I’ve been doing a lot of reading about homeschooling, and have been giving a lot of thought to the idea of decompression time for the kids. I read somewhere that for every year a child has been in public school, they need a month of time off to readjust. I think there is a lot of truth to this. I know, just watching Logan now, he’s getting really burned out. I think if I were to try to go right into homeschooling, it would really cause problems. But, by giving him time to adjust to the new schedule, and really it’s a new lifestyle, he’ll be so much more ready to go when it’s time.
Also, I read in The First Year Of Homeschooling Your Child by Linda Dobson, about the different types of homeschooling. I found this very interesting. I could see some that definitely do not fit me, like unschooling. But, two of the styles really hit right on what I want to do: school at home, and unit studies. I thought it was intersting how she nailed down these styles so well. Lots of good info in reading these. It also gave me comfort to know that there is a large chunk of people out there doing what I want to do, in a similar way to how I want to.
