Angst of school

I have not been blogging for some time. We've been so busy. Labor Day weekend we went to my parents' house in TN. It is on a lake. K tried to water ski. She got up in a crouch position but wasn't able to stand. I did some wakeboarding. I really need to spend some time getting the hang of that. Of course I skiied some too.

I've been going back and forth on Montessori kindergarten and/or public kindergarten. I signed K up for aftn public and morning Montessori. She could do both and I wanted to compare the two but the logisitics are awful. 1/2 hour to pick her up, eat lunch and be out for the bus. I decided to just do the Montessori. I have such a hard time not doing the society thing. I'm not sure I could ever homeschool. I must not have enough confidence in myself to do that. I called today and officially dropped her out of public. I thought it would be OK for socialization and learning the rules of school but 2 Kindergartens a day was not really necessary. Plus I want my afternoons with her. I'd rather her study language than do 2 kindergartens.

Which brings me to my language dilemma once again. I moved her from the 4-6 year old group to a second year group. Today she had class with 3 9 year old boys. They are 3rd graders. I think she was bored in the 4-6 class but liked being with other girls her age. This class may have her learn more. They can all read and write so they'll move faster. K doesn't really want to do the class though. She has fun but when I ask her later she says she doesn't want to do it. She wants to do French now. I can try a different class next week but she has ballet on Mondays so I would have to try to rearrange. One class on Mondays has a 6 year old girl who is advanced. Should I insist she go to Spanish because in the long run it is better? How pushy should a parent be? Of course D wants her to start Chinese now too. I said we could do it as a family with Rosetta Stone maybe. I don't know much about it.