I haven’t had the chance to really tell people that we are homeschooling - which means I haven’t had to tell them why we are.

Last night we went to a friends (he works with Chris, and he and his wife have two little girls) house to hang out and it came up that we are homeschooling - I offered that up actually. He asked why I wanted to homeschool, what about socialization. Whatever I said seemed to be a good answer, because he said oh yeah that makes sense. But I don’t remember exactly what I said.

I think that is such a lame question too. When it comes to education, is that really the only question people have?

Method ~ I’ve given up trying to classify myself. LOL I’m sure many new homeschoolers go through this - running around trying to pick how to teach, what to teach, when to teach it. And the more and more blogs (and I’ve found some great ones) and articles I’m reading, the more I am relaxing.

Alice is having a good time - sometimes she wants to do a math worksheet, sometimes she wants to be read to, sometimes she wants to do her own thing. Jake is learning along with her and it’s funny to watch him try to help her with something. He has an alphabet puzzle and for a little while, he was insisting that every letter was B. Though it’s been a short while, I see her learning and I’m excited.

Quiz ~ the quiz I took the other day sort of frustrated Chris because none of the answers totally fit us. But after he was done, he got the same set of answers that I did! Ha! I put that one in my win column.

More ~ some of my family and a few friends know that I am homeschooling. And so far, I’ve gotten the “how is school going” two-three times a week. I just say good or great and move on. I know that unschooling sounds totally wierd to them and I’m not interested in explaining all of it right now. I suppose the asking is normal considering I often ask how my nephews are doing in school, maybe I’m just extra sensitive right now.

I received my packet from my association - with official “you are a member of” cards! They have our school name on them, then our names. We also got a certificate. I know, I’m too excited over stuff like that. I’m thinking of framing the certificate, just because.

And now I’m off to check the weather status, as the hurricane/tropical storm/tropical depression Ernesto is headed our way. I saw on the news that a voluntary evacuation was put out but I don’t like watching the news on tv so I need to check online. I’ve never been in a hurricane before so I am not sure if we should leave or not? I guess Chris doesn’t have to go in unless they call him tomorrow - I’m sure they will call him, but nonetheless. I doubt we will go anywhere though.

I found this quiz a couple of days ago and laughed when I saw the results. After reading up on homeschooling, I feel more drawn to unschooling then anything else. I think there are core things we need to study, but otherwise, eh, just let it be.

I read something along the lines of I have been the teacher from birth until now, why be scared to continue that path. After “officially” schooling for a short time now, I know not to be scared.

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I have been reading homeschool websites, articles, blogs and soaking up information. I know I don’t need a method to teach my kids, but I need a way to explain what I am doing to my extended family.

In reading the articles it felt like “yes, this is being written about me!” or about how I feel or think. It’s a great feeling to find something that feels like it fits perfectly.

I remember my conversations between my mom and myself from last summer, when I was deciding where to send Alice for preschool. I really wanted her to be able to attend headstart, but we didn’t qualify. Several of my friends and acquantances had kids in various preschools in the area, but none of them really clicked with me. On one visit when my Mom was in town, we passed the Montessori preschool Alice ended up attending. Mom said something along the lines of I was so different from my brothers because they sent their kids to the nearest school, rather then almost obsessively try to figure out where I was going to send mine. (BTW, My nephews are all doing just fine in each of their schools.) Just goes to show how different siblings can be.

But I digress ~ there were a few articles that really spoke to me regarding the method of teaching. I admit that before I started actually homeschooling, I had doubts if I could do it. I don’t have any formal training in teaching and am still a year away from having my college degree (after all of this time, still a year to go! That’s a story for another time.). And now I feel much different. I feel like this is natural, this is the right thing to do. Regardless of what method (if any) we formally follow, this is the right thing to do.