My {Shortened} Story About the Beginning of Our Homeschooling Journey I bet you didn't know we never set out in the beginning to be a homeschooling family.  The wonderful twists and turns of life led us in this direction and I'm so incredibly thankful! I was a public school teacher before having children, and the thought of homeschooling never entered my mind. In fact, I thought homeschooled children must certainly be weird and their parents couldn't possibly be good enough teachers.  Gasp! When Mahayla was born, I quit work to be a stay-at-home mom “for a little while.” By age four,she was reading (really) well with very little help from me.  I knew way too much about the public school ... Read More