Ten reasons I homeschool:(plus one more)

• Can you even imagine what it would be like getting 5 kids ready for "out of house" school at 6am? Well I can. I choose to have a stress free morning thank you very much!
• Whenever we have company, everyone gets to be part of the visit. Our out-of-state family and friends can come when they are out of school, and my kids will be around to visit them. For instance, in NY they have what we call February winter break. No one in SC has that for obvious reasons(there is no winter here). So, when NY has a week off in February, they can still see all the kids.And if I'm correct in my calculations, February break is coming........ And Carmon, if you are reading this...... uh, forget the plane, just drive the 15 hours!(sorry, I don't mean to be bossy)
• When the rest of the world is having either a snow day, or a superintendent day, or teacher workshop day, or a government holiday, we can pretty much pick whatever day we want to take off. Sometimes, we even have school on a Saturday if we need to. Sometimes we work really hard all year, so we can get out of school in early May. And sometimes we have to have summer school.
• The older boys can go and do side jobs with Mike if they have to. It is so nice having strapping young lads. If we lived on a farm we would be all set.
• We can take all day to do an art project, field trip, read a story outloud,or anything in school they are struggling with, say algebra or fractions. No time constraints.
• They can practice organizational skills by disciplining themselves to get up, do their chores, look at their scheldules, and get their work done.
• We can snuggle all day if we want. Of course school can still be accomplished while doing that. ie;reading, sewing,drawing,checking work,listening to music,watching the history chanel or something else educational, the list goes on.
• We can stay up late and watch the NY Giants beat the tar out of the Patriots and sleep in a little.Well, they can sleep in, I choose to arise and write on my blog while they sleep.
• We can pretty much go to the beach and do school whenever we want.
• OK,  obviously because The Lord called me to do this, Mike is completely ok with it, the time we spend together is priceless,the benefits are endless,they grow up so fast,they will be out of the house and on their own one day, etc,etc,etc.
• ok one more: School is so much more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. How about life skills. Cooking, taking care of a baby, chores,money issues,morals,God,getting along with your family,working together,being kind,etc. Some things the school can not teach you. And while there is always another side to the coin, ours landed on "heads", and that is the direction we are in.

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Ten reasons I homeschool:(plus one more)

• Can you even imagine what it would be like getting 5 kids ready for "out of house" school at 6am? Well I can. I choose to have a stress free morning thank you very much!
• Whenever we have company, everyone gets to be part of the visit. Our out-of-state family and friends can come when they are out of school, and my kids will be around to visit them. For instance, in NY they have what we call February winter break. No one in SC has that for obvious reasons(there is no winter here). So, when NY has a week off in February, they can still see all the kids.And if I'm correct in my calculations, February break is coming........ And Carmon, if you are reading this...... uh, forget the plane, just drive the 15 hours!(sorry, I don't mean to be bossy)
• When the rest of the world is having either a snow day, or a superintendent day, or teacher workshop day, or a government holiday, we can pretty much pick whatever day we want to take off. Sometimes, we even have school on a Saturday if we need to. Sometimes we work really hard all year, so we can get out of school in early May. And sometimes we have to have summer school.
• The older boys can go and do side jobs with Mike if they have to. It is so nice having strapping young lads. If we lived on a farm we would be all set.
• We can take all day to do an art project, field trip, read a story outloud,or anything in school they are struggling with, say algebra or fractions. No time constraints.
• They can practice organizational skills by disciplining themselves to get up, do their chores, look at their scheldules, and get their work done.
• We can snuggle all day if we want. Of course school can still be accomplished while doing that. ie;reading, sewing,drawing,checking work,listening to music,watching the history chanel or something else educational, the list goes on.
• We can stay up late and watch the NY Giants beat the tar out of the Patriots and sleep in a little.Well, they can sleep in, I choose to arise and write on my blog while they sleep.
• We can pretty much go to the beach and do school whenever we want.
• OK,  obviously because The Lord called me to do this, Mike is completely ok with it, the time we spend together is priceless,the benefits are endless,they grow up so fast,they will be out of the house and on their own one day, etc,etc,etc.
• ok one more: School is so much more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. How about life skills. Cooking, taking care of a baby, chores,money issues,morals,God,getting along with your family,working together,being kind,etc. Some things the school can not teach you. And while there is always another side to the coin, ours landed on "heads", and that is the direction we are in.

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Posted by nic

ok, ok, i will start leaving comments. wow, do i miss you!!
let me add something about the superbowl ... being on the west coast, we can watch it and still get to bed at a decent hour. it ended at 7p (not 10p). usually, for the big games i fight to stay awake, but now ... no problem. i love being here!

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Posted by SmallWorld

I loved winter break in NY! Except that my birthday always came during winter break, so I never got to celebrate in the classroom...

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Posted by Anonymous

I tried to comment the other day, but it got eaten. I will try, try again.

I wanted to tell you what a treat it was to Alexx at Northside and get a hug! I hope they have a great trip. The weather has been... ugly. It will remind them of how much they love living in SC.

Please be sure to give Mari my best love. I miss her so much!

We tivoed the Superbowl so we could start it late. Unfortunately, the tivo stopped with about 4 minutes left of the game. We went to real time and tried to backtrack (Shannon is a pro at this), but rrived just after the confetti had been thrown. So we missed the last two touchdowns, but it must have been exciting. Anyway, the boys were all happy with the results. I, personally, have never seen Tom Brady be sacked so many times. Then I heard about his (lack of) moral character, and I wondered if Eli Manning could be a Christian, having a brother who played for an outspoken Christian coach... hey, you never know. To God be the glory. The morning after would have been a good day for Jonathan to be homeschooled--he's been having a tough week since then.

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Posted by Anonymous

I finally got a comment to post AND MY NAME WASN'T ON IT!

That was, me, Ruth, mother of Jonathan, friend of TJ and Mari, etc. etc.

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Posted by Juldos

You are right! There are wonderful opportunities and so many blessings in homeschooling. I so enjoy having our children at home during the days as we learn together and enjoy each day's adventure.
Happy Day!
Julie D.

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Posted by drewsfamilytx

Great list! I'm sure your list could go on and on and on... I just love homeschooling!!! I couldn't imagine my kids going away every single day and having their own lives-- without ME!

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