Forgot that Karen asked
Sep 2, 2006 Homeschooling
If Brett and I are and have been on the same page re., homeschooling. Mostly yes and occasionally no.
Brett was more pro-homeschooling than I was in the middle there but he also (rightly) felt that it was ultimately my decision since I was going to be the one home with him and giving up the chance to get a regular job, etc. He stayed neutral while I wrestled with it but every once in awhile he let a smile slip when I’d say, “Maybe we should try it…”
He’s less unschoolish than I am and so the things he does with Noah are more structured. Every once in awhile we argue a bit about what I’m having Noah do versus what he thinks Noah ought to do and then we come to some compromise that will make neither of us crazy. He just wants to make sure that Noah has the option of going to school and so wants to see him grade-ready all the time and I don’t worry about that as much as long as I see forward movement. (The way things are with Noah is that he learns a big chunk in something and then doesn’t touch it for a long time. He’s a stealth learner. And then sometimes we’ll come back to something he wasn’t getting a few months back and somehow he’s mastered it even though we haven’t practiced it in the time being. It helps convince me that, for Noah anyway, when he’s developmentally ready for it, it’ll show up.)
September 2nd, 2006 at 10:54 pm
Thanks for that, Dawn! The reason I asked is we’re debating that right now. My daughter will be starting kindergarten next fall - if we decide to put her into school at all. I’d like to try homeschooling, but he’s reluctant.