“This year I will….” is a declaration I make in my journal and to my family at the end of each August. It has probably become one of my husband’s most smirk-inducing statements and he has gotten very good at hiding it from me.
I remember starting our family’s homeschool journey almost 14 years ago this September (2024) and thinking that all I had to do was recreate school-at-home. I had been teaching in a small private school for 10 years, so obviously I knew how to “do school.” Wow, was I in for an enlightening year! I had a 2-year-old, an extroverted first…
When I first started our homeschooling journey I remember thinking, “Okay, I have my ducks, now to put them in a row.” I began that September with a 6-year-old, a first grader, and a 2-year-old by my side. I had been a teacher with Middle School students for the last 10 years, how hard could homeschooling my own kids really…