I decided to homeschool Eli last year and it has turned out to be the best decision we made for him and for us. I tried homeschooling Gracie a few years ago and it was an absolute fail but I know each child is different and we have all grown and learned more about the process and from the process with her to go ahead and try it with Eli. It has been wonderful! He has grown, not only intellectually, but in his self-esteem! I took Gracie to the church yesterday to try out for choir solos and speaking parts and she was even bragging on her brother and how homeschooling has helped him and how he is actually "very wise and happy now"! One of my kids bragging on the other!! Now of course they probably wouldn't do that in front of each other! Ha ha!!!!
Well, Hanni was so excited about going to kindergarten in the beginning of the school year. She has loved it since, for the most part. Randy and I love her teachers and she has seemed to have learned so much but she is showing more and more interest in wanting to homeschool next year. I asked her if she could stay in her teachers class if she would still feel this way she said she would. She really wants to homeschool! I thought Eli would be upset if I homeschooled Hanni but he has been begging me to homeschool her! I have reminded him that he wouldn't be here by himself all day and have me to himself all day and he doesn't care he just wants me to homeschool his sister. WOW!! We are still debating it but I am leaning more towards homeschooling Hanni! The two of them are so excited about the prospect of both being homeschooled and I even heard Eli telling Hanni that I am a hard but really cool teacher and she will like me teaching her alot. lol
Homeschooling two kids would mean a huge change in my life though. I mean we would have to be alot more scheduled! I usually let Eli wake up on his own and let him linger about an hour before we start our day. We will be on strict time schedule if I decide to do this, due to the fact they alot of what they are doing will be a little different for each of them. I am hoping that I can merge some things and just give Eli a little more advanced assignments and such since they are so close in age but most will be completely different but I have a feeling Hanni will catch up and work on level with Eli during some assignments by mid to end year. Another big change is organizing our homeschool area better, which I have already started a little bit by buy some drawers. I just need to figure out how to work the area so I have a system. Another thing I will have to do is start getting books and workbooks for each kid. Yes, homeschooling can add up some at first each year. I would like to go ahead and make a decision whether we are going to teach both kids so I can start stocking up now! Getting our books and even teaching supplies and such!! Just like back to school with other kids there is back to school with homeschool and I do have two other kids in public school that will need supplies. Those supply lists usually don't come out till right before school starts and takes a big bite out of our budget so if I can stock up with our homeschool stuff now and throughout the spring and early summer it will help with everything!!
I have been praying about it for the past couple weeks and will continue to pray over the rest of the weekend and will hopefully have a decision very soon though! Eli will definitely be homeschooled again next year though!! Hanni, we're not sure. I am about 75/25 on my decision and I think everyone else is about 50/50. Hanni is about 90/10. So hopefully we will have our decision soon!!
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