Why We Homeschool

This post goes out to everyone who doesn't understand why we homeschool.

We always sort of joked about it even back when our eldest was a baby...I would chuckle along but inside thinking it would never happen - and here we are!

As school age quickly approached the signs of not being physically ready were there. So we decided to hold our eldest back for a year. Within a few months he was showing new signs of wanting to learn everything especially counting. This is how it all began and so did the conversations about school. We know our son like no one else, we know his strengths and his weaknesses. 

What would you do if you knew your son's abundance of energy would label him as the disruptive child? What would you do if you knew his peers would laugh at his melt downs? What would you do if your knew his clever mind would go unnoticed?

Would you send him to school knowing his intelligence would be overlooked due to his high energy level? Would you send him to school knowing that he craves one on one attention? Would you send him to school knowing that his uniqueness would be beaten down by the school bully?

We couldn't and we wouldn't!!!

We wanted to give him a safe, loving learning environment where he isn't judged for his high emotions. A place where he can learn at his own pace, jump miles ahead then have a break and let his body catch up. A place to transform into any character and work through his high energy without be told to sit down. A place where he can be him without any judgment!

I have never made it a secret that we homeschool. In fact I am very proud of what we do, so proud in fact that we started up a website, facebook page and group to help others get into homeschooling. I have publicly put our family out there for everyone to see and judge. Is that easy - No Way!

At times I feel like hiding and not turning on the computer, other times it makes me feel so excited that others are loving what we are doing. Then you have the families that contact you asking for advice and you do your absolute best to support them in their decision when no one else will.

Its ok that some of our friends have disappeared, its ok that they don't have anything in common with us anymore - Its all ok! All because we are exactly where we are meant to be. All together, all happy and all loving our learning journey as a family!

From a Perfectly Messy Mum  xx