By popular demand…

we are starting a little homeschool blog that will hopefully be of help to those of you that are interested in the “hows” and “whys” of homeschool.

I’ll start with our little family’s homeschool bio:

I come from a homeschooled family, but my hubby attended all 13 years of public school and had a great experience. So when we married, we had slightly different expectations of how to teach our children. As any parent knows, kids grow up so fast and before we knew it we were having to make this important decision. After much thought, talk, and prayer we made the decision to keep Natalie and Bobby at home for their schooling. (We would not have to shed those tears that so many others do when their little 5 year old boards a bus and drives out of sight.)

The early school years were challenging but so fun! The focus was to keep learning fun and positive. And with a flexible schedule, we took advantage of our time to travel and “get out” and experience real life.

Our feeling is that a child learns so much at home–it’s up to you to provide the learning experiences sometimes, but otherwise they naturally happen. Simple role plays (social skills), chores (work skills), sorting laundry (math skills), coloring, reading, exercising, and play does wonders for a child’s brain.

We are so blessed to live in this free country and to top it off–have the gospel! My feeling is that we have been given much, and much will be expected. Teaching our kids at home gives us the freedom to delve deeper into American history and gospel studies that no public school is going to offer. We like the idea of strengthening our children’s testimonies while learning the core subjects.

Well, those are our homeschool thoughts we’re going to start with. Our next post will be about the books we’ve used and recommend, followed by our typical daily school schedule.