I will be slowly moving and making more homeschool resources for a small price. Please be patient as I do have other priorities as well. Please take a look at the new homeschool planner I have available at Dae-dae Teaches. If you have any suggestions please let me know in the comments below ☺️
Interesting conversation with my 10 year old this morning…
My 10 year old was telling me how he would like to find a way to harvest the molecular energy of trees or plants in general. Then figure a way to transfer and store it in batteries to produce another self-reliant power.
Today I will be printing off new material for three of my kiddos 🙂 Here’s the rundown on how this occurred…
This past week my kiddos admitted they overheard conversations of other adults saying they need to get back into public school. So two of them decided they wanted to return to school. Not because they really wanted to, but because they thought other people’s opinions mattered. They thought longer hours of education would help them catch up and close the gap at where they’re supposed to be at. Instead of taking the time to master the material at their pace and understanding.
So we’ve been discussing this all week and not just with the two that thought this. I have also discovered that another kiddo along with the other two would like to move up a level because it was becoming too easy. I don’t have a problem with it at all. That’s the whole point of homeschooling! To meet the kiddos where they’re at and encourage them to learn more and set them up for their career and life.
I’m so glad my kiddos can come to me and express their opinions and open discussions. So thanks for giving my kiddos the initiative to approach me with the conversation so we can level up and continue to move forward with our homeschool journey and life.
Progress is progress no matter what form it takes or how they get there. That’s all I want for these boys. Did I learn a few things today after our family discussion? Sure did! Do I think they are prepared? No… Not because I didn’t do my job, but simply the system failed them and their mother constantly changing schools and not wanting to send them to school didn’t help matters.
Before we pulled the kiddos from public school they were already at a disadvantage. My 13 year old was already a year behind(with needing speech class and separate help in math) and due to the accident which has caused some severe memory issues (which we are still working on) has pushed him even further behind. My 12 year old on the other hand was behind from teachers not wanting to take the time to offer help and only wanting to dish out repeat work so they didn’t have to deal with him. He also needed speech classes and extra help in math and reading.
While it was all good that the public school was offering help it took forever to get and yet didn’t put any effort into it. With the exception of the Special Ed math teacher actually trying, the Special Ed reading teacher and speech teacher were either bored with or almost threatening in their tone when talking to them. I have nothing against public schools. I myself went to catholic school and public schools plus nearly homeschooled for all of last year of highschool. I even went to college!
Regardless, these kiddos are making progress! My 13 year old, when we started had just barely completed 5th grade and just starting 6th grade. Yet when handed 6th grade work, he couldn’t master it above a 3rd grade level. It has taken nearly 3 years to get him to be able to now do 6th grade level language arts and soon to be 5th grade level math. My 12 year old, when we started just completed 3rd grade and starting 4th grade. Though he was only performing on a kindergarten to 1st grade level. He is able to now complete on his own language arts and math material at a 3rd grade level. My 10 and 9 year olds are the only ones that are on level with the exception of still having difficulty reading, but they are getting better.
Anyways, the 13 and 12 year olds would like more advanced work now. So starting next week, I will be giving them more of their supposed grade level material. Just to give them a taste. I can only hope this doesn’t dampen their progress or spirit when they discover how difficult it will be.
Homeschool Aunt Chaos 