So now that I don't work at a 9-5 job everyday, I find I have a little more time to develop ideas before things around me get so crazy that I can't even remember my own name. Here's the latest idea I have.
I would love to home school Levi. I don't want to do it at home however, and I don't want to do it by myself. My big idea is to get moms of kids roughly the same age as Levi to start a little mini school with me. I am hoping for around 8-10 little boys to be in Levi's class.I love girls, however, boys and girls learn better when seperated from each other.
I would like to do it at a place like our church. The kids wouldn't feel like it's home so they can do whatever, and they would have to get ready just like they were going to regular school, which helps with learning being on time, managing your stuff, and learning a schedule.
Each mom would take a subject she is good at. For example, I could take math or reading or science. I would teach that subject for 3 days, and then help in the class when I am not teaching. Each mom would teach/help for 3 days, and be in the nursery (taking care of younger siblings of other boys so moms could help at school) 1 day, then have 1 day off. This would be so that everyone would have a day off to get stuff done, have time to spend with their other little ones, and still be a contributing member of the school. School would last probably 8-12, then it would be over for the day. The ratio of adults would be roughly 1 to every 2 kids in the class, 2 in nursery, and 2 off for the day.
Kindergarten
The schedule for the day would look like this:
8:00- 8:20 Writing or letter activity.
8:20 -8:30 Fun Songs/letter songs and sound songs
8:30 - 8:40 Calendar
8:40 - 8:50 Star Word
8:50 - 9:10 Star word activity
9:10 Recess
9:25 Snack
9:35 -10:35 Centers (Math, letters, reading, science/social studies)
10:35-11:00 Sharing time
11:00 - 11:20 Math activity
11:20 - 11:40 Story Time
11:40 -11:50 Sing fun songs, letter songs, good bye songs
11:50 Writing activity until mom/dad take you home to lunch
So maybe this is ambitious, but if I could pull it off, I bet our kids could really take off as learners because they could really learn at their own pace!
1 comment:
I think that is a totally awesome idea. I would love to do something like that too. Who better to teach our kids than us. We care more. We both have degrees. If Michael ever has a decent job where I can stay home I want to home school Aiden. If you think of all the time the teacher's spend disciplining bratty kids, they could be learning a ton!
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