Let me say, I really do love homeschooling.
I'm coming to the end of my first "year" as an instructor. It seems that my son has made it through my attempt at kindergarten pretty much unscathed. He knows how to write legibly. He can read. He's getting the hang of basic addition and subtraction. And, he still loves me. I qualify that as a success.
After this milestone I thought I'd be up to handling my first Minnesota Alliance for Christian Home Educators (MÂCHÉ) conference/workshop. It is the Cadillac of homeschool gatherings. There are speakers, workshops and over 150 merchants.
My self-esteem took more than a few knocks. You never really know how much you don't know until it's all laid out over 8 ballrooms and 65,000 square feet filled with product all available to help you teach your child.
My head was spinning. Does my soon to be first grader need to start learning Latin? Should he have a telescope larger than my first car? Will he be well rounded if we don't have a small orchestra of instruments available to him? And don't even get me started on the fact that we don't have our yearly family membership to the Minneapolis Art Institute. How will he function if he can't tell the difference between Monet and Manet?
Over the span of two days with many texts and phone calls to the Hubs, I got through it. I did manage to get some great ideas and some pretty awesome curriculum.
Watch out First Grade, here we come!
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