Homeschool?

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

So we have been considering homeschooling Matthew. It has been a massive topic of discussion in our household, and between our house and his daddy's house. And let's be honest, everyone else too. Everyone seems to have an opinion on whether we should or should not be homeschooling.

I know that homeschooling is a controversial topic, as many things are these days. It tends to be one of those topics that you are either a YES HOMESCHOOL or ABSOLUTELY NOT kind of person. There doesn't really seem to be anyone that is in between.

In our household we have several reasons why we want to homeschool and think that it is the best idea for our son. Just to list a few:

• I can incorporate Bible study, without paying the price of having him in a private Christian school, because let's face it I simply can't afford that.
• I can teach him, the way that I want him taught (and let's face it, I am well equipped to do so, even though I don't have a teaching degree.)
• He is very well advanced for his age (he is reading on a second grade level and doing math on a second-third grade level, he is in kindergarten.) so this will give him the opportunity to move ahead rather quickly.

These are just a small selection of the reasons. In all honesty, we have discussed and discussed and discussed until we are all blue in the face. And I have done research and research and research. We are probably 99% on board with homeschooling now, but it is all about getting everything together, figuring out which curriculum to go with, which way to go about it, getting a plan in order, etc.

It is going to be a lot more work on me, but it is something that I am so excited for. And the joy is, we will also be able to get him involved in more extracurricular activities now, which is something I have been wanting to do for a while. I am super excited about it.