Well, homeschooling starts back next week for us! At this rate we will be homeschooling well into June to finish up this year's work! My boys desperately need to get back into a routine!
Have you noticed the same thing? When you have been out of your school routine for a couple of days or even a couple of weeks - the kids lose their minds! They stop thinking! We have had blank stares at simple questions, picking on each other until I'm ready to scream and the boys seem "antsy" all the time! They are in need of school! Who would have thought it!
Now that we are out of boxes and everything is set up, we are getting back to the books! I never realized how much I miss teaching them! I was setting up my school room and found myself wishing we could sit down and do it right then...I love being with my kids and love watching them learn!
I have found that homeschooling in Mississippi may be a little different! There are of course different laws here - like no participating in public school activities and sports - but also the perception of homeschoolers here seems to be "old school" in that we do it because we have too - not necessarily because we want to. There is a WONDERFUL private school less than a mile from our home and it is assumed by most that our boys will simply go there - we get some really different looks from most everyone when we state that we choose to homeschool simply because we want to do so....we shall see! Everyone has been really sweet and very supportive of us in our decision to homeschool, I am just not sure what they think about it yet! :) We did find out that there are some homeschool groups in town and we will look into joining them - we will pass along any helpful information from them! Also, our YMCA here has homeschool PE classes two days a week - Mondays are water sports in the indoor pool and Fridays are other sports. It should be fun and will allow the boys to meet new friends! We look forward to getting back into the swing of things and we are excited about exploring the possibilities here!
Michele Everson, Proud wife of Dr. Chad Everson and
Proud Mama to two "looking forward to school (not) boys!"
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