When i was younger a couple of my biggest dreams were to someday -
Be a teacher
Be a mom..
After i got married i had the opportunity to teach at our church/school down here and i really enjoyed it.. Hopefully someday after my littles are all grown up I'll get the chance to teach again...
And then as you already know i was extremely blessed when my dream came true over 5 yrs ago and i got to be a mom..
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| Trying to take a picture, but being goofy is more fun then taking normal pictures... :) |
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The thing i never dreamed of doing, though was being a mom and teacher combined.
The thought scared me!
Its easier to teach someone elses kid i thought!!
Well anyhow at the same time i was sort of excited.
The books have been ordered and delivered for a couple months already.
Last week Carter and I went on a School Shopping Date and got a couple needed school supplies.
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| Target and popcorn is the best:) |
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| In toy dream land... |
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| It didn't take long to find the school supplies.. and then on to look at the toys... he could spend hrs there if'i'd let him!! |
And then thanks to a 3 hr gestational diabetes sugar test , i had some free time to look over the teacher's books.
And i got really excited!!!
This will be fun i thought!!
For the first time i actually got really excited to be the teacher and the mom at the same time..:)
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| No we weren't driving down the road here.. :) |
Our church school teaches 1st-12.. so this will be the only year that he'll be home before i ship him off to school.
I want to enjoy this last year of him home and make it fun if at all possible:)
We starting school a little early due to a little baby arriving in Oct.
That way we can take breaks when needed over that time..
We will both learn as we go i believe.. :)
First day of Kindergarten-
And little sister is going to be right there trying to learn with him!!
What curriculum are you using? My daughter doesn't turn 5 until the beginning of September, but I am planning to do Abeka kindergarten with her. I was an upper grade teacher, but the lower grades scare me. When the books arrived, I was excited, then I got really, really scared. I actually feel almost sick at the thought. I just don't feel capable of helping her learn to read. I don't plan to start for a month yet, though-- unless we get all the canning and cleaning done early. I plan to wait until she is actually 5. If she does well, we can send her to 1st grade next year (unless I love homeschooling so much!)and if she doesn't do well, she's young enough to wait another year...
ReplyDeleteI'm using Abeka as well... I know i never actualy taught a child to read either.. my favorite grades to teach are 2-5... :) I got excited when reading the teacher's manual and realized that they really do give some great ideas and basically tell you how to teach them!! I'm taking one day at a time and am not going to be afraid to slow him down if needed. I can't believe how Abeka pushes you through so fast! Good luck, hope it goes well for you(and her!)
DeleteThose school pages look familiar! Abeka has a way of teaching kids to read in such an effective way that all of a sudden they are reading and you are not sure when they even learned it. Yes, Abeka does push more than other curriculum's do, but if a kid starts out with that, they move right along with it, at least it seems that way with mine. Amber did not start with it, but Jenny did, and I can see a big difference in how each one relates to the required work.
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Hello Alyssa, I thought I would let you know who this anonymous person is from Oxford, Pa (or maybe it comes through as Rising Sun, MD) that is following your blog. I am "Miss Kilmer". I do not facebook and found your blog through another blogger - gratitude journal and I am enjoying reading your blog. I just realized the other day when you blogged wedding pictures that your brother in law is Calvin Williams. Small world. Lois Ranck
ReplyDeleteHi, Lois. Thanks for the comment.. Yes, i remember thinking small world, too, when my husband told me Calvin was his brother in law (right after he asked me to date him!)... :) Hope all is well in your "corner of the world" it's been ages since i've seen you...
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