Kozmech Family

• What have you found the most difficult within the home/outside influence or comments?

Well, there was the intervention our family did, that was not fun. Most of the issues with other people’s feelings were gone after the first year. It’s like when two people are dating, everyone feels that it is their business to comment on the match then when they actually tie the knot nobody cares anymore. That’s were we are at…no one cares anymore.

One great thing that has happened at home is that Kevin has completely become absorbed in home schooling; he is a great help.

• A typical day in your life goes something like this.....

Each morning of Mon to Wed start the same with days text, WT, Math and LA. I wanted to make sure that Daxxen had special mommy time so we leave the older kids for an hour with Dad around 10, they read Awake articles, practice piano and then have a break, Dax and I go to salsa babies and intellidance. Monday afternoon we have basement time (our basement is full of great learning things), this may include art, games, books, computer spelling or math. Tuesday afternoon the kids have piano and I go to do my bookkeeping job, Kevin will usually supervise whatever I leave for them to do. Wednesday afternoon there is dance and swimming lessons. Thursday is of course Argyll time and Dax and I go dancing again, then the meeting. Friday morning we have the service group from our house and we go out as a family then in the afternoon we do science. I have left out social studies from our day to day because we love to read books on history and of course travelJ This schedule only applies to the months that we aren’t gallivanting in some other place.

• What has been your biggest surprise/enjoyment in homeschooling?

How right it feels, how easy it has become, how much we all love it and most surprisingly how we would love to have a bunch more ‘students’.

• What do you wish someone had told you when you embarked on this process?

The one thing every home school mom should know is that it’s okay to change. Kids are changing, parents are changing, the world is changing, being adaptable to whatever works is the best tool you can have.

• What general category of schooling does your family fall into?

Ha ha, maybe something like natural-scheduled-chaos-with a hint of life is a vacation attitude. Referring to my last answer, it is subject to change at any time.

• Describe your first year in the trenches?

Connie described it as a—l. Like a first of anything it was a failed test project. The remainder of the years have made up for the damage (I hope).

• What were some main factors to why you decided to homeschool?

My best friend is Rhonda!! How could I let her do something without me? Add in that Keenan was in cogito and crying before report card time even though he got A’s.

• How long have you been homeschooling?

Grades one to five. Kevin did do his university at home so he has more experience.