As many of my close friends and family know I have been torn over the past year or so with my decision wether or not to send Gabe to school or continue to teach him at home. Gabe and I have always loved doing school work together, we have pretty much completed the Pre-school ciriculum I bought him, and have started on the Kindergarden one, he can write his name, count to 50, can do very basic addition, knows his colors, letters, sounds, he is starting to read, so why is it that I am feeling so insecure? It is silly really...when I called the pre-school to find out what they learn throughout the year, and they mentioned standing in line, learning to wait your turn when raising your hand, more advanced alpha-phonics (like long and short vowel sounds), making new friends, the guilt started to really get to me...how can I be so selfish to not allow him to go and make new friends, to learn what it is like to set at a school desk, to raise your hand to wait your turn? I have fond memories of going to school, so why would I consider not allowing him the same? Gabe spent 2 weeks earlier this summer at a day camp and absolutely had a ball! He will be fine and so will I, so come September he will be off to school!
In the picture above...he got a maze book for his birthday, it is so neat, the entire book is nothing but mazes and he spends hours doing them over and over again!
