Homeschooling???

We've decided to jump into the world of homeschooling Jack for the remainder of the year at least. I'm not going to lie...I'm nervous! But I have to keep reminding myself that he will only be enriched with what I do with him at home. Last year Jack excelled in Kindergarten. His teacher had him tested for gifted and constantly altered her lessons to keep a steady challenge for Jack. He began gifted services within two months of beginning K. Needless to say, he was extremely prepared for 1st grade. At the end of K, we knew Jack was going to be in a full-time gifted class (having a gifted-certified teacher) for 1st grade. Then we got word of our move to Montgomery. Long story short...Montgomery Public Schools do not offer gifted until 3rd grade. During level testing the first week here, Jack tested out of 1st grade reading. He was doing 2nd grade math over the summer and reading 5th grade books. I still wanted him to be in 1st grade so he could experience the "fun" innocent curriculum. But, very early in the school year he would come home and say he's bored in class. That's what bothered me most. I don't want him to be so bored that he loses interest completely. We met with the gifted counselor to see if an exception could be made since the gifted program was on site at his school. He assured us he'd check into it and at the least arrange to allow Jack to sit in higher grade subjects where needed. It sounded great! So, we waited a couple of days to hear back from him. A couple of days turned into a couple of weeks...and with a new baby born, we didn't follow up. It then had been a couple of months and nothing was done. We inquired again and the next day Jack was tested. He was indeed shown to be well above grade level. But again, no action. Soooo....with the enthusiasm from both Jack and ourselves to take this on, we are going to jump right in to homeschooling. I'm a bit overwhelmed with the logistics of it and the method to use. But, like I said, whatever I do with him, will be more than he gets now.

I hope we're doing the right thing. I have a feeling this will be only the rest of this year...but you never know...