One of the first comments people mention to us when we tell them we are homeschooling involves the social aspect, or rather, the question of us worrying if they will be socially awkward or strange. How will our kids possible be socialized if they aren’t in a classroom all day? Truth be told, this was a…
When I was in elementary school I knew zero kids that were homeschooled. It wasn’t even a concept I was really aware of at the time. I had my first introduction to homeschooling when I was in my last year or two of high school, I was friends of friends with a girl who was homeschooled. A girl,…
As much as I don’t like to admit it, summer is coming to an end. This week Raeca’s kindergarten teacher will be coming for a home visit (cue all the mixed emotions). I had good intentions of continuing to do some “afterschooling” with Raeca through the summer, but we ended up just soaking up and…
Once again, one of my goals for this year is to get out and explore Saskatchewan so a couple of weeks ago when my friend Robin asked if the kids and I wanted to head out to Petrofka Spring with her and her boys one morning I jumped at the chance! I had actually never…
I already shared that we won’t be homeschool this year as Raeca reaches the age for kindergarten, we’ve decided to send her to a private Christian school for this year but that doesn’t mean we won’t be educating her at home. Even this last year while she has been going to preschool two afternoons a…
Two and a half years ago I shared some thoughts that I had on public school vs private Christian school vs homeschool and at the time all three were very possible options. Raeca turns five this fall so I thought I’d do a bit of an update. In the last year or so we have…
