Homeschooling

Sometimes schools want to fit children into a box instead of looking at them as the actual individuals that they are. We ended up pulling our daughter out of public school in the middle of fourth grade because of some significant bullying issues and the school's inability to respond appropriately. Our daughter has an anxiety disorder, and the bullying not only made the situation worse, but the school's horrible decision practices and responses to it made the environment unsafe for her to continue.

We moved her into a K-12 private school that boasted using the Mindful Curriculum and keeping their class sizes small. Our wallet took an enormous hit, but it was worth it for our daughter's mental health.

Unfortunately, when 5th grade started, her anxiety increased. Whereas the elementary school focused on mindfulness, it seemed to be less so in their middle school. The small class size seemed to cause more anxiety instead of lessen it as well. It got to the point that my darling daughter was unable to access all the strategies she had learned to cope and survive her anxiety. We knew a change needed to happen.

We decided that she needed a reset.

Our daughter would begin home schooling on April 1st of this school year. The three weeks would give both my husband and I enough time to plan, organize and create a curriculum that would challenge her (she loves to learn) while also making sure she could prepare to return to a classroom setting in the fall.

Life is funny sometimes though because starting tomorrow all schools in our state will be closed for two weeks due to the coronavirus. So our daughter will begin her homeschooling tomorrow instead. It will definitely be easier to implement with both my husband and I being home for the next two weeks.

I will spend some time sharing what I've learned and my experiences homeschooling my daughter on this blog. I hope for those who are interested in home schooling their child while also working full time can learn from my own experiences. Wish us luck!