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TY all so very much for the input! DH and I are going to actively pursue German schools for the girls. I think that the positives in this situation will (hopefully!) outweigh any negatives. I will be taking my driver's license class and exam this Wed. and will hopefully be able to drive to our new town Thurs. to look at the Kindergartens and the local Grundschule (primary school). Our hotel is 25 min. away & I am not comfortable with the mass transportation just yet!
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Good evening! We moved from the US to Germany last month and as I am starting to get acclimated to my new home (er, hotel - we move in four weeks to our house), I have been thinking about the school year that is fast-approaching. After some research and message-board reading at an ex-pat site I visit, I am wondering if the children should go to school here in Germany, with me filling in a few areas: English grammar, spelling, and history after-school. My other option is to continue homeschooling exclusively (DH is a DOD-civilian so we fall under SOFA and can legally hs).
Homeschooling these past 3-4 years enabled us to offer the children something which they couldn't possibly get in a government school. Now our reason for considering German school is the same - they will be able to learn the language and culture in a much more authentic way than either DH or I could ever teach. The positives of German school are that the children will be out by lunchtime. We probably wouldn't even consider it if the children would be in school all day. The classes for my eldest will likely be German, math, and PE. My youngest would be in kindergarten and would have no academic subjects. Like I said, I will fill in the rest after lunch.
Has anyone been in a similar situation - especially in a country where the primary language spoken is not English? What did you do? How did things work out? Any thoughts? FWIW we will be here for at least 5 years. We may end up staying much longer than that if down the road we love it as much as we do now!
kinder~handwriting, whatcha using?
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We switched from HWOT to RfH and just love it! My youngest is taking two years to complete the K book, as she wanted to start last year in PK. My oldest is now in T and both of them have really nice penmanship (when they try, lol). I highly recommend it!