I’m totally blogging on my phone people!
ok so we are supposed to start school on Monday right? that means Teegan eventually was successfully added as a k12 student. it all took so long though that there was no way they could get the curriculum to everyone in time for the first day. last night we got a “contingency plan” email instructing us on how to teach without any material because just waiting to start until the material comes is not an option. hmmm ok whatever.
except for in Teegan’s grade there are almost no lessons that can be taught without the curriculum. yet we still need to log 6 hours of “learning ” a day. the advice is to have the kids read a LOT!!! and write a lot and then just practice typing to make up the difference. and then do double everything else to catch up when the materials come. yeah that sounds like a way to start off the school year right!!
we are just going to try to make the best of it. dalton doesn’t have his math or science yet either so he can’t do much next week. I guess we’ll just use next week as a slow intro into our new schedules. at least Noah should have plenty to do!!
oh and on a positive note I just need to brag on my boy a bit. Teegan has a fall birthday which by most states,
including texas ,makes him a 5th grader. Michigan uses dec 1 as their cutoff so Teegan has always been a grade ahead of his other-state peers. I was prepared for a fight on grade placement and they did challenge me on it but agreed with the placement in the end. and as it turns out Teegan tested perfectly into grade level in language arts despite being unschooled in that area. in math he tested into 7th grade math!! ever more amazing is that they were clear to explain that this cirruculum is 1-2 grade levels ahead of public and some private schools already! go teegy!!
Teegan, you rock!
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We’ve started the school year with no math curriculum for either boy because of backorders, the text came in for Science for younger boy but no workbook because of backorder, the workbook came in but no text for World History for older boy because of back order. The backorders were supposed to be in two weeks ago but the date keeps moving. We’re having to do some major improvising. Right now I’m just having to review the end of last year’s math for them. It’s so frustrating!!!
Way to Teegan! Homeschoolers are awesome!!!
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WTG Teegan! And a big WTG to his teacher, too- I’m sure she had a little bit to do with it!
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Oy vey, this homeschooling thing sounds scary to me. Not because I don’t think it’s awesome, but because I would be too scared to try it!
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First, I can’t believe you’re blogging from the iphone! Second, way to go Teegan! Third, not a very impressive start for the virtual academy (that’s what it’s called, right?)!
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We have not recieved any more items either. THis is the first year we’ve started with little to nothing. For us it isn’t so much of an issue. Much of their History and Art is online as we have been working on that as well as handwritting. We’ll be gone for a week here soon and I really wanted to be a week ahead. We aren’t quite a whole week ahead, but close.
You’ll find the hours are easy to fill. Make sure you know if it’s supposed to be an average of six a day, 5 days a week or if it has to be 6 hours daily. Many times you can log hours for things some people wouldn’t think of, even on weekends when he isn’t “doing school.” If he is helping you cook a meal you can count that as health (nutrition) or if he is reading a magazine that counts as LA supplemental hours. We have never been short on hours at the end of the year, not even close.
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We got some of our K12 stuff for two of the girls on Thursday, but haven’t gotten anything else. Nothing for Midge. Even if we had it, I wasn’t going to start full swing until after Labor Day. I don’t know what is going on with K12 this year, but I’m not impressed. Anyway, just count every minute that he reads or watches the History Chanel or Animal Planet or draws or writes or does any physical activities (PE). You can find all kinds of ways for supplemental hours until you get the curriculum. 6 hours a day? Wow. We have to do 5. Though, to be honest, as the girls have gotten older we have had many days where it took them 6 hours to finish their lessons. Mostly I think that’s because they hate math and drag their feet. Way to go Teegan on the placment testing!
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WOO HOO Teegan! Noodle you rock!!!!
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I hate commenting after Leslie because its always “What Leslie said.”
Good luck Teegan and way to go, Nicki!
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We haven’t gotten any of our materials other than the computer, either. They keep telling us “on or before the first day of school” for everything except the workbooks. Tomorrow is the first day–I’m not holding my breath. Our principal said it is because of their vendor, not the actual virtual academy.
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