Homeschool Dreams

So it’s been an incredibly long time since I’ve updated here. All kinds of things have happened since August. A family member’s severe illness, husband becoming self-employed, car issues, you name it. Quite frankly, it’s been a nightmare. And let’s not forget the identity theft. We’ve been through the ringer and hopefully 2012 is going to be a much better year. I’m planning on it anyway. So far the lil’ munchkin has learned a great deal. He’s still behind on his speaking skills and we’re not really sure why. So we’re encouraging... 

Scheduling. It’s the bane of my existence. Which usually means it’s exactly what I need to be doing. I’m not organized, except for a very few things. Certain things are totally organized, like my spice cabinet or my pots and pans. And heaven help the person who messes it up (unless it’s my little boy. He’s automatically forgiven.) Other than that – organized chaos. I know where things are while everyone else simply gets lost. And I get things done. Even so, I tend to lose things sometimes, and after a few times of being buried under sticky notes, you start thinking... 

My little boy loves to learn. He loves to be read to and to pretend to read. He enjoys helping around the house. He likes to pretend to cook and to help as much as possible when his father or I cook. He enjoys hunting for bugs, watching the squirrels, watching the birds, and anything else in nature. He loves art and music and has an imagination that never stops. Many have said that our decision to do a bit of preschool at home is a horrible one. Why? Because he is 3 and we will burn him out. Because it’s cruel. Because it’s too hard for a young child his age. If that’s the case,... 

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So we’ve finally decided what curriculum we’re going to use for our son’s preschool. We had been planning to follow the nursery school lesson plans at Angelicum Academy but the more we looked at the program the more we felt it would not suit our son. Too much busy work, too much sitting still. So what we’ve decided on is a mixture of hands-on activities like painting and crafts along with music, some fun short games, and some worksheets. Our little boy is very visual – we have a caterpillar on the wall and each segment is a bright color and has a letter – and... 

Hello and welcome to Homeschool Dreams. This blog site will follow my family’s adventures through homeschooling, starting in prek (or nursery school, whichever you call it) and continuing through to high school. We have one son and are starting with some prek lessons next month. Not more than he can handle nor more than he wants to do, as it should be. And I’ll talk about the difficulties we come across in teaching him, mistakes we make or things we do great, scheduling conflicts with working from home or my husband’s new business, and so on. Hopefully, everyone can see they are...