Why I love homeschooling

This marks our 2nd week of homeschooling my oldest, C who is 3. *C would say almost 4, c'mon! I did a lot of looking around and researching on what type of schooling I wanted to do for her, and chose Abeka K-4 program for her was the best. Its a really neat program. Some is her in a "classroom" with other students watching the teacher. The other parts are myself teaching her the curriculum. I was going to try my own curriculum, but this worked best for her.

Aside from the fact that I think homeschooling is a great option for us as a family, I am very pleased, thus far with the amount of information my almost 4 year old is retaining! She learns bible studies, phonics, creative activities, lanuage development, etc. Lots of songs, stories and other fun stuff to keep her attention. Its maybe only about 90 mins a day with plenty of stretching and getting our sillies out! The beauty of homeschooling is that if we have a busy day planned or C is "moody", we can postpone for another day! I LOVE IT!

If you would have asked me, almost 4 years ago, if I was going to homeschool my child, I would have said NO! Heck no! even. But, the way the American school systems are here, C will be almost 6 years old before she even heads to kindergarten. I couldn't believe that considering I was C's age when I first entered J-K (junior kindergarten). I have had chats with plenty of mothers and we go back and forth about whats the "appropriate" age for kids to enter into school. Personally, I feel that almost 6 is way too late to just be starting her educational endevours. I'm not sure why those rules and ages are in place, but considering how fast she has caught on with 1 week of homeschooling, I believe she will be lightyears ahead of other students her age.

Blah, Blah, Blah, I am sure I will be sparking something in someone who reads this.

On a side note, N loves when we sing in school. He at 14mths, loves to dance and clap along with us. I think he's also getting a lot of out homeschooling as well.

I will say, homeschooling is not for everyone. Its a lot of work and prep, but well worth it! Its definitely for our family! :)