Why Homeschool? - How can it help my family?

Let’s start at the beginning and talk about why you should homeschool.  I have talked to numerous families and we can all have a different reason but I am going to discuss some of the most popular. 

Maybe you have a gifted child or a child that needs some extra help.  Homeschool is ideal for this because you can customize your child’s education to fit their needs.  You are able to adjust the difficulty level of your lessons based on your child’s needs.  So if you have a student that is gifted in math you can raise the level of math that you give him.  If you have a child struggling in spelling you can find alternative ways to help them learn their words. 

Organized Part 2 – Getting the Kids Organized!

You can be the most organized person in the world but if your kids are not organized you will pull your hair out trying to keep yourself that way.  We love our children but we learn fast that they generally don’t have the organizational drive that we do.  I have tried several different things to keep my kids homeschool stuff organized. 

I learned fast that sending their school books to be placed neatly on their desks in their room is NOT a good idea!  Things get lost and destroyed in their bedrooms.  One of the things that I started doing that has worked is I have a small shelving unit and I have a spot on it for each child to stack all of their books, papers, etc.  The rule is when their work is done all items go back on their spot on the shelf.  That way I can find assignments to grade and we don’t spend half the day finding the spelling book that was swallowed up by the bedroom.

A little introduction about me and my family.

I married my high school sweetheart Dusty.  We have a very unique marriage; Dusty’s job requires him to travel for work so he is gone over 300 days a year.  We are the parents of 4 children and a Maltese/Chihuahua.  My oldest, Dominic is 17 and is my book worm.  He loves to tell us facts he learns from books no matter how off the wall, the King of Useless Facts I call him.  My only daughter Marissa is the social bug of the house.  She turns 13 tomorrow and is so excited she can barely contain herself.  Luke my 11 year old is my character, he prides himself on making sure he knows EVERYTHING that is going on around the house.  Elisha is 8 and he has more creative energy than I know what to do with.  He is always building/creating things, aka getting into trouble!  But he has a big heart and is always giving to others.  Lastly I have my baby, my puppy Buddy.  He keeps things interesting and tries to keep the kids in line by barking at them when they run in the house.  This 5 pound guard dog is cute as a button.