• Jan. 19, 2009
Our First Day
Our first day homeschooling was AMAZING!!! Despite having to go to the school to pick up Brittany's things, and to drop off her school books, we were still able to stick to our schedule. We even had extra time to visit the library for some educational videos!
I was astounded at how natural it felt to teach Brittany myself even though she has spend most of her school years in public schools. The idea of homeschooling Brittany didnt emerge until the twins were born and I decided that I had come to my wits end with public schools, and that I would teach the twins at home. At first Brittany thought I was crazy, and that homeschooling was for "weird people", but over time she came to terms with the decision, and slowly but surely I would hear her voice her wish to school at home as well. I told Brittany it was a decision that she would have to think seriously about, and make herself. When she came to me and told me she wanted to school at home I couldnt have been more happy!
So our first day is over, and I couldnt be more sure that we have made the right decision. I am sure some tough days are ahead, however, there were tough days with Brittany in public schools also. Here is what we got accomplished today:
I tested Brittany in Math to see in what areas she needed some review. I found out that she does not know how to do even simple division without a calculator! I guess we will be working on division.
Brittany watched The Diary of Anne Frank, and read parts of Chapter one of the book for English.
For Science Brittany chose to check out a video on earthquakes and a book as well.
And last but not least, Brittany watched a video about the Dust Bowl for Kansas History. (I did as well. I did not grow up in Kansas and knew very little about this) We checked out another video for this subject and a book as well.
All in all, we got ALOT accomplished for our first day, and I am proud to be able to officially say that we are homeschoolers! 
