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Why Homeschooling?

Why homeschooling? So many people ask me this question when I tell them LadyBug is reading, or doing math at 4. Why not private school or charter schools? What about socialization, friends and other “life skills?”
This face right here is why we homeschool LadyBug. The pure joy of learning about one of her many loves, lizards, in our own backyard anytime she wants. We’ve caught and released many types of lizards, geckos, even built them homes and fed them! Nothing like live science class at 8am!
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The choice to homeschool was easy for me. Growing up my mom specialized in early childhood education and ran an in home daycare, so she could be home with us before sending my siblings and I to public school. Our childhood was filled with arts and crafts, and lots of Waldorf curricula. In school I excelled in English, and art, but science and math were always hard for me, especially with numbers. During middle school, we learned I had dyscalculia, which is a learning disability with numbers. I was allowed extra time on tests, but overall it was still difficult for me to understand math or chemistry throughout my school career. The philosophy of “everything has to be done this way, or its wrong” was weighing heavy on my brain, and heart. Even as a child, I thought it was terrible to tell someone their work was a “failure” because they may have worked out a problem differently, or aren’t good test takers but answer questions well in class. It didnt make sense to me then, but that’s the point! All learning styles are different and its a beautiful thing!
When LadyBug was born, we talked about homeschooling and as “school age” approached, I knew we needed to get more serious about her learning plan. I had been using Charlotte Mason and Waldorf style methods with her at home, since I am a SAHM with my gymnastics apparel business, so she was above the curve when we did a VPK walk-through at age 3 for some “socialization.” We decided against the VPK due to us moving, but overall we kept her home anyway and she gets enough socialization at gymnastics and playdates with friends. I started Kindergarten “work” with her at age 3, and she is now almost 5, and more than half way through 1st grade just by asking questions about wildlife, watching documentaries, reading with me daily and working in her books a few hours a week. School doesn’t have to be rigid and structured. Learning is not one size fits all. Education is  all around us, so let the world be your classroom!
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