At the end of the year, I promised Leo that we would come up with a better plan for a homeschool language learning curriculum. The reality is, we dabbled in quite a bit of language learning through the use of CDs, internet, and books, but we did not manage to adhere to a realistic schedule, especially during the height of construction. You don’t always manage to cross everything off that lengthy to-do list, especially if you decide to go have a major home renovation during the snowiest winter on record. I figured it would be no big deal for me, especially considering the fact that I minored in Spanish in college.īut, here’s the thing… figuring out your first year of homeschool can be challenging. When we decided to homeschool, I had grand plans to continue with language learning. I think it was the only time he felt challenged that entire year. Leo delighted in the novelty of learning a new language, and would happily come home at the day’s end with new vocabulary words to wow his father and I with. Once a week, for forty minutes, Leo and his classmates had Spanish class. I was not required to write a positive review. Do you want to know the one thing that he loved about that dreadful year of kindergarten?ĭisclaimer: I received Rosetta Stone Homeschool Level 1 Spanish (Latin America) and compensation in exchange for an honest review of the product. There was one class, however, that Leo looked forward to each and every week. No wonder the little fellow was so unhappy! I cringe to think of what that year must have felt like to him. By May, we learned the crux of the matter: we had a profoundly gifted and twice-exceptional child on our hands, with academic skills two to six years above kindergarten level.
By spring, I worried that his love of learning was lost.
By December, he no longer wanted to attend school. The trouble started in the fall and snowballed from there.
It was a pretty cruddy year for the poor guy. My 7-year-old son, Leo, spent one year in a 1/2-day public kindergarten before we began to homeschool. Learn Spanish at Home with Rosetta Stone Homeschool
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