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Explaining Lockdown Drills to My Homeschooled Children

We chose to homeschool for academic reasons. I really didn’t like the district we were living in and I wanted my children to thrive academically. The longer we continued to homeschool, the more uncomfortable I got with things going on in public school. Standardized tests in order to graduate. Pushing kids beyond what is developmentally …

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I never intended to teach my children at home, but then my son went to kindergarten. Here's a peek into our year from hell that ultimately changed the direction of how our family educates our children. #journeytohomeschool

Leaving Public School

I never intended to school my children at home.  Then my son started kindergarten.  It was the year from hell.  My daughter had am preschool, my son had pm kindergarten.  They both required me to drive them.  From pick up time at the preschool to drop off time at the elementary school was 35 minutes.  I …

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