Home education has been tremendously healing for our family. My sensory overloaded son has found peace and equilibrium. My fall-through-the cracks son receives the individual instruction he needs. Our family relationships have thrived!
I was born and raised in Sherwood Park, Alberta, and attended traditional school from grades K-12. During my CALM 20 job exploration assignment, I declared definitively that I would NOT become a teacher and went on to enrol in the Human Ecology Department at the U of A, earning my degree with a major in Family Studies. The first part time job I landed upon graduation was… teaching preschool. A lightbulb I didn’t realise was inside of me lit up during that season and four years later I was back at the U of A completing my Bachelor of Education After Degree. I loved teaching first grade in Mundare, Alberta for 6 years before leaving the public school system to raise our family in Edmonton. While our two boys were young, I launched and operated a preschool of my own for seven years.
Because of my positive experience as a student and teacher in the education system, I was excited when my oldest son entered kindergarten. He loved it too…for 3 weeks. Then in a burst of tears one night, he declared he didn’t want to go back to school. Ever. The years that followed were a mix of fake stomach aches, resigned submission and exerting the bare minimum effort to get by. In Fall of 2020, we made the jump to homeschooling with WISDOM and have not looked back! Flexible home school curriculum and pedagogy paired with the unmatched devotion of a parent as teacher resulted in tremendous gains in academic growth and confidence. I am currently leading our now teenaged boys through their junior and senior high education and have loved how the flexibility of parent led education is helping them thrive in their areas of strength. As a result of our experience, I am passionate about the positive influence of parent directed education and am excited for the opportunity to assist other families in succeeding during their home school journeys.
Edmonton
christine@wisdomhomeschooling.com
christine.stankiewicz@gilbertineinstitute.com