What Is Homeschooling?

The common definition of home education is "the education of children at home by their parents", but we would likely expand and modify that definition to say:

Christian home education is parent-led, privately-funded, Christ-centered, and a means of family discipleship.

We recognize that there is less regulation in some parts of the country than others, but when we have homeschool freedom, we are able to:

• Direct the education of our children as we see fit, free from government funding,
• Give our children a custom education by making some of their studies delight-directed,
• Nurture the gifts and abilities of our children in a healthy, safe, loving, God-honoring, and fun environment,
• Strengthen family relationships all day, every day,
• Enable our children to be confident in themselves, no matter the age of the crowd in which they find themselves, and
• Train our children to serve the Lord in a variety of ways and to always put Him first in our lives.

When done with care and concern, homeschooling can be one of the most rewarding parts of parenting. The decision to homeschool is not to be taken lightly. It takes commitment, dedication, and stamina to endure the homeschooling days. There may even be days when you feel like you'd do anything to get them on that yellow school bus, but rest assured, the worst day in a loving environment with you is, in so many ways, considerably better than the best day they could possibly have at school.