There is no school equal
to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent ~Mahatma Ghandi
Welcome to the Pepperwood
Dragons!
We are in our 2nd
year of homeschooling. Far from seasoned but at least now I get to give that
sympathetic “I understand what you’re going through” look to other first year
homeschool parents. It’s definitely been a struggle for us to adjust to
homeschooling after so many years in the public school system. But with much
research and an even greater amount of trial and error, we found a rhythm that
is working for us.
We report
through our local charter school, which also provides the common core
curriculum, along with all required textbooks and materials. They also report
everything to the state for us, so that’s a headache I don’t have to deal with
but we will discuss that more in the future.
The end of this school season is
rapidly approaching. Fortunately this year, I can say that it has passed
quickly because we’ve been having fun. I discovered Lapbooks this year and it’s
been great fun learning and creating. I can’t wait to see what will happen
next!
In the mean time, I hope that you
will continue to visit us regularly, so we can share the different study units,
lap books and projects we complete throughout the year. I will share printable
pages and PDFs whenever I can! I want everyone else to be as joyful and content
with homeschooling as I sometimes am lol
One thing I will definitely be
sharing is how I have managed to homeschool for next to nothing. Aside from
free printable pages, videos and PowerPoint presentations online (and I was
AMAZED at how many are out there!) I take full advantage of the library,
Netflix and even begging and borrowing from public schools, Sunday schools and
every other kind of school I can think of.
Next year Our Lovebug will be
officially joining our ensemble of homeschoolers and I think my hands will be
more than full then. In the mean time, I'll be devoting a lot of my time to preparing for next year. I hope you'll come back and hopefully my unconventional homeschool can give you some inspiration. I look forward to sharing How We Homeschool.
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