First Grader Talked Her Way Out Of Public School
I can remember when my now 9-year old daughter was in the first grade attending public school getting in trouble for talking too much. How do you feel when you get a call from your child’s teacher wanting to sit down with you and talk about how the class get disrupted by your child?
Little did the teacher know, when a child is testing second grade level, it might not be the child’s fault. I mean, if you finish all of your work, what else is there to do. Exactly, it wasn’t so much our daughters fault, as she was bored and hadn’t anything else to do but stay entertained. Lilly is also the middle child and was acting out because she wanted attention. At home she got more of our focus for just her. Once she was home, her bad behavior improved dramatically. The best thing that could of ever happened was talking her way out of the public school system.
In my humble opinion, you couldn’t compare a child in the fourth grade public school program to a home schooled fourth grader. Let’s compare; our daughter reads a 300 page book a month, attends additional electives such as technology, dance, theater, drawing, science, Spanish and karate to just name a few. It blows my mind how the charter/home school program is molding children for greatness. We are just talking about my children, we are talking any child that has parents decide to engage for what is FREE!
Hint: I will save the Free for my next post because you are going to want to hear about the charter in Natomas, California.
Listening to Audio Books
I would say my biggest past time right now for myself is listening to books on tape. I get them from the library in either CD form or through their electronic library then put them on my iPod. It is great for housework! I just put on a book, go to work and the time flies. I also listen while I am driving so the kids can hear their music or movie or audio book. I am going through quite a few books. The library has so many resources that are not just print books. If you visit Saclibrary.org under the catalog section you can see the eaudiobook link. You just use your library card and create a pin very easy and they have a lot to choose from. Robert likes the self improvement. You can even download them onto your phone (if it’s fancy enough).
Home School -Huge Success for Our Family!
I recently started home schooling my son and continued with my daughter. Lilly is in 4th grade now and doing exceptionally well! When we started half way through 1st grade she wasn’t even at grade level. Now according to the state standardized NEWA testing she is on level for math, ahead for reading and one point away from being advanced in language arts. She has the opportunity to take science, drawing, Spanish, a writing process class, Taekwondo, ballet, jazz and tap dance.
Owen has just finished the Kindergarten math program! Owens classes include; writing, computer math lab, Spanish, Taekwondo and tap dance. We are truly blessed to have the opportunity to focus on our kids education. I love that I can tailor their curriculum based on where they are. If they were in public school and Owen flew ahead in math he would be stuck waiting on the rest of the class.
Public school does a wonderful service for the community and if we were forced to put our kids in we would. I am just saying that I enjoy home schooling and am thankful for the opportunity. There are many different ways to home school. If your thinking about it, my vote is a yes!


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