I cannot believe Summer is almost over! August is upon us and there is so much I have to do my head is spinning. Last night I was reviewing the laws and procedures for what I need to do to declare Aidan as a homeschooler. She's FINALLY old enough to be considered school-aged!! Luckily, in my state, the requirements seem simple and fairly hassle- free. However, I'm stuck between deciding to just declare her as a Kindergartner or trying to bump her up from the start. I'm leaning towards just going by her age and saying we're doing Kindergarten and then try to bump her up later on. Although I am NOT sure how that all works. Do they argue when you declare a second grader one year and a six grader the next?
For the first time, I'm actually trying to plan out the whole year.... dividing up the weeks by the subjects...especially with History. I'm taking the classical approach and starting with Ancients. We've already learned about Ancient Egypt... so we're going to rewind and start with the first humans and move on. I like learning History chronologically. It unclutters my brain.
I've given up on labeling grade levels with the girls. Aidan is in her 5th/6th year (age of course) and Ainsley, of course, is in her 4th/5th year. I think I could safely call Ainsley a Kindergartner and not a Pre Kindergartner right now since she's doing basic math and is reading but I'll stick with the age levels with her too. Besides, I don't want any issues popping up where Ainsley's feelings are hurt because she's many grade levels behind Aidan. I'm sure the subject of their differences will come up eventually but if I can assuage it for now, I will.
Oh, our school year will start August 20th and end May 31st.
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Here in AK I don't have to do anything declaration wise unless I use one of the homeschool state programs. I looked into it, and was going to but decided against it for now. We may later, but they were okay with us grade skipping however they said only 1st for on their records as the state would look at them funny starting her were she really needs to be. Then they said we could skip up.
Right now I am just going for what she needs. It looks like this year we will be finishing up the rest of elementary curriculum.
We start Monday and A can't wait. We are going year around, with a 5 week break in summer and then a month in spring, and other holiday time of course.
I'll email you tomorrow. I am tired and headed off to bed. DH has been sick with the flu all week and it has been rough here.
Talk to you soon.
We also have to begin reporting and Julie is a 1st grader in my state. When I submit the materials I plan on using, I will just put "Singapore Primary Math" and that's all. I would add the level she is currently on - this will be done for all subjects.
I haven't picked a start date for school yet though!
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