I love books...always have. But books for reading and books for learning were always very different things for me. I'm quickly discovering that books for learning can be just as enjoyable as books for reading.
Why? Well after having our children for almost 3 years we've decided that the public school system might not be the best place for them. They missed so much in their early lives that grade level skills are often a struggle. We see them falling further and further behind each year.
So what do you do when you realize that your children are not reaching their full potential in the public school arena? You ponder thoughts of private schools and quickly realize that tuition for 5 children would lead to bankruptcy. Then you take a deep breath and consider the preposterous idea of educating your children yourself.
Of all the crazy ideas we've entertained this may very well be the craziest. Take 2 parents who work FT outside the home and have never ever imagined they would be homeschoolers, add in 5 kiddos and...well I don't know yet what the and will be. We officially start this journey on September 5th (we've been easing into it for about 5 weeks now).
Oh, the books, the books are lovely. Every time the UPS truck pulls up to the house with another shipment from Amazon, I'm as excited as the kids are to get my hands on the books. I can't wait to learn something new.
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