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Oct. 17, 2007
Welcome to my Homeschool Blog
Welcome to Home school 101..... I am not an expert but I have learned a thing or two over the last several years. My eldest son is 9 and ultimately we have been home schooling him since he was born. My youngest son is 6 and there was never a question that he changed our lives and was very different from his older brother.
Home schooling at first was a necessity but has now become a passion and a love of ours. We have all had to adapt and grow through the years.
I was originally totally against online schooling and my husband and I stuck tight to a book curriculum, being kind of eclectic in that we stuck with mostly Modern Curriculum Press and then using a wide assortment of all other kinds of material that I could find.
Our lives took a drastic turn last year when my youngest officially started school and he moved so quickly through his kindergarten work that we had to pull out the first grade work to keep him mildly interested. We soon figured out that he was breezing through that and we began to slip in second grade work that was left over from his brother. I would not call him "gifted" for several reasons but he is pretty smart. The problem became when his fine motor skills could not keep up with where he wanted to take his brain and he was just frustrated by not being able to write and ultimately learn.
My eldest son was a late reader and even when he turned 9 he was struggling, forcing us to give up every other concentration and only focusing on reading. We used every possible thing we could think of to get him reading and it just did not happen for him. He finally wanted to do something in an on-line game so badly that it forced him to "learn" to read. (my youngest son was 5 at the time and learned to read on his own without our knowledge so he could also play the on-line game with his brother)
I must say we were happier with his reading but it was still not where it needed to be. He passed his 3rd grade IBTS testing but I was not satisfied and we needed something. Time4learning had been passed around the table at our homeschool group and I never did pay attention for two reasons. 1. We as a family spent a great deal of time on the computer and I could not imagine the boys doing their school work on line also and 2. It cost money and on our limited budget we could not imagine having one more expense.
I was so very wrong. Time4learning has not only saved us but we have developed such a rapport with the company that I could honestly invite them to Christmas dinner without even thinking about it. Our house is calmer, my boys are driving their own studies at their own pace. My 6 year old is thrilled to learn and both boys enjoy their assignments and lessons.
And that is your history lesson for the day.... Stay tuned for updates on how it is going this year. I really wish I had a record of last year so I could compare. People would not belive the difference in my children, my home and our life!
TTFN
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