Kerileanne, I know what you mean. 5 years is a long time, my next oldest is almost exactly the same age as yours. I find it harder to remember what we did than I'd imagine. So I am very thankful for the records I did keep. Is your 5 year old in school or at home?
Sorry Linzy, I missed this until it was bumped...
Alex has a December birthday so will officially start Kindy this year. She is going to be homeschooled out of necessity. She really liked the idea of going to school (she went part-time to a Montessori program this last year during my very difficult pregnancy!) but it really is not feasible. The school even cobbled together a program for her kindy year where they would allow her to go part time Kindy (a first!) and homeschool the rest. She would have spent mornings in the Lower Elementary with 1st-3rd graders, math in the Upper Elementary with 4th-6th graders, and gone back to kindy for afternoon special subjects like art and music. Homeschool with me the other 2.5 days per week. All for the full-time price, and the LE teacher flat out told me that she didn't think she could challenge her there.
That isn't to say she wouldn't learn things...but this last year she learned all the wrong things,
. She picks up behaviors, and being with kids twice her age is very problematic:) in addition, I would say my daughter is at the lower end of the social/behavior spectrum for her chronological age. She has serious physical and emotional overexciteabilities:)
So. Homeschooling it is! I am extremely nervous about doing it officially as she is exhausting😄, but excited as well. It is a bit daunting because we get through so much material schooling 3 days per week that I am wondering how we will do with 4-5:)
However, she is very interested in helping with Max's EL program, and this time daddy is very excited too. He built Max's crawling track, and included some modifications...before he covered it with foam he drilled holes and installed t-nuts in the plywood so that rockclimbing holds can be bolted on as soon as it isn't needed for crawling. He has it all planned out to increase the incline gradually and have the baby climbing like a champ before he can walk!
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