With the change in my husband’s work schedule back to 2nd shift/7 days per week; we quickly realized that he did not see the children at all on their school days, when attending the private school. This was four days out of the week (they had a four-day school week) they didn’t get to see their daddy at all. This was not acceptable for our family, so it was not difficult for us to make the decision to homeschool.

Even though these three children still here at home have never been ‘officially’ homeschooled, as they began their schooling in the private school - this is actually a return to homeschooling for our family. I pulled my now 22 year old daughter out of public school after her 5th grade year and homeschooled her from 6th grade through to graduation. So homeschooling is not new to me, but it’s a big exciting adventure for these littles as they’ve never done it officially.

This time around, because I will have three children to school (grades: 1 and 3) I am using a unit study approach to teach them all at once. I intend to begin their studies in July, as that’s the beginning of the recordkeeping year for Missouri (July 1 - June 30 is the recordkeeping year here). So any work we do over the summer, will count towards school. Also, since with the unit study, we’ll be doing field trips and crafts and other equally fun (and educational) things - this will keep the children from getting bored.

Our Curriculum Choices for 2008/2009 School Year

• The Prairie Primer - covered subjects include: literature, history, social studies, geography, writing, science, health, nutrition, Bible, character building, and life application
• Learning Language Arts Through Literature (LLATL) - grammar, reading, spelling, vocabulary, writing mechanics, creative writing and thinking skills
• Saxon Math - an excellent college prep math program
• Keepers of the Faith/Contenders of the Faith groups for other activities and social events
• music lessons
• swimming lessons

The above will provide a very well-rounded curriculum for the children and I think will better suit their learning styles too. 

Written by Traci Knoppe ©: Aside from her roles as wife, mother of six, mother-in-law and grandmother, Traci is a Christian parenting instructor, Sunday school teacher, and business owner.

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