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What is your best homeschooling advice for newbie home educators? Or, if you are a newbie homeschooler, what would you most like to learn about homeschooling?: Relax and do not buy based on perceived need...

At 1:51pm on June 16th, 2008, Laya's Mama said…: Hi Ladies,

Sorry I its taken me so long to get back to you I hadn't checked the page in awhile. As you can see from the pic I had a beautiful baby girl in March. I am loving motherhood and can't wait until we can start school. :-)

I worked at a school called Veritas Academy in Austin TX until my 8th month of pregnancy. I would recommend that you all check it out if you are in the Austin TX area veritasacademy.net.

What have a learned from the school? Well I have seen firsthand the dramatic difference homeschooling can make in a child's life. When a parent sacrifices to really invest in their child's education it produces mature, intelligent, respectful, loving kids. I have also seen that it is important for the children to be exposed to a variety of activities to allow them to learn what gifts, talents and interests they have.

I look forward to being apart of the Multicultural Homeschool group in the near future!!

At 3:52am on April 21st, 2008, Shay said…: Ellen, You know I need that sistah hug! I think I'll have to agree about God matching us up with our kids too!!! :) Like I said girl one day///oops I meant to say one moment at a time over here. Need to talk to you about another issue too, but I'm a little tired, (side effects from meds) I'll try to hit you back this week. If you have time before me I'm at sassyshany@bellsouth.net.

Have a good one!!!

At 1:13am on April 20th, 2008, Shay said…: Hi Ellen, So sweet of you to check in on us. My health has not been great but I'm still teaching the kids. Just taking it literally one moment at a time. I can't lie though, me getting ill right when I took on this new challenge of hmsch. is quite tough. But I heard that God doesn't give us anything we can't handle!
Shay