Enter to Win a Homeschool Curriculum and Gift Basket from Oak Meadow! - Page 26

[Thyme Mama]

Shared on my personal Facebook page.

[Thyme Mama]

Liked Oak Meadow and Mothering on Facebook.

[farmergirlj]

We homeschool to allow our children the flexibility and time to pursue their interests and passions. We want them to be able to delve as deep as they want into whatever drives them in this life.

[SandyBeachBums]

We are going into year 10 of homeschooling. We have 5 kids now. We thought we wanted to homeschool to have a superior education. But, it is all about relationship. My kids relate with children of all ages. They love babies. The social skills they have gained are just what they need to have a full life no matter what life throws at them.

[RavenStar]

I like both Mothering and Oak Meadow on Facebook.

I homeschool because I want to be with our children.  I want to witness their discoveries of the world around them.  I want them to love learning and share that with each other and with others.  I want them to be part of the world, with people of all ages.  I believe in life learning.  Learning to be kind, compassionate, caring of others.  I want them to believe in themselves, to discover their talents and to keep their wonder, their view of the world and their creativity.  This is just as important as academics, if not more so.  I can give this to our children, as long as we're together.

[RavenStar]

I posted the link to this contest on Facebook.

[rebecca_n]

We're going to homeschool because I want to emphasize learning and exploring over conformity. My son tried out a preschool which prized itself on focusing on play last year and after watching the kids pretty much sitting and waiting then getting to do a craft that each step is dictated was disheartening. The only time my son seemed to enjoy himself was the first 5-10 minutes of open play and the 10 or so minutes each class got in the gym. He loves arts and crafts but likes to do them his own way. We pulled him from the class and started researching home schooling. 

[rebecca_n]

shared on facebook :)

[Queenmom2006]

Our family will be starting our homeschooling journey this fall. We are going to homeschool because we want to be there for the amazing moments when our children learn something new, and because we want to be a part of those moments. We want to homeschool because time is short, and we want to enjoy every second we can with them while they are still young. We want to give them what they need while they still need us and we want to be the ones to watch them step out into the world, confident that they have everything they need to live wonderful and full lives when they are all grown up; and confident that they will always be able to come home when they need us.

[Queenmom2006]

Shared on Facebook. And I am a Facebook fan!

[littlebittle]

We homeschooled my daughter through her kindergarten year and now she is currently at the Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda, MD but we are considering homeschooling her again starting next year.  My husband and I have been using compassionate communication (also called nonviolent communication or NVC) with our daughter since she was a baby and we have been trying to bring this new paradigm of parenting into our lives for years so we can move away from the dominant paradigm we were raised with and move toward more connection and empathy.  We are realizing that homeschooling provides us with the ability to share these values with our daughter more fully while being in a school community that uses the dominant paradigm (teachers and parents giving kids punishments and consequences) doesn't meet our need for teaching our daughter the importance of connection, collaboration, peace, harmony, and compassion.  Our daughter is learning to fight back her tears when her teacher gets mad at her instead of feeling free to express her emotions and feel safe to make mistakes.  We are now seriously looking at the Oak Meadow curriculum as a way to homeschool our daughter and be able to raise her in a compassionate environment where she can be in touch with her own feelings and needs and thus learn empathy for others in the process.  Thanks to Mothering for this great opportunity to win a Oak Meadow curriculum package!

[mhemingson]

I want to homeschool, because my children are a gift to me from the Lord. He has entrusted them to me to raise and teach them. I am excited to start homeschooling next year with my oldest child.

[littlebittle]

I shared this post on my FB page!  Thanks again for this great opportunity!

[Jrsreagan]

We want to offer our kids an opportunity to be themselves. I want my kids to want to learn because the find the excitement in creating, discovering, searching, and learning information. I think homeschooling will help them posses these qualities in their own time and in their own style.

[Jrsreagan]

I shared the contest on twitter!

[henjenca]

We homeschool so our children have the time to have a childhood that is relaxed.  We started at first because we could not afford private school for 4 kids, but our reasons have evolved into having time for childhood, time to explore their interests, and time to know each other as family. 
 

[henjenca]

I just shared this contest/ thread on my facebook page  :)   I just this week purchased the 5th grade curr for my youngest and social studies high school for my two oldest.  I would love to win curriculum for next year!!
 

[wtrclrgrl]

We homeschool because I've seen the village and don't want them raising my child. I homeschooled my son for 6 years using Oak Meadow and a divorce forced me to send him to public school for 7th grade. I watched my confident, happy child turn into a a child who lost his love of learning and reading, was bullied on a regular basis and, above all, who lost his self-esteem. The system didn't support his learning style and he slipped through the cracks. All of the  learning was geared towards taking the state exams. The school taught a mile wide and an inch deep. WIth homeschooling we teach an inch wide and a mile deep. I have since pulled my child out of public school and am now a single mom homeschooling my son for 8th grade. It has been a slow road back but I see his confidence returning. Homeschooling isn't just about school, it is about a allowing a human being to learn his way in the world without an outdated institution dictating his every move and allowing him to learn and live in a way that promotes and encourages his own creativity and nourishes his soul. 

[lololecs]

I would like to be able to have the freedom to make learning interesting for my kiddos, foster creativity and allow them to progress at a pace they are comfortable with (maybe a little faster here or slower there depending on if they are understanding the current concepts and material).

[Melani]

I homeschool so that my kids can get the most out of their childhood and education. They each learn very differently and I am able to teach them in the best way for them individually. I am able to bring out their strengths while helping them with their weaknesses. I am able to help them learn while they help me learn. They are also able to grow up at their own rate. They aren't thrown into any environment that they aren't ready for. I homeschool for my kids.