It’s been a few years since we made the choice to go back to public school. The biggest reason was the kids missed socializing with kids their own age and the only co-ops in the area were religiously oriented. I don’t have a problem with religion but I don’t want religion mixed with my education.Continue reading “Why We Stopped Homeschooling”
Category Archives: Homeschool
Week 4: Homeschool Is Exhausting
It’s the end of the fourth week of homeschool. I can say with 100% certainty that it was much harder than I thought it would be.
Is It Over Yet?
I am exhausted. Yet, I feel like I’m getting nothing done. Today I realized that I couldn’t remember the last time I watered the plants. I’ve been keeping up with it really well up until a few weeks ago. Then I discovered my new weird ass succulent that looked like a dinosaur mouth and hadContinue reading “Is It Over Yet?”
Learning In The Time of Corona
The first day of school is August 17th. I told the kids this morning and it was met with groans and sighs. And more groans. Some of them mine. So on August 17th we’ll wake up and the kids will actually get out of bed before 9 am and they’ll sit at the kitchen table.Continue reading “Learning In The Time of Corona”
School Survey
My son is still in Public School. He’s been doing pretty good at his work. As far as I know. I make sure that he does it but I’m sorry, I’m not checking it. Homeschooling my daughter fully, takes up most of my time. I’m coming up with her lessons and checking her work asContinue reading “School Survey”
Goodbye Public School
I sent in the letter of intent to completely home school my daughter today. It had been sitting in my Google docs for a while now. I’d gone back and forth on the idea and then I thought that we would maybe start next year, if my daughters grades hadn’t improved. Then COVID-19 hit andContinue reading “Goodbye Public School”
A Hermitess 