I've been admitted into a local homeschoolers forum and have already made contact with TWO families within a 10 miles radius with at least one of their kids being the same age as Ollie! How lucky is that!!??
Well once you start looking you realise that homeschoolers are everywhere, even in little rural areas like mine, and the amount of people with pre-school kids who are considering it is also significant.
Ollie will be staying in school until the end of year 7 when he will be 12, so August 2012....really not that far away.
Already I have plans coming out of my ears!
Incorporating maths into tasks rather than running through reams of worksheets.
We will celebrate his first homeschool year by getting him to design his own garden, in it he can put whatever he wants BUT he will have to use a compass to find the ideal spot, learn to work within a budget for ordering seeds and sundries, use maths to make his fence, maybe even sell his surplus produce.
Much more fun than textbooks!
He'll also do woodwork projects, more advanced horse riding lessons, expand his love and understanding of English and its literature by being able to use audio books for some more advanced books, as well as keeping up his reading of course.
We have history all around us in the surrounding countryside, Neolithic stones, Roman battle fields.
In fact by the time homeschool rolls up I think we will have a job to not be so enthusiastic as to try and do everything at once!
Oh and heres a little humor, made me chuckle....remember, never take ANYTING too seriously ;)
That comic is awesome, my funny for the day!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you guys are so prepared and really didn't make the final decision lightly. You really took the time to do your research, find a community for support and other families close by. You'll have so much support for both you and your son during the homeschool years. Its sounds like you've made the best choice for Ollie. You know him best and understand how he learns and can be with him one on one to work through difficult concepts. He's a lucky kid!
I can't believe all the lessons you already have thought out! It sounds like you'll be teaching him lessons in a completely different context. He'll learn better and the information will be applicable to daily life. I mean really who uses calculus on a daily basis as it was taught in school, not me.
I can't wait to read about all your lessons and adventures with homeschooling!
Thanks :D
ReplyDeleteYeah its exciting!! I almost wish he hated school, then I would take him out now! lol.
Seriously though, this will give me and Kim a much needed "break" until 2012, that way we can leap in with batteries fully charged!
Also I want Ollie to have some schooling away from his brothers , and other kids for a while. He has trouble with focus, easily distracted, that audio thing again :P SO it will be great to really focus on helping him while his brothers still attend school until THEY reach 11/12 :)