I just got an email from the school we have D registered with - portfolios are due at the end of the month. I started homeschooling my little man in November, so this is my first go at this. I'm sort of nervous! I mean really... I don't think I can mess up Kindergarten too extensively. He wasn't enjoying the school he was in, and mostly, I wanted to keep the natural love of learning alive in him. I think I've at least accomplished that goal, as aside from his writing practice, he often asks to do school work. How could a guy be miserable when your hotwheels cars help you do your math??
So other than the fact that I've switched around our curriculum a couple times figuring out what would work best for him, I think I've been somewhat successful. Of couse there's a learning curve on my end as well for figuring out how to homeschool, with my poor son as the guinea pig. I guess the portfolio feels like a bit of a test, and I've never liked those. The teacher will be at our house Feb 3 to look over what we've done.
On a very positive note though, his school approved him for $1000 towards occupational therapy! He's been slow with his fine motor skill development, and was seeing and OT prior to starting K. Once they start school, it's no longer funded and is in the hands of the school. I was told he probably wouldn't get help if he were in public school, as he's capable enough to get by, and not in the special needs catagory. Therefore, he'd be in the slip-through-the-cracks catagory. Not good. Well, within a week of mentioning some concerns to his distance learning school teacher, funding was approved. We'll be getting bi-weekly home visits till the end of the school year with the therapist he was seeing previously! Such a blessing!
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