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My boys are growing SO fast! Our summer was just fantastic and I felt sad to see it end. But, now that the first week of school has come and gone we are all happy and excited to be back in the school groove.
They go to a charter school (that I am very very thankful for) and are home schooled three days a week and in class two days a week. I am enjoying my time with just the baby man and am motivated for our lovely days learning together also. Early readers, Saxon math, Greeks, Romans, home made volcanoes, and insects galore, etc etc Here We Come!!!
This year I vow to stay committed to not succumbing to any real or imagined pressure to do numerous soul crushing worksheets and busywork. I will teach the things that matter in a way that makes sense to the little boys that I know better than anyone else. And I pray that this will lead to their success in life, but most of all that they will understand the world they live in as best they can, be happy, and NEVER stop learning!
It boggles my mind how amazing it is that people have worked together to make this charter school thing a reality, and at the same time I don’t understand why the option isn’t available everywhere. I love that we can be a mix of a classical education, Charlotte Mason philosophy, traditional teaching methods and curriculum, learning styles, some Montessori and Waldorf, maybe even a bit of unschooling when the day demands it, and still be in step with State standards. I love that we have support, documentation and community through their school while still having freedom and lots of time together.
We will see what the year brings, I’m optimistic . . . and I’m stickin to that! I’m so thankful for this time with them, and I’m savoring every moment alike, the ones ripe with discovery and they ones where I sound out three letter words for what seems like hours . . . I know it will go way too fast.
