Homeschooling Year 2

So I finished Year 1 of homeschooling my oldest son (grade 5)...Overall it was a good year. One thing I have learned is that I need to be more organized!! I am one of those people who piles stuff but always knows where something is as long as noone moves my stacks. LOL




We have decided to homeschool all 3 boys this year. My oldest will be in 6th grade, second (ADHD) will be in 2nd grade, and third will be in Kindergarten. This should be an experience! :-)



I wanted to write about my convo with my son's 1st grade teacher. Obviously I won't name her as I don't want to cause any problems...Anyways this woman has been teaching for years. She has been nominated "teacher of the Year" at least once that I know of. She is an absolutely great teacher!! I personally felt that she bypassed the "red tape" and tried to help my son learn by using all sorts of different things. The funny thing was that when I contacted other parents they all said something along the same lines! She is definetely a wonderful teacher. Anyways. I approached her one day toward the end of the year. I told her I had debated on telling her some info but didn't want her to feel that she needed to hide it from administration. I had decided to go ahead and tell her and if she was questioned by administration she could tell them, therefore she wouldn't be caught in the middle. My info: I had decided to homeschool my second son this coming school year. Guess what she told me!!?!?!? She said I had made a good decision - that my teacher choice for this coming year were not the greatest (at least for my son). I was amazed!! I thought that same thing (along with other reason) but never thought she would agree! Doesn't it say something when a public school teacher agrees with a parent that the teacher choices for the next year are not the greatest? Flabbergasted but feeling extremely ...verified...(not sure if thats the word I am looking for but it seems appropriate)