And so it begins

I used to work a lot at homeschooling and book fairs. I remember colleagues who would take little breaks to go peruse the wares at other booths. I didn't get it. Nothing about homeschooling curriculum interested in me. And I imagined I could never homeschool since I was bored at the very idea of having to choose a curriculum.

And then I had a child. A very bright child.

Philosophically I'm not really a big Kindergarten fan. I'm generally convinced that Kindergarten was invented so working parents could get rid of their kids for cheaper earlier. My K-teacher friend assures me that kids today are learning in kindergarten what we did in 1st grade. But I still think age 5 is a year for continued gross motor development and playing outdoors. Unfortunately reality has dealt me:
1) Condo-living with no yard and only a deck.
2) Nine months of near constant rain.
3) A child that taught himself to read before he could talk.
4) A bored child who will go to the computer or television to entertain himself.

So we are embarking on the dreaded Kindergarten.

Now granted, I'm going to be having a baby half-way through the year. I don't really expect to fully follow any schedule and I don't plan on spending more than an hour a day on this. But for the fall at least, I want to give both kids a little more of my time and this was one way I could do it.

We have a new schedule posted on the refrigerator. And my working hours are more limited. Books have been arriving all week in the mail and by UPS. I have chosen and now we are ready to begin. Or as ready as I'll ever be.