This school year we used our state's k12 school to teach, and it was a great experience for us. The structure was what we needed to transition out of the local public school, and we had a great time with the curriculum. So why leave you ask? Well, my kids are 1 grade apart and they wouldn't let me bump dd2 up into history and science 2 with her big sister (despite sitting in on dd1's history and science all this school year) and I don't feel like I'd be able to pull off giving them both the time they need to teach 2 different levels like that, not with a toddler and a preschooler. So, I told dh to tell me what to do, and he said to go back to Sonlight and be independent. But dang its making me into a nervous wreck. This year went so well that I have tons of confidence in my ability to teach the kids, but still not having a certified teacher to answer to regularly about what we've been working on is a bit unnerving. It is such a huge deal, I'm letting go of my safety net by leaving OHVA. I've been packing up our computers this weekend to send back, and it really has hit home that this is real. I have the last of my books to buy in my amazon shopping cart (I bought a used 4 day core K that was missing a couple books, we're filling it out to the 5 day program) and I'm just waiting for payday so that I have the money to pay what's over the $100 gift certificate for it (I also have Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons and a couple Kumon workbooks for dd3 to do as HER schooling) I got the majority of the materials I need for our lapbooks we're going to do this year all printed off and ready and waiting, and I have my notification stuff all ready so that I just have to print it off, fill out the form and sign, then mail to the hs lady.
But oh my goodness this is a nervous time. Probably because not only are we making a huge change from a k12 school to independently hsing, but also because I'm scheduled to start college again in the fall at a christian college to finish my bachelor's (the campus is an hour away in case I decide that I need the classroom environment instead of online only courses, which I found to be the case with the school I'm tranferring credits from, its also being a total change in major from computer programming to leadership and preaching, I'm FINALLY doing what God's been telling me to do for 15 years now) I have a feeling that I've got so many changes going on, which is why it feels so overwhelming. But I'm starting the new hs materials in June, while I start college in September, so its not like I'm doing all of it at the same day.
But oh my goodness this is a nervous time. Probably because not only are we making a huge change from a k12 school to independently hsing, but also because I'm scheduled to start college again in the fall at a christian college to finish my bachelor's (the campus is an hour away in case I decide that I need the classroom environment instead of online only courses, which I found to be the case with the school I'm tranferring credits from, its also being a total change in major from computer programming to leadership and preaching, I'm FINALLY doing what God's been telling me to do for 15 years now) I have a feeling that I've got so many changes going on, which is why it feels so overwhelming. But I'm starting the new hs materials in June, while I start college in September, so its not like I'm doing all of it at the same day.
