He is not old enough for schooling yet, in the traditional sense. I can see already though that he is a learn by example child.
So this is the begining of our journey on this blog it is not the begining of our homeschool journey as we began that nearly 3 1/2 years ago.
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