NotGrass.com
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notgrass.com: Homeschool curriculum that's Bible-based and easy-to-use!
Description
by Charlene Notgrass
In the fall of 1990, our family began to homeschool. At least that's what we thought we were doing. Years later we discovered that what we were really doing was learning how to live. My husband Ray and I had been having serious reservations about public schools. In August we finally made the decision to give homeschooling a try. Our children were going into the first, fourth, and sixth grades. Ray was a minister, so I often had to explain what we were doing. I remember telling people that we would try it for a year and that I didn't think I would ruin them in a year.
It was August, and I had three children to teach. I had a friend who had homeschooled her son in the summer and sent him to public school during the school year (Can you imagine doing that?). She loaned me textbooks for grades 1-6. I hung a bulletin board, made a schedule, and began. We went from 8:00 to 2:30 with a recess period and a lunch break, except on Thursday when we went to a co-op in the afternoon. We had a nice schedule that I could tell anybody about without being afraid, that I could say with the sin of pride - and that was exasperating!
We made some changes the next year, but those two years wore me out. Ray said there had to be an easier way to educate our children than what we were doing. With misgivings, I went to work part-time so we could put them in a Christian school in the fall. Our youngest started having terrible stomachaches. During the next year, we carpooled across town to the school, John played soccer and basketball, Bethany had a paper route, and all three took piano lessons. I worked part-time, Ray got a part-time job, too, and all the children studied to receive good grades.
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- Cookeville TN
- US 38501
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