Some of you may know, but I didn’t start to be a homeschooling Momma, now after 7 ½ years, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. So, I get it; I was skeptical of homeschooling heck, I recall almost mocking it while in college, studying to be a teacher myself. Public school is what most of us know, and most of us are comfortable with, and while I advocate that anyone can homeschool, I realize that not everyone wants to or can. This post is for those on the fence about whether you should homeschool.
There is no doubt from watching us on Facebook or Instagram that we love homeschooling. Over the years, though, the original reason we began homeschooling is no longer the only thing we love about it. Here are our current top 10 reasons we love homeschooling, and just maybe, you might be able to enjoy it too.
1. Being Together as a Family
We started this journey to be together as a family. When my husband leaves for a new job contact, we often join him. If we didn’t, we would only see him every few months if we were lucky, or just for holidays and summer vacation. Homeschooling allows us to pick up and move wherever we need to, to be with him.
2. Individualized Instruction
While I had several long-term substituting jobs before homeschooling, it was hard to reach every student for every lesson. I was limited to teaching or using tools and resources used in the past. It was hard, and I wasn’t allowed to change an assignment to fit the needs of students having difficulties. I have been able to stop mid-lesson and wait for our girls to get a concept and fully understand it. We can also wait for skills to develop. I have put off formal grammar and writing with my girls, which has helped make our oldest a better writer in the long run.
3. Life Experiences
Traveling together with my husband for his job, we have been able to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetime experiences we wouldn’t have been able to before. We have immersed ourselves in local and national history during our travels. We have gotten to experience things beyond traveling as well. We can teach our girls life skills and immerse those skills into their learning as well
4. Helping Family
We have been there for the family in their times of need. I have helped after several surgeries with my father and helped out with my mother-in-law after some health issues. We have just packed up and taken our schooling with us.
5. Low Pressure to Fit In
Spend about five minutes with our girls, and you will notice that they are just different. Not different, as a bad thing, but they haven’t needed to feel pressured to fit in with others. They have their likes and dislikes not influenced by media and peer pressure. It is also low pressure academically. I, as their teacher, don’t have to feel the need to follow mainstream educational standards.
6. Intertwine Our Faith into Learning
I never realized how much our faith could be woven into our learning, and now that I get to teach our girls, it has become essential to my husband and me to grow our girls’ faith, which has been fantastic as a Momma to witness.
7. Renewal of Learning (For Parents)
Just as our girls are learning, so am I. While I don’t want to dismiss my public school education, I have learned much from teaching. I also have gotten to read and listen to a lot of great literature in the process.
8. Not Derailed by the Outside World
Covid derailed a lot of kids’ educations. We could stay on track. We just missed out on a few socialization activities. It is not just covid that can set things off track. We can pause for sickness or travel and pick up back to schooling with ease.
9. Foster a Love for Learning
Watching our girls fall in love with reading and every topic we encounter is unique. I know they are young, and this could change, but I get to help foster this love for learning for now, and it is a fantastic thing to watch.
10. Freedom in our Day
Where would love for homeschooling be with our freedom? Freedom in our Day (only having to school for 2-3 hours a day), freedom in what we choose to learn, and freedom to be ourselves without fear of judgment.
There you have it! 10 Reasons you could love homeschooling as much as we do. Don’t quite believe me? Check out these other blog posts I’ve written on it as well: The Best Job, I Never Knew I Always Wanted, and Is Homeschooling Right For Me.
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