Are we ready for homeschooling?

It was a warm spring morning and I had to take some papers to the accountant. I was home alone with Jun and decided to take a challenge...to make a meeting with the accountant exciting for both of us, my two year old and myself.

He enjoyed the taxi drive and I was trying to explain where we are going but he didn't really listen. He was entertaining himself by counting the passing cars. When we arrived to the office the real fun began. He was exploring the office, playing with the stuff while I was going through the papers with the accountant. When he saw me stamp the documents, he got this special look "Oh, I have found the best new toy in the world!". So, for the rest of the meeting he has stamped every single paper he could find in the room. "Oh, that was smooth" I thought for a second, really surprised that I have just had a serious meeting with my boy running around. He took an apple on the way out and we had ten minutes on the sun before the taxi came.

We have headed to the town centre. I had some more things on my list that day. One of them was to go to the kindergarten to sign the papers because Jun was accepted to start kindergarten this fall. While we were walking around the building trying to find the entry I had a strange feel in my stomach but I somehow ignored it. When we came inside the garden Jun immediately saw the sandpit and  a ton  of toys inside...his target was set :-) While he was playing I was  observing the kids playing and the teachers talking. Everything was nice, but I still felt that strange feeling in my stomach. I have realised Jun was really into his play, so I sat there on the sun and I got those few minutes for myself. "Do I really want to put him to school at this age? Do I really want to be away from him most of the day? Are we ready to put our life on schedule? So many questions and only one answer. No! I felt at that precise moment that I want to stay home with my son for some more time.

We are doing great for now. I manage to do all of my work without being away from Jun for too long. We have a wondeful babysitter who comes couple of times a week and my mom jumps in when I have to teach in class. I try to do most of my work when Jun is sleeping or playing. But we still get those precious moments together...waking up slowly without an alarm, having breakfast together, breastfeeding before and after his nap, lunch at home or outside and a long walk with our dog. And at the end of the day this are the things that really matter to me. And I want to keep it this way for as long as possible.

And who knows, maybe we will end up homeschooling one day.

Comments

[Urša]

Pozdravljena, Anja,
upam, da te ne moti preveč (in seveda vseh ostalih bralcev tvoje bloga nad katerim sem btw izjemno navdušena;)), da pišem v slovenščini. Vsekakor se lažje izražam v materinščini;)

Moram reči, da sem tudi sama pred podobno dilemo: Leno vpisati v vrtec ali ne....sploh ne bi oklevala, če bi imela možnost delati doma (vsaj večino časa)....trenutno pa sem, žal, daleč od tega, da bi našla način (pripravljena sem celo menjati službo) biti več z Leno in je ne dati v celodnevno varstvo (kar vrtec, roko na srce, je). Imam še dober mesec, da najdem rešitev, ki bo za Leno najboljša (vsaj po mojem mnenju)....upam, da mi uspe.

Imam eno vprašanje....kako uspavati 9 mesečno princesko, ki enostavno noče in noče zaspati....kako prakticiraš to z Junom? Midve se ponavadi uspavava z dojenjem (glede na to, da je do sedaj še nisem dala v varstvo, to ni predstavljalo posebnega problema, vendar bo seveda prišel tudi čas, ko bo morala zaspati brez mene;((

Želim ti veliko srečnih trenutkov z Junom (že nekaj časa se sprašujem od kje izvira ime??)in vaju lepo pozdravljem

[Anja]

Thank you Urša. I have replied on your private email in Slovene and I will soon translate my answer to English and post it here.

[Sasa]

Anja, it is possible to have a child in kindergarden only till 12am! That way Jun would have a company with children that are the same age he is and you wouldn't have a feeling that he's in kindergarden almost all of the day. Anyway, my perspective is a bit different about it: Vasja is in kindergarden till 3pm and then we have all afternoon for us - plenty of time to do a lot of things ... I don't take it as the time we don't spend together, but as time, when Vasja is with his friends and teachers getting to know and learn things from other perspective that I can show him ... And then --> a biiiig hug at 3pm :) Sasa