Field trip

We visited The Saranac Laboratory Museum and learned about local history on TB. Located in the actual building used for the research of tuberculosis. X stayed interested for over an hour. I highly recommend it.

Home Depot for art

The 1st Saturday of every month Home Depot offers a FREE kids building workshop. We've used them towards art class. Lowe's also offers free build and grow programs but they're not on a set schedule. We've been going months before we even started homeschooling.

Some of the reasons we homeschool our son X

I knew within 10 days that homeschooling was for us. Here is a small list of our why:

<3 Homeschool life because...

1. X will never have to hear another student say lets kill X and nothing be able to be done about it because of the age of said student.

2. X will no longer have to deal with inappropriate conduct from a teacher.

3. It removes the possibility of school shootings and bomb threats.

4. There are no bells for his sensitive ears.

5. X gets real socialization from all age groups by experiencing the world through everyday situations. Life itself becomes the classroom.

6. Doctor visits don’t count against him. They can be educational and have the flexibility to work into our schedule.

7. Unlike the public school system X won't won't fall behind if he hasn't grasped a concept because we can keep working on it instead of the class moving forward. He will be able to learn at his own pace in ways that work best for him.

8. We get to SEE him learning and growing instead of HEARING about it from teachers.

9. No school traffic.

10. We can learn where we want, even outside.


Why do you or want to homeschool?

Welcome to our journey of homeschooling

Hi! We recently started homeschooling in late Oct 2016. I only wish we had started sooner. It can be done and this is where I'll be sharing our experiences.