This is our bible verse for this week’s spelling. I find that I really need to turn it into a self centered verse to really hear what the Lord is telling me. By the way, yes, I am using my fridge as a white board.
So changes are taking place. By the grace of God, we were just introduced to a brand new charter school that is project centered and unschooling in style. So we went and checked it out and loved the entire progressive/democratic education method. I took the evening to think about it and weigh the pros and cons and decided. It would be better to take the opportunity to try this for our family, than to regret not doing so when we had a chance and not be able to get it. See when you have several kids and enrollment is a lottery system, you would have to be willing to let some go, while others can’t. Couldn’t do it.
So what makes this charter worth it:
- unschooling style
- project center learning
- students progress at their pace, not the standard
- teachers are mentors
- mixed grade classes, so mine will be together in the K-2
- close attention to national academic standards and the progression of the student
- agriculture and sustainable practice focus
- 4H
- family and community involvement in the school
- family participation is a requirement, so we will be there alot.
There are a bunch more reasons, but these meant the most to me. I decided that it was worthy the giving up of my own schedule and my direct lead on their education, in order to take advantage of all the resources that will be available to them. I will say that I will be there, and I am protective. If I feel as though my children’s best interest are not be taken care of, we are back home, once again.
I look forward to all of the new experiences that we will get to enjoy. Please do not consider this the end of homeschooling chaos. I look forward to sharing their projects and other studies that we still do at home. The focus we have had for the last few weeks has been a series of unit studies that all have to do with self-sustaining urban homesteading. See why we are so excited about the school. So I will soon be posting our worms farm and our bread making.
~trish