Jag our first homeschooler

Now that you know a little about us I thought I would tell you why we stated homeschooling.

Desperation really is how it all started. Jag (middle child) was my first child I pulled out of school to homeschool.

He was a sweet, smart, loving little guy. He did get distracted easily and would become bored quickly in school. So every year at parent teacher conferences we would hear "Jag is a very good boy, but he is easily distracted we think he may be ADHD and probably would do better on medication" every year we hear the same thing. Now his grades were great, he had all kinds of friends and generally behaved himself (he was a little boy). His grades were great like I said, but he would always have extra homework because he never finished his work at school. So all through elementary he went to school, came home and did homework until bedtime ( rinse and repeat) all through elementary. We took him to his doctor at the time and she said he my have it so lets put him on meds and see what happens (um, NO!!!). Then we switched doctors and they sent us to a office that was for ADHD kids they tested him and said no he did not have ADHD he had anxiety issues that were not bad and that he could learn to work through. No meds for Jag. The teachers didn't like it but if my child didn't need medicine, then I was not going to give it to him.

 Honestly I think he was bored. He was more of a hands on/ visual learner. Not a sit down shut up and listen kind of kid. Which was exactly what the teachers wanted. Fast forward to middle school and he totally lost his focus. Peer pressure was high. He wanted to make his friends laugh and wasn't worried about his work or classes and the bad thing about it was nobody let us know. Nobody called to say hey Jag is not turning in his homework (that he was spending all evening doing) or that he was goofing off and being sent to the principal's office. We had to find out through the online site that you can look at the grades on, that the teachers never updated. We didn't find out till almost the end of the year about his behavior and every time we called about his grades the guidance councilor would say the teachers would call us back and they never did. He ended up passing middle school with very poor grades. During his 9th grade year I started praying hard about what to do about Jag. We were failing him!

Prayer that is how we decided to homeschool. The lord laid it on my heart and of course I fought it at first. I was scared and didn't think I could do it. I keep praying and the lord keep putting on my heart. So I started researching it and reading about it and reading my bible. I talked to my husband about it and he thought it was a great idea! He was on board. So we took him out off school after his freshman year and started homeschooling him that summer to get him caught up (he had fail a lot of his 9th grade courses) and by that fall he was on track. Jag started 10th grade right on time.


That is how we started homeschooling out of desperation and through prayer with God's guidance.

Jag's first year of homeschool, he choose to work in my room.

Tip for today: Pray and read your bible, let God guide you.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is God- breathed and is useful for teaching,
 rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may
be thoroughly equipped for every good work.