Our Homeschooling Adventure!
We homeschooled on and off from 2004-2006. Then when Seth was in 2nd and Kaia in Kindergarten we decided to take them out of the public school system.
Our homeschooling adventure has been just that an adventure. Seth started out in a Christian Kindergarten when he was only 4 and did wonderful. Fiirst Grade we decided to homeschool and made it 2 months before all my fears and insecurities wore down my confidence and I enrolled him in public school. This of course was a nightmare. I was up there often but did not feel welcome at all. It took Seth over 3 months to check out books from the library because they never put him in the system. The librarian told me that the quiet ones usually get overlooked. When he finished the first grade his love of reading stopped and let’s just say we had a few behavioral issues. So I decided to homeschool for his 2nd grade year and Kaia would then be entering Kindergarten. The first couple of days were great then the roller coaster began. My husband had lost his job in August just when I had started their school. Something wasn’t working and my fears came out again so I enrolled them back in school. I was sure by now that the principal thought I was nuts. Of course the same thing happened I was very active and everyone knew me but I was told that I was a distraction to the classroom and was asked to not come in. We withdrew them and I said to myself I could do this. Thank goodness my husband is patient with me. After we took them out we kind of just de-schooled them for the rest of the year.
We are currently unschooling all subjects but Math.
The one thing I would recommend to anyone wishing to homeschool would to find a great support group. I have two and my kids have really found some great friends.
Below are some links to some of my favorite groups and websites.
Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolsocialgroup/
Websites
Lesson Plans, Resources, Printables, etc.
Local Bookstores in the DFW area
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Fort Worth Water Gardens
March 2008
Easter Egg Hunt and Picnic with DFW Homeschoolers
March 2008
Summer 2007 Vacation Pictures
LongHorn Caverns
July 2007
Day 1
Notice how clean their shoes are.
Seth and Kaia with Grandma and Grandpa
Since it has been raining so much, the caverns are full of mud. So their brand new shoes and socks are now brown. I would recommend taking an old pair of shoes just in case.
Hampton Inn Fredricksburg, Texas
DAY 2
The Alamo San Antonio, TX
Day 3
Austin, TX
Amy's Ice Cream
Austin, TX
Below are some of our daily adventures.
Picking Strawberries at Fall Creek Farms
April 2007
Feeding the Fish
Frontiers of Flight Museum
Dallas, Texas
January 2007
Our weekly park day turned into a mini field trip when they started pooring concrete for the new parking lot.
October 18, 2006
Seth and Kaia with the Ft Worth Fire Dept at their training center.
July 11, 2006
Seth and Kaia trying new tricks.
July 12, 2006
Homeschool Day at the Ft. Worth Zoo.
March 2, 2006
Our trip to the Houston Space Center in August 2005.
