What Our Homeschool Looks Like

Just pulling some old photos off the camera and thought some of you would like to know what our homeschool looks like. As Xavier gets closer and closer to five, we are slowly but surely being "outed" as homeschoolers to our friends and neighbors. But for us homeschooling isn't a solitary endeavor at home devoid of any friends.

Twice a week we participate in a preschool co-op. None of the other kids come from homeschooling families (older sibs are in conventional school) but neither are any of them in preschool or MDO. Its sort of a halfway point between homeschooling and conventional schooling. In addition to this, once a week I run a music co-op. I take the boys with me to the gym 2-3 times a week where they play with other boys and girls in the kid's gym. And of course, there always at least one or two playdates with friends.

On to academics. These photos are from February when Xavier was mad about numbers and counting. He put the numbers in order than counted out their "cargo." These days he's more into letters and reading but math is still a steady part of our week.

One last benefit of homeschooling is eliminating the need to get up and go first thing in the morning to beat the carpool line. While we have a set routine each morning of cuddle, eat, dress; if the boys have had a restless night and need a little more sleep, we just take our time transitioning. As you can see, this morning both boys got up before they were ready and promptly fell back asleep on the couch. Notice the identical body position!