March 16, 2013.....Rolling Along

 

 

 



We have had a very successful month with home-schooling.  Honestly, it is going much better than I could have ever imagined.  We try to start "class" as soon as we get home from dropping Will off at school, and we usually end our day around 2.  We have added lots of hands-on activities like growing plants from seeds (in preparation for our big Science project of planting a garden), and charting our plants growth, and doing crafts that relate to what we are reading.  The new school loaned us some books to use so that she would be familiar with the things that they have been doing. We are seeing lots of changes with our little girl since we decided to make these changes.  The biggest change is that she is happy, really happy. 

 

We celebrated Will's 16th birthday this week.  He got a hand-me-down SUV from us with a new stereo system and back-up camera added.  He decided to wait until spring break to take the driving test so we have a couple of weeks until that happens.  Not sure that I am ready for that!!

March 1, 2013.......Changes

 

 

Leanna has been dealing with a classroom bully for a long time.  I gave the school every opportunity to make it right.  When they failed to stop the nonsense, I stopped it for them.  I withdrew Leanna from the school and enrolled her in a private school.  She will be starting the new school in August and we will be home-schooling until then.  We are all very excited about the new school.  We have been joining in on some of the new school's after school activities and are already seeing positive changes in Leanna's attitude and moods.