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I am excited to say that we will be starting Lawrence Virtual School on August 11th. I am both excited and nervous about the school. I am excited because I will know the kids are doing every thing they need to and then some. They will be doing more lessons each day. The curriculum sets its pace with the child. Though we will have to finish the entirety of each subject in order to be accepted into the next grade, mastery is the key. They must master each individual lesson to go to the next. I am nervous because I am not famous for being a good time manager. I know we can do it, but teaching kids at home is a full time job. Some hard core home schoolers say that virtual school students aren't being home schooled. I don't think they know that you have to teach every lesson. I will still view myself as a home school mom. I am just choosing a high tech curriculum that happens to be provided by a public school.
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We homeschooled for 13 years and now my children are homeschooling their children. There are so many ways you can do this, and that is the strength of it all. Each child is different and each parent is different. The important principle is that we are responsible for seeing that our children are taught properly - especially in the things of the Lord.
Many people are lacking in confidence so if someone else makes a different decision they feel judged. Please do what is right for your own children and allow others the same freedom.
I have a homeschool blog called AND NOW THEY'RE GROWN. It is at
http://homeschoolblogger.com/Nana13/.
Charlotte
We did the early casual "do your own thing" kind of homeschooling in the 80's and 90's and our sons have degrees in Physics and Computer Science and are all musicians.
Their children are just entering school and two plan to homeschool and one is using the local public school (because at present their five boys are under seven years old with a one year old in a very small house. Time will tell if they ever decide to homeschool.)
Our daughter uses Biola University Torrey Academy classes for her homeschooled teens and my husband teaches Physics there also. As she now has more time, she is taking classes toward an RN degree and getting A's.
My sister has six children and has homeschooled them through the satelite program of Bob Jones University. Her three oldest sons are now in the Navy and she is still homeschooling her teenage girls and eleven year old son. They are in Swanzy New Hampshire and are allowed to use the public school sports and drama programs. The girls landed the two leading female roles in the last play.
Yes, there are many ways to do this. I wasn't implying that you lacked confidence, I was just trying to encourage you that other people are sometimes a little insecure about their own choices when someone makes a different decision. All of us should pray about the decisions we make and then not worry about what He leads others to do. I have to hold to this as a grandmother whose children will make different decisions along the way. (James 1:5-7)