SaviorsGear

I know this is a little early for us yet, since our boy just turned 2 a few months ago, but I like to be prepared. I really appreciate the link to the Preschool Bible Curriculum, and wonder if any of you other homeschooling parents would mind sharing what system or curriculum you are using to home school your children.

My wife was a teacher for 8 years before our son was born, so she will be in charge of the teaching while I work.

Thanks for any help!

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Mike Boyer
Savior's Gear - Perfect Unity
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StatuesqueAmy

I was homeschooled!


And I graduated from high school two years early, because I took the CAT tests and passed with flying colors quickly, was accepted into some VERY prestigious colleges, and am on a 23,000 dollar scholarship to a small, very academic, private college in North Carolina with a 4.0!!!

Homeschooling is AWESOME!

(And I'm also outgoing with a ton of friends - ignore the stereotypes!)

SaviorsGear

That is awesome! My wife and I moved up from NC a little over a year ago. We lived near Asheville, very beautiful area.

Great job on the 4.0, tons of friends and that wonderful 23k scholarship!! Wow praise God!

As for stereotypes, our family is so "unique" we dont even know that word! My wife will agree, that Im probably the weirdest guy she has ever met. Haha

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Savior's Gear - Perfect Unity
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Boanerges

Heh Mike- if being weird was a crime half of the country would be in jail.

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Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. – J. Wilbur Chapman

SweetSurrender

Hey, I know nothing about homeschooling and don't have kids young enough to tackle something like that, but am wondering, how in the world do people nowadays afford to homeschool? This is a world of two incomes. How is it possible? Just wondering.

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Boanerges

It is a lot cheaper than private school.

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Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. – J. Wilbur Chapman

NearertoGod

The homeschool I go to is a public homeschool and it's tuiton free.

SaviorsGear

We lived in Florida for years, then moved to Western NC, had a house built there and loved it! When our son was born, we were stuck with the two income problem and my wife wanted to stay at home, so we started looking for cheaper housing, cheaper cost of living, and being near family so we would have a good network of help. We looked into upstate NY, and were super surprised that the housing there was about half the price of where we were currently in NC!
Now mind you we went from a custom built brand new house to one that is 137 years old, but we thank God for the opportunity that he has blessed us with that allows my wife to stay home!

The cost of living, gas, food, ect is all the same here, but due to the homes being so cheap, and the utilities are fairly cheap except during the winter, because we have a forced oil furnace, but the super cheap housing bill makes up for it all!

It was truly only by God that we found this out and were able to sell our house and make a small amount that we put down on this one up here.

We used what we made from the house sell to pay off all credit cards, and the small amount we owed on one of our vehicles, so we are basically debt free now, except for the house note and utilities! God is so good!!

I hope this helps answer how God has made this possible in a two income world that we are able to do it with only one, at least in our case.

God wants the best for us, and will open doors for you that can make anything you need a reality, just keep your eyes and heart open for it!

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Mike Boyer
Savior's Gear - Perfect Unity
http://www.saviorsgear.com

BreathOfGod

Often people don't realize that it may actually be costing more for the wife to work than stay at home (or husband, whichever may be the case). When the second spouse works there are additional costs of: a second car, second car insurance, extra gas, work clothes, food often costs more due to families eating out more and more instant foods from the grocery store, there may be day care costs, afterschool care costs, higher clothing costs for the kids for "school" clothes, their school lunch costs (which may cost more than it would to feed them at home), etc. The list goes on. People in America are often living on more than they make. They have become spoiled. Most families don't need a second income, they just want the second income and then they spend more accordingly.

I homeschooled my children up until I moved this past March. Now I live in a wonderful little town, with good schools and no crime. I put them back into the public schools mostly out of necessity (because my husband and I are no longer together and I am now the sole breadwinner for them), but that was also why I moved out here to this small town-- I know that I would find good schools and good people and not have to worry about what my children were being exposed to, or the quality of education, or who was influencing them.

StatuesqueAmy

Exactly! My parents got married when they were 18, and have been married for almost 30 years. My mom had my oldest brother about 9 months later, and didn't work again. My brothers all went to public school, then (after I had severe illness which forced me to miss about a month of school...I was going to fail and WAS STILL MAKING STRAIGHT A'S!) I argued the case of homeschool, to which my dad said:

"Isn't that expensive?!"
"You won't learn as much!"
"You won't get as much social interaction!"


I persuaded them, and now they're BOTH thrilled that we went down that path. A lot of the curriculum are self-teaching, and you can buy them in great condition secondhand from places like ebay, or buy them full price, then sell them back on places like ebay!

If there's a way to PM on this board, anyone with questions on homeschooling or the various curriculum should feel free to PM me at any time!