> him at all.  I have been thinking that when he is in
 > grade 1 he can go in the
 > am for the social aspect of it and then home school
 > him in the afternoon. What do you think of this?
Might that be a little hard on him, tho? I taught first grade - and most of 
the academics were in the morning. There really wasn't much time for "being 
social" except before school and morning recess (15 minutes). Afternoons were 
for art and other more relaxed activities.
First graders do get *very* tired by noon, particularly in the early part of 
the school year. During the first three to four weeks of school, I was 
besieged by these questions: "Is it time for recess yet?" (This about a half 
hour after school started). "Is it lunch yet?" (This when it was recess 
time). "Is it time to go home yet?" (Said about 20 minutes after morning 
recess ended.) This can be attributed to several things, mostly because they 
were not used to being in school for 6 hours a day yet. (Kindergarten in that 
particular district was a 1/2 day til Christmas, then they went to 2/3rds day 
if I recall correctly!) The point of this paragraph is: he may be too bushed 
to do much homeschooling if you bring him home at lunchtime.
                                 -donna
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