Introductions

Welcome to my new homeschooling blog!
I plan to share my homeschooling/learning adventures with you, hopefully providing ideas & inspiration for some people, interesting stories for others, and I would love to hear from other homeschoolers & anyone who wants to comment on my page!

Me: I have always had my own business teaching piano. I became a stay-at-home mom when my daughter was about 9 months old. I have homeschooled her since, well, forever, and am continuing to partially homeschool her. She attends kindergarten now, a few days per week, but we do lots of learning at home.
I love to homeschool and I also love photography. I also volunteer in the kindergarten class once a week.

Her: My 5-yr-old daughter is very curious about the world around her, with special interest right now in history, books, math, spelling and grammar, and photography. She absolutely LOVES cats, Disney Cars, Hello Kitty, Garfield and Littlest Pet Shop.
She is an amazing kid - has been reading since age 2 1/2 (now reads at a Gr.6 level), does Gr.1 level math and Gr.3 level spelling, and just thinks in a different way than most other 5-yr-olds.
She taught herself to swim and is a total fish in water. She is interested in synchronized swimming and my plan is to work her towards that goal.

My challenge is to keep her challenged. She is at her best while learning, and, while being labelled as gifted, does not have access to any enrichment programmes right now.

Her personality can also be challenging. She can be quite introverted and also very stubborn. She catches on to quite advanced thought processes, but we often need to remind ourselves that she is only five years old, especially behaviour-wise.

Every day is a great adventure, especially when we are learning. I say 'we' because I love to learn along with her.

So, come along with us and watch our partial-homeschooling adventures each day!