K.R.
Hello, I'm a sahm to four wonderful children. I am currently home-schooling two of the four, my 10yr dd and my 6yr ds. I began my home-school journey by reading some really great books that I highly recommend. "Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk" by D. Elkind was the first I read, and "For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay. I had worked for a long time in Early Childhood Education and was working on my degree in ECE when I began to realize that I really didn't want for my children what I was seeing in my work experience and also what I had experienced in public school myself. So many years and many curriculum changes later I have finally found our niche. Currently I use an online curriculum guide for our lesson plans and I am looking for some extra curricular activities for my kids. My dd is enrolled in an archery group for home-schoolers and is interested in acting, dancing and music. My son is a little more introverted and is content with being at home and just having his siblings, cousin and best friend around to play with. I would have to say that home-schooling, for us, has been a beautiful journey. It takes time, patience and persistence and is completely worth the effort!