This post was originally started in late September.
It's been a while since I posted and I won't be online for at least a week.
Homeschooling is going pretty well. We've been focusing on math pretty much exclusively as Hubby wants the older three boys to be caught up to where they should be. That means pushing hard all of the basics - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
In talking to other parents though, it seems that there are more and more children - not only in our district - who can't do the basics. (Even in the traditional classrooms, not just the Montessori ones!) My MIL was talking to a 4th grade teacher who said she's probably retiring next year because they're changing what and how the kids are learning in math. Then the 6th grade teachers are becoming upset because the students are coming up unable to do math. That's an issue.
Anyway, the kids are starting to realize the benefits of staying home. We've gone to the Durham Museum when there are just a couple of people at the exhibits. Last week we went and after an hour or so, a group from a nearby school came in (like a hurricane...). The three oldest came to me, individually, within a few minutes and asked when we were leaving because it was too noisy. They've gotten spoiled!
We all like being able to spend time as a family on Hubby's days off, since they rotate. It's nice to spend more than one day a week together! It also is giving us flexibility to take a day in the middle of the week and go out to do something.
Still having issues with MM as he's not sure he wants to be homeschooled, but that's ok. I expected this and we can deal with it.
