While I finally have a moment, I thought I should probably put a quick update on this blog. We are still very busy with all of the excitement from the book release, it is hitting the local paper again this week! Several people have congratulated us on a homeschool job well done, so I thought I'd better clarify some information, just in case you wonder, and so that no one gets the wrong idea.

Our oldest, who has just published her first book at the age of 20, wasn't technically homeschooled-we didn't wise up until her junior year in high school- but I can only imagine where she would be if we HAD!!! She is the one who strongly encouraged my now sixteen year old to take us up on the offer of homeschooling. Quick rundown: God led us to homeschool because our then 5 year old was special needs/IEP/school nightmare on the autistic spectrum, we asked the girls (then 6th & 11th) if they wanted to come home as well, our oldest was completing a full load of AP courses and chose to finish out her public school career, but strongly encouraged our 6th grader to come home. So she did.

Soon after that we found God had mandated that we homeschool regardless, so we wouldn't give the same choice today, let's just say we've grown.  God has walked us through quite an education. But I firmly believe, had we homeschooled, she would have completed this book three years ago!  And we did what many people on this blog system and within the homeschool community have done while involved in the public school system: I actually volunteered at her elementary school running a small publishing center helping all of the kids get their ideas into mini-book form, we taught her how to read long before school began-she was reading at the age of four, and she had gained plenty of confidence while being the in-house child-teacher of our family child care home for many, many years. She was always an honor student while within the public school system, but in so many ways they actually held her back. It is only now that she has the freedom to run with her ideas, and we plan to facilitate her and support her in any way we can. As we all do with all of our children.

We hope to have some sort of teaching supplement for use with the book created soon, and will offer it through her website for free. Her book is fantasy, and is being fairly well received, you can check out her website if you have not done so already at www.jessicalynncampos.com. I will update on here as well whenever we finally get a teaching supplement available on her site. It will most likely include some word games, vocabulary work, and possibly some character questions for the reader to fill in. If you have any ideas for something you would like to see, please share because we are truly new at this whole thing! And if you want to be sure to receive whatever we create when we reach that point, drop her a quick note through the site at the "contact Jessica" link so we have a record of you. This will place you on the email list when we get it all set up.

Wishing you every day enjoyment with your children, I hope this finds you peacefully at home with each of yours! HUGS!!

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