You Homeschool?? You must be weird or crazy!

Alright here it goes. I have to share my feelings of my new adventure in home school. Why would a Mother do this anyway? I admit I like having that morning time to myself. Getting laundry done. Taking a shower. Running errands. Thinking. But the glitch was my children came home! That's right I hated it when my kids came home from school. I would miss them all day then BAM!! They were home. They were tired, they don't want to do homework. Who could blame them they have been in school ALL day!

So anyway I brought Eden home after Christmas to join the k12 program. She was having some other issues at school and since she is in kindergarten I figured I couldn't mess her up that much. So I removed her and enrolled her in the Arizona Virtual Academy. I have been going to the information on the school since Lucas was a baby, and I decided to just try it out!

A few weeks later boxes arrived. A computer, printer/scanner, teacher books, student books, Then just books in general! Cubes and shapes for counting and so on. Amazing beautiful, and a little overwhelming. But I was excited. Now for the fun part.

After Christmas vacation we started, slowly but surely. I had to take a full day of skipping lessons to catch her up with the rest of her class. But we got busy. Her lessons usually start on the computer. She is taught a concept and the with math practices it builds on it and it is awesome. Phonics is all done with me but it's fun. She has stories to read for language arts. We have some sort of activity or art project. Then here is the magical part. when she is done. We are done for the day!!!! That is right no homework! We are usually done by lunch time and she has the rest of the day to be a kid. So strange I know but she has freedom! She plays with bunny, has a play date with her friend Meagan, goes out on the trampoline, plays with her sister or does art.

Big reward! My girls are becoming friends. They play with each other and they are an adorable pair. I enjoy having her home. I love seeing her learn. I know exactly what she is learning, how she learns best. AND!! If we are having a "day" we can shorten it or just take it off. We have only done that twice.

So maybe I am weird or crazy but it seems to be working for us and for the needs of my children and after all isn't that what being a parent is all about. Looking at your child and figuring out what is the best thing for there needs. Also when DJ is home Friday mornings Eden and Leila get a little of much needed Daddy time. A precious commodity these days.

So that's what we are doing and that is why, we love it!