(used with permission from the Family Man)
I’m so excited for school to start.
I’m nervous about doing kindergarten with David. Teaching him will be very different from teaching Silje.
I’m already planning a field trip before school starts. Our homeschool group is going to a honey farm and I thought that sounded like fun.
We started our science course for this next year already. The curriculum has a “cold climate” alternate schedule to optimize observing plants while we can still see them. Silje’s loving it, and I’m doing better at customizing it for her age. David has not tagged along with this yet.
I’m already starting to debate in my head how things will run. I think my biggest fight with Silje this year will be over her handwriting. I got a new program and it is working, and she does not like having to re-learn how to write. Last year I only made her do it properly during handwriting, and write however she likes in other areas. Her handwriting did not improve that much under that system. I’m thinking this year I might expect good handwriting in all subjects…but I’m not sure I want to cut the thrill of writing from her that much. I keep thinking to myself that if a “real teacher” expected that of her in a “real classroom” then it would be fine, so why not here?
I keep adding things to the list of things to do.
Silje has been reading literally hours everyday this summer and should pick up school just fine.
David has been reading to himself his early readers, or sitting and looking at books for at least an hour every day unprompted. Last year for preschool we finished our kindergarten reading program. This year for kindergarten I’m hoping to finish a 1st grade reading program. I’m a little nervous. He is very excited.
I don’t know why I’m nervous about teaching David. He does great doing anything one-on-one, which is what school will primarily be for him. He loves routine and this will be great for that too.
It’s less than 3 weeks now before we’re going “full time.” I’d start this next week if I didn’t have so many summer chores still to do. The anticipation is killing me. We’ll need some prayers over here!
Mom says
August 19, 2011 at 2:31 pmWe’ll be praying, you’ll do fine!
Penny says
August 19, 2011 at 3:03 pmHandwriting is difficult for us too. Alex “failed” handwriting last year (he got an N for non-satisfactory on his report card), and so we’ve been making him practice it this summer, with much tears and frustration. Not my favorite thing to make him do.
I’m sure David will be a challenge, but think of the satisfaction you will have when you and he click!
Sheila says
August 19, 2011 at 3:17 pmI have heard in the very near future cursive is not going to be taught….the reasoning is it will no longer be needed in the technology generation. At first I thought “that will never happen”….but then I think back to how important learning shorthand was in my mother’s education….and by the time I got to high school, it was just fazing away and we were learning to use electric typewriters and transcription devices…..
eek…..
Heidi says
August 19, 2011 at 10:11 pmYou will rock as his teacher. No one knows him better. 🙂 BTW, I think you called me by accident today. I heard “I’m so tired.” in the background, so I think it was you. Hang in there my wonderwoman sister.