I am home-schooling my 2 dds (6 + 5).
I have another dd who is 2.
When we first began home-schooling I was very structured- everything had it's place and I timetabled lessons.
I soon found out that this wasn't working for us, far too much pressure to get things done on a certain schedule. Especially with a baby demanding my attention.
So we switiched to a more autonomous style. And have been realy enjoying it, we've done projects on dinosaurs, the human body, anything they like really.
But I'm starting to feel a bit pressured to get them to catch up with children their age at school.
DD1 can write quite neatly and spell a certain amount of words, she can also read a few words, tho I doubt she can do as much as children at school because I like them to come to this naturally.
DD2 is a whole other ball game, she finds writing extremely difficult, cant spell or read any words yet. But has a keen interest in arts abd creative things.
Dh and I expose the girls to a whole heap of things and we have fun. We try and teach them about the world around around them and are usually always out and about doing nature related activities.
So they have learnt a lot of things since home-schooling but not the fundementals of reading/writing/arithmatic.
As I said tho i'm starting to wander if I am giving them the best I can. I'm 10 weeks pg with no 4 and have had such severe headaches and nausea that we've only been able to do the bare minimum for weeks.
When the baby comes along it'll be another demand on my time.
I may just be hormonal and this may pass in a while. But I cant help but wander if I should send them to school, tho this would make me .
I know the life of a home - educting mum is full of ups and downs.
What do you think?
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whatawally · 11/09/2008 14:24
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