Feb. 6, 2008 - The decision
So, we've been thinking about moving to MT. This past summer ('07) I started looking into homeschooling. I knew my mom would never support it and I didn't think I knew anyone who homeschooled so I didn't even know how to start. I was considering starting when we moved to Montana so I looked up all the standards and support groups for that state. Ariella had been to preschool, a public kindergarten, and first grade at a local parochial school. Three schools in three years. Not that I was unhappy with any of them. If I hadn't picked up my first book on homeschooling, Ariella would still be at the parochial school and Kaylah would have continued right along and attended the preschool that I had her enrolled in to start in the fall.
It wasn't meant to be. I read a book and I was sold. The more I read (or should I say consumed since I read everything I can get my hands on on the subject), the more I knew I wanted to try homeschooling. Afterall, I was a certified teacher, why couldn't I teach my children?! Even though the books swear that you don't have to hold a degree to educate your own children. By the end of July, it hit me. Why wait until we move, why waste another year with the children attending school...I wanted to start now. I called up the school, told them I would like to try homeschooling and that was that. I had to do some stuff for our school district but it really wasn't that entailed. I also have to produce a portfolio to hand in at the end of June but since I'm pretty organized I have confidence that I can do that.
So, all I had left was to break the news to my family. My husband was easy. Jason, I guess could tell my enthusiasm and yearning to homeschool. His only concern was that it would mean no breaks for me, but no break versus an eight hour break from my children is a no brainer. I still manage to get out sometimes even if it's to the grocery store by myself. Al in all, he was so supportive, it totally boosted my confidence that I could in fact give my children a better education than they could get by someone else.
Ariella, being the social butterfly that she is, was the hardest to convince that homeschooling was the right choice. I'll get more into that tomorrow. I'm getting pretty tired and tomorrow's our long day...co-op and pajama story-time. It's the kids' favorite day of the week and my most exhausting!
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