Our "first" day of school!

Aleeyah's first day of school!!

So as many of you might or might not know, I home school Aleeyah. I chose this method when I was pregnant with her. I told Sam when I found out that I was pregnant that I wanted to home school our child. I knew that Sam was okay with that since most of our friends home school their children. I knew from the beginning that this was going to be hard on me with Averrie, but that was a decision that I had made. I have not had allot of support from family or my friends.
I had a family member who told me that I was creating a "anti-social" child. My child is shy, I have to admit that, but she is far from "anti-social". She loves to learn and is excited to start her "school".

So today is Aleeyah's third day of school. She didn't sleep to much last night, and since she finished two lessons on Monday. I told her that she could take the day off.

"NO mom" she said "I want to do my schooling."

I love to see her so eager to learn. She loves the teacher that she has, who's name is Mrs. Bere.

Yes, I said teacher. I chose to go through the A Beka-K5 program. It did cost me a little more than what I would have liked, but it is known for it's excellence. A Beka sends you DVD's in which the child interacts with and you monitor them. At the end of each session there is homework that Aleeyah has to finish. She has already began to learn how to write her letter Ii in cursive.

I have a classroom set up with all that she should ever need. The board, the bulletin boards, the filing cabinets and even school desks for both her and Averrie. Homeschooling isn't for everyone, just as public school is not for everyone. This is not for the weak hearted and patience is an important part of the process.
Aleeyah is finished by 12-1pm and has to rest of the day to do what she likes. This also gives me time to finish the things that I need to do.

So I will now be writing mostly about what Aleeyah's does and making this mostly (hopefully), a scrapbook of her school years!!

Congrats Aleeyah on your first day of school baby girl!!