We are getting closer to 'officially' homeschooling and will probably start next [un]school year. That is, Xander will not be going back. So I started by going to a local unschooling group and was incredibly inspired and felt very supported. Our province has not been the greatest in terms of the ease in taking your child out of school to homeschool so the legalities are a definite fear!
We plan to continue with this group (they are going to do a children's meeting soon) and I am looking forward to learning how to truly create (or rather allow for) a democratic and truly child-led experience. I felt I was a very child-led educator but these wonderful parents show me I still have lot's to learn. I can't wait to experience the children's meeting!!
For Xander's part he does not quite understand what home schooling is yet and I have yet to have a real discussion on the topic. The initial advice has been to give him lots of time to decompress from school which I think is a smart plan. I think in the end it will take just doing it for Xander to understand.
There are still very real fears! What if he ends up not liking it. He likes structure what if even with getting proper amounts of sleep and having lots fun and learning so much he still misses the structure?? He likes structure it is comforting to him. He gets anxious when he doesn't know what is coming. This week he is off for spring break and he keeps asking, what should I do? What should I eat for breakfast? He has a routine... Although I hope to be able to do child-led learning I think in the end a structure would need to be in place to provide comfort but of course I am not sure of this. He might create the structure for himself?
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