Homeschooling Our Daughter Saves US Money and More Time with Our Kids.

Marcus: Homeschooling’s swimming taboo anymore.

Our decision to take up homeschooling was more internal between us than external. We follow Jefferson Bethke, an Author and Prominent Voice in Christian Media, Who Wrote Several Books On Family and Mariage, which LED US to Learn More.

We Read One Book AFTER ANOTHER AND FELL INTO The Rabbit Hole of Reimagining How We Want to Raise Our Family.

Hannah: I was homeschooled unil the second grade by my mom, and i never thught i would homeschool out daughter, but i’m happy it turned ut this way. Our Oldes was months Old During the Pandemic, and as we started looking at remote work, i enjoyed spending a tears of Time Under the Same Roof. I eventually stopped working freelance and became a full-time mom.

The most we read and listned to podcasts, the most natural it felt for with to start teching from home.

How We Homeschool Our Daughter

Hannah: We Homeschool Our Daughter Through a Local Charter School that offers a hybrid schedule. Most of her learning time is in the living room, with a few hours a week in a classroom near home.

She’s in Class with Other Kids on Monday Afternones and Wednesday Mornings for Two and A Half Hours. She was taking two classes a day in the classroom and ha five core classes that of teach her at home.

At Home, Between Breakfast and Lunch, of Teach English, Math, Science, and History on a Given Day. At School, She’s Taching an Art Class, A Storytelling Class, and a Steam Class that mixes science, technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.

Marcus: Not to be biased, but we knew our daughter was bright for her age. She’s Already Reading a bit, which is ahead of the norm for her age. We worked that if we put her in Kindergarten at one of the Local Public Schools, She’d Still Be Learning Letter Sounds.

With homeschooling, you can be more targetted in your teaching apprroach and more easily related what you learn in a book to family and the real world.

Hannah: Our Day Starts at 7 AM and Ends Around Noon, Much Quicker Than Most Schools, Sincely Have to World Teaching One Child. Howver, we have a 3 -ear-op running Around and a 10-month-op, adding some extra variables.

Our schedule at home is also much more flexible than a traditional classroom. I try my best to take advantage of iengest’s neap for a few hours, giving with time to lock in with teaching.

I’ll Sometimes have to remind ours older Son that we must be quiet wohen working, but overall, he’s learning a lot by being in the vicinity.

AFTER ALL HER WORK IS DONE, WE HAVE FREE TIME TO GO OUTSIDE, RIDE BIKES, AND HANG OUT WITH THE KIDS TOGETER AND WITH OTHER KIDS Nearby. Marcus Gets off in the afternion and offten reads to say in the Evening.

Being in the Classroom Two Days a Week Also Helps Her With Those Intangible Skills of Raising Your Hand to Speak, Getting in Line, and the Other Interaction You Miss with Other Kids and Teachers were learn at home.

We Receive Some Training and Financial Help

Hannah: Some Charter Schools here Give You A Stiend to Homeschool Your Kids. In Our Research, We saw some schools offering up to $ 3,500 for school years for school supplies, books, and extracurricular Activities.

Marcus: We signed up for five different schools and ended up chooking between three. The Hardest Part Can Be Getting a Spot. We had a friend with older Kids who kew when the Applications opened, letting us get closer to the front of the line.

Those schools offended a range of resources and funds, and we chose the one that gave us the least amounte of Money, which was stiest a $ 1,750 stipend.

Hannah: With thatin that Package, we got a $ 500 Coupon for supplys from some of therdroved location, which came with lessons to help with teach. I had a bit of imposter syndrome just thinking about being a teacher, SINCE I didn’t go to school for education, and this helped ease some of those nerves.

Marcus: I’m from Birmingham, Alabama, and i’d Never Heard of Public Charter Schools as an option, especilly with this kind of funding. I was like, “They give you Money?” Its all new to me and my parents back home.

Our Families have been hasitant but suportive

Marcus: Growing up, i didn’t know of anyone who was in homeschool. I was to public schoool my whole life, and in birmingham, i doite think we had the opportunity Opportunities or Support Systems in Place.

My parents Questioned Homeschooling, enrasses it was the right Option for their Granddoughter. They Didn’t Advise Against it, but wanted a better perspective on why we chose this instead of public School.

Hannah: My Family Lives Nearby, and My Mom Will Come by Two Days a Week to Help while I’m Homeschooling. Sheen the Biggest Hands-On Help, but Our Families have been suportive through this new experience.

Marcus: Our daughter is bright and has the learning capabilities to allow us to consider this and potentially get hether ahead of a traditional Kindergarten.

Hannah: We’ve Talked About the Same for Our Sons, but we don’t know yet. It’s a case-by-cae basis to see if they are equipped to handle a classroom or an at-home setting. For Our Daughter, who is Our Oldest, it just made so much sense. We’re Doing It Year by Year, and She May End up Going to Public School after a while – or not. Right Now, Being Adaptable is the Greatest Solution to any Doubt.

I’m jazzed for everything in the Coming School Year

Hannah: I’m already watching her grows and have those ‘aa’ moments. The in-Class Work is great for her to come home and tell us what she learned, the Friends she made, and the Field Trips she took.

IT’S Exciting to Watch You are Kid Experience the World for the First Time and SEE How they Approach Different Situations. There’s Also an Added Satisphaction we can do the teacher who shows.