Homeschool?

If I can't plan lessons any better than I can keep up with blogging, maybe it's not for me... But we're seriously considering homeschooling next year. Hmm.

Butterfly is an avid reader. She's reading waaaay beyond a Kindergarten reading level. She's in private school because we hoped with a much smaller class size and a real love for our child, they would make sure to keep her moving forward instead of trying to keep her back with the rest of the students. and yes, I know public school teachers love their students. I have been a public school teacher and I loved my students dearly. Cried when I left. But this love is different. Maybe it's the prayer? I don't know, but alas, I digress.

We were hoping that this hefty price tag would help her progress academically. But it's December and they've just finished learning all the letters. Butterfly can read. Like really read. I don't mean like she can put together some sight words she has memorized. No, she can really read, probably at a second grade level. She doesn't need to be working on learning what sound a dadgum T makes. Would she benefit from homeschool? She could keep pushing her reading skills while catching her penmanship up. She's on track with math, no struggles there so she could move faster in homeschool. Hmm.

Monkey goes to the same school for preschool. She has struggled with sitting still so long. This school loves these kids but they are a little old school about demanding such small children to essentially behave like mini adults. My Monkey is not ready to behave like a mini adult. I suspect she might have some kinesthetic learner in her; she needs to DO, not sit. She's gotten multiple spankings at school because she just has difficulty sitting still. I don't like that. I support the spankings for disobedience (sorry if you disagree) but I think open defiance or hitting sound more like reasons for a three-year-old to get in trouble. Would homeschool help her? She could move more freely, get the wiggles out, and not be punished for being her. Hmm.

Financially, homeschool would be great for us. The daycares are too creepy here for me to go back to work, so I'm home with Alligator anyway. And as I mentioned above, I was a public school teacher, so I do have a degree in education, after all. Maybe I could do this.

Oh dear, what a lot to consider.