Hulett's Place

Started our 6th year

August 25, 2009 marked the starting of our 6th year homesschooling.  Olivia is still struggling with reading so this year we have her in the public school for 1.5hrs each day to work on her reading/phonics skills.  Its going well. She enjoys going and is making friends. She has "homework" each night and is completing it successfully. She is still plugging away at her grade 2 LifePac's and will be starting grade 3 in a few weeks.  Nathan is enjoying working in the grade 6 LifePacs and is acceling quickly, he has even said he really likes this year because he gets to work in books instread of the computer (previously used SOS).  He works hard and is easily frustrated due to his lack of self confidence. I know though that when he sees his A grades he will start to build that confidence again, he is one of those kids that hates to make mistakes and expects perfection in all he does.

Our greatest joy this year is that dad is finally on board 100% with homeschooling, in years past he has been about 75% on board but this year he sees the benefits and rewards that come with this schooling choice. He works out of town during the week and is home on the weekends and every 2-3 weeks has 9 days off so he sees that this can mean spur of the moment vacations.