The more I try to work out the best course of action for my kids, and me, and the way (and what) they will learn, the more our schedule becomes such a rigid structure, even though I would prefer that they lead me in the directions that they want to learn. I have sat and talked with them both about what they would like to learn next year, and they are pretty similar ... they both love reading; in fact my almost 6 year old daughter has read my son's home readers which he has brought from school - and he is in year 3!! Similarly, he loves to read from my extensive library of books, including texts from my English Literature and Education degree, which are an assortment of teen texts through to psychology and education texts!
We have found a couple of series of books which interest him, and also span across most of the Key Learning Areas, and he has aspirations of completing all of the topics next year! I have decided to include some teacher reference books that relate to the texts they want to study, in our initial purchase, as they contain assessments for the kids to complete, and this should satisfy the Board of Studies requirements. Funnily enough, I am not anxious about the application / interview process for Home Education ... I feel very prepared and really feel that I am doing the best thing I can for my kids.
All that remains is to fax the applications through. Might do that now!
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