No, I don’t homeschool my kids (yet?) In fact, for most of my parenting life I have looked at people who home-school with a kind of respectful awe. I always thought about myself “I could never do that.” But last night, after several weeks of concern and worry about my son moving up to High School and a weekend of helping him work on a school paper, I had the thought that maybe I could homeschool my kids. Maybe it would provide a better, more tailored, learning environment.
I spent the day today researching the Connecticut State Guidelines for homeschooling, for High School graduation requirements and for resources for curriculum studies. I’ve asked each of the kids what they might feel about the idea of being homeschooled. I floored my husband with the suggestion that I might want to do it.
And now, I am ruminating, contemplating, meditating on whether this is a pipe-dream or something that might really be good for all of us.