I am here to be completely honest with you guys about my homeschooling journey so far. Lets start at the begging.

Kids are all learning different. All we want is the best for them. So if you are here reading about my journey, just know your not alone.

I started off with sending my daughter to a regular school, off to kindergarten. I took her to the bus and off she went, and here came the tears and fears.( me crying, not her). For me it was crazy that she was so independent and ready to leave and make friends. I was not ready. I was so nervous for her first day, were the kids going to be nice, was she ready? what was the teacher like? what was recess like? All the questions. And she didn’t come home until 4:30! She came home and was so happy and had all good things to say and was ready for day number two.

As the year went on, and as I walked her to the bus stop, meeting kids and parents. I noticed she was changing. I noticed she was coming home and was completely exhausted. To the point of her throwing tantrums and mean behavior. I also noticed the amount of homework that was sent home for a 5 year old kindergartener. Things were getting worse, kids were acting out in class and it seemed like the teacher was doing more discipline than anything. And the worst was that it seemed like she was falling behind or not getting the attention I thought she should.

So the facts start to sink in….. all the scary facts.

I cant take her out of school, I work a full time job. I cant teach her, I cant even remember anything from school, how can I do that? In the back of my mind, I knew this isn’t what I wanted for her. This isn’t how I want her to learn, or how I want her acting. What am I going to do!? Homeschool….?