Homeschool Help

At it’s very basic, homeschooling is just schooling your children at home.  The reasons to homeschool and the ways to homeschool vary from family to family and from child to child.

For our family, it was a prayerful decision.  It required a sacrifice in finances (we were a two income household), family (there are some members that shun us because of your choice), and time (spare time is limited when you are with your children 24/7).

Those things that homeschooling has seemed to cost us has been far outweighed by what we have gained.  The boys are flourishing in their quest for knowledge (mom and dad are even learning a few things).  Field trips and activities are scheduled so that the whole family can participate.  We are spending more time together than most other families we know.  Plus the things that we do and see are beyond what the average person does.  The family members and even friends that were lost because of our choices have been replaced by homeschooling families that are closer than blood ever could be.  They give us support, understanding, and meet whatever needs might come up (from babysitting to rides to hand me downs).

The way that we homeschool changes from week to week or year to year (and sometimes as often as day to day).  We are not considered “unschoolers” because we are too structured.  We are not structured enough to be considered traditional homeschoolers.  I’m dubbing us “Freeschooler.”  We feel free to follow whatever means meet our needs.  Right now the boys are studying the states, writing short stories, making speeches, learning about weather, and being boys!

Which ever way you take the journey, it’s going to be an adventure.  Come join us for the trip.