I wish I'd have known this starting out. I wish I'd have known that it's actually LESS work to just homeschool your child, than to be an "involved parent" at school.
We've enjoyed elementary school with our older boys. *Most* of the teachers were actually pretty competent and caring (the others, I save for another blog post, another day...). We had the children involved in extra activities like the Spanish Club or Service Club, or choir, and they got a fair bit out of the experience.
But it's a LOT of work.
You get about a ton of worksheets that must be done by a certain time. Usually on a day when you're sick or have no time. You get the phone calls about this or that, and about a zillion sheets per day that sometimes contain important news, so you MUST go through them daily. The schools also *love* to throw in half days, teacher in-service days and early dismissals. Not so bad, unless you have children at more than one school and the schedu…
That's an awesome creation, Emperor. I'm hopeless with Lego. I don't seem to have enough imagination! Well done, and thanks for letting your mum share it with us.
ReplyDeleteWhat clever wee boys.... we have lego too but Bry and Griffin don't seem to care much for it yet. Thank you so much for all your loving comments over this past week sweetie, you rock!
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