Well, it’s official. We are re-entering the homeschooling world! Just with MrCutie, the youngest, & we’re all excited. 🙂

We’ve tried to be very attentive to what our kiddos need, individually.

Our oldest (daughter) was WAY past ready for Kindergarten when she was starting. We were homeschooling her at that time, but I was also diagnosed with post-partum depression at the time, and we needed to give her the best start possible. So we opted for French Immersion because it would offer her more of a challenge.

Our middle son is very artistic and sees life in a different way than anybody else, so right away we had him in an Integrated Fine Arts school.

The youngest kiddo (son) is in French Immersion as well, because he has a real knack for picking things up and LOVED trying to learn the language from his big sister. He wasn’t ‘artsy’ so much as his brother, though sometimes now I wonder if Integrated Arts might not have been better for him.

So, for a while, we had 3 kiddos in 2 schools, and this year it was 3 kiddos in 3 different schools.

It has been a Loooooooooong decision process, and we really do feel like bringing MrCutie home is the best for him at this point. He may return to public school in Grade 5, or wait for Middle School in Grade 6, or maybe not at all. We are just focused on getting him through this year, helping with what appears to be a moderate learning disability in a remarkably brilliant child, and giving him his confidence back.

When we made the final decision with him, it’s like his whole attitude on life has changed. He is frustrated less, is overall more pleasant and happy, and just seemed like a weight lifted off his shoulders. 🙂

I talked to the big kiddos before we made the final decision, and they are quite supportive of the move, even though they aren’t coming home to school. BudBud said that he could see a change in MrCutie, and felt like things must have been getting worse. Sweetheart also knows how smart MrCutie is and she is glad he’ll be able to just learn and not have to deal with the stresses of the teacher and the other kids and not being given the space to learn the way he needs to. She also knows that she’ll need to talk to MrCutie in French so that he can keep his conversational skills going.

I’m glad the decision is made, and I’m at total peace with it. MrCutie really was relieved that he was able to come home, and starting talking right away about what kinds of things we could do at home and how to have recess and all that. 🙂

It is a HUGE decision! In the long run we’re pretty sure it’s the best course, for him and for us. Prayers are appreciated while we make the transition. He’s doing a bit of work as of today, then he’ll have a break since everyone is off next week for our February Holiday Break, and then we’ll ease into things the last part of the month.