Small Victories

I finally have worn Jason down!! He has agreed to take our homeschooling year by year and just see how things go. We will reserve the option to put the kid's in public school if things aren't working out, that was my compromise. But, this is a big change in attitude that I'm extremely happy about! Before Jason would only agree to homeschooling up until Kindergarten, and after that he wouldn't even discuss the issue with me. Finally, after many discussions I sat him down and explained to him my whole plan for homeschooling, which is basically a mix of unschooling and unit studies(FIAR), he likes my plan but would like for me to get my curriculum overlooked by a Kindergarten teacher to make sure I'm not missing anything, and that I'll agree to. So we finally reached a compromise, this is a great Mother's day gift!

I also have figured out part of the reason Cath dislikes art, it's more a matter of ability than interest here. I figured out that she disliked coloring because she's been holding her crayons incorrectly, so we're working on that. And, I've noticed with some of our other art projects I think she's a little behind in Small Motor Development which would explain the reluctance with art. We have some things to work on but fortunately it's nothing big, she just needs a little fine tuning in certain areas. There may be a light at the end of this artist's tunnel!

Yay for small victories!!