Here we go.... It is the first week of July and I am thinking, HOMESCHOOL. Yep, I have decided that I definitely want to homeschool my oldest son, Brycen, for the upcoming year. I have given myself a short-term goal of Christmas Vacation (public school) to see how he likes it and how he responds. If he decides not to listen, or if I feel like I am hindering his education in some way, I will re-enroll him into public school 2nd grade. I know that people are going to think I am insane, I am going to get flack from well-meaning family members, and I am going to have my work cut out for me, BUT I feel like this is best for him. I have an incredibly smart/funny/entergetic/crazy/wacky little firecracker of a boy & he is B-O-R-E-D with the traditional education model. He wants to explore and be an active learner...I want to facilitate that for him. Brycen is a Tiger Cub and LOVES Cub Scouts, so I decided, why not work in the requirements for his merit badges into his school work? I am currently writing our first ever unit study that will help him earn his Geology, Geography, & Map&Compass beltloops. *Fingers Crossed* it will take us about 2 weeks to do the book work and then we get to take a weekend hike as a family, with him navigating. Now, I say this is going to take 2 weeks, but it could turn into something MUCH bigger. After he is finished with this overview unit, we will see where he wants to go, does he want to do a more in-depth study of rocks, landforms, cartography? Does he want to move on to something else & go more in depth with it? What does his little 7.5 year old mind want to explore? We shall see. Wish us luck. ....off to the library We went to the public library and ^^THIS was our haul. I do believe that we got every book on rocks and landforms that was available in the kids non-fiction section. I have one week to finish getting this unit together. I am starting class on July 9! I better get busy. I have one excited little boy to teach.
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AuthorAmber Varney is a mother from Eastern Kentucky. She is co-owner of a natural products store. She is the wife of Scott and the mother of two amazing boys, Brycen & Landon. Archives
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