bensmom

Good luck, I don't have any advice for curriculum other than what I know with a master of ed degree- your son is old enough to tell you what he is interested in and what will work for him, too. Maybe if both of you write a list of what you want to do, what he wants to learn, what you want him to learn, all of those sorts of things- and then have a formal meeting and discuss with him these things. He might need a little push to really see you as the teacher, since he is so used to seeing you as Mom. =) Kwim? So if you make it formal to begin with, and set some meetings to organize yourselves- get a big calendar and make sure to use it, reward yourselves once you reach little goals, that type of thing. Then you can relax a bit after time, after you get into a rhythm and figure out what exactly you want to do. You might also make his first homeschooling project a research project- scour the Internet for homeschooling resources. Online museums, lesson plans, curriculums, fun sites, things he would like to learn more about, etc. Give him a weekend to do some research and have him organize his thoughts on paper and present them to you.

That's my first thought when reading your post- just getting everything started with a bang and then going from there, working together with him and making decisions about curriculum together.

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