Oldest son's standardized testing is finished, ready to be sent off for grading. Samuel's work has been evaluated and I have the evaluator's summary letter in hand. I don't yet need to send in any "numbers" for youngest son's work, that begins at age 6 in Virginia. Best of all, I think everything went well this year. My first year homeschooling three children is over and I can still say I think I made the right choice to take Samuel out of school so that I could teach him at home. Not that everything is perfect, we have lots of room for improvement (who doesn't!?), but I'm happy having all my kids at home right now.
I recently went through the exercise of actually writing out the goals and objectives we were working on for Samuel this year. I feel so much more organized now in what we are aiming for with him. The plan I have developed for Samuel is so much more accurate than the school's plan in terms of what we really want him to achieve. Seven out of ten of his goals are related to his life skills. His previous plan only had buttoning, zipping, and controlling his behavior that addressed these things. There is so much more that he needs to accomplish than that, and I have found that educating him at home is the best way to tackle these goals. It was hard to narrow down everything to just 10 goals, there are so many things we are working on with him!
After our vacation I'll be coming up with a new IEP for Samuel and will be busy checking out all the curriculum recommendations I got from the education consultant. All of this on top of still checking out RDI, and everything else I want to do! There aren't enough hours in the day!
7 comments:
wow - that's a LOT! kudos to u for homeschooling, especially samuel - i admire ur strength & determination to do what's best for him! i really don't know how u do it all tho - super mom! ;0)
Me, supermom?! That's what I think about you!! I wish you lived closer to me, I'd hire you to take care of some cakes I need for upcoming birthdays! I'll have to inquire how far you deliver :)
hey, betsy emailed me thinking i would enjoy your blog...she was right...i am just taking the homeschool plunge and recently checked the book about floortime out...think that's rdi..??
love your thougts on embracing autism...will dig out an article i printed a year ago...i struggle with "recovering" my son...obviously i don't want his body to hurt constantly and he's a huge diet responder..but i never want to lose his amazing innocence that i have yet to ses any NT child possess...anyhow...looking forward to your blog!
sorry for the long comment!!
haha - u're sweet! (pun intended) ;0) well, ur header says that u're in the northern shenandoah valley - i'm just outside harrisonburg - so i think u're close enuff for a delivery....i'd even deliver it for free, just so i could meet u! :0) shoot me an email if u're ever really in need of a custom cake - sharoncakes@gmail.com
I'm so glad for you! It's hard each day to see that progress, and then when you look back over a whole year you see it.
Congratulations!!!! It sounds like you had a wonderful year and you must feel so excited about everything you and your crew accomplished!!!!
Snoopy dancing in South Carolina!
When you come up with enough hours in a day... tell me.. b/c my lists keep growing.
I envy you your patience for fulltime homeschooling. I do about 30min/day per child so they have homework even if nothing comes home from school. Just that little bit helps.
S.
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