{"id":1731,"date":"2012-01-26T21:40:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T02:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yoshee08.com\/blog\/?p=4"},"modified":"2012-01-26T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T02:40:34","slug":"how-we-got-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/how-we-got-started\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Got Started"},"content":{"rendered":"

I figure I would start off by writing about how we began homeschooling. \u00a0That is usually the one of the first questions that we are asked, so, I’ll jump ahead and tell you about it so you won’t have to ask. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

The last 6 years has been quite amazing to say the least. \u00a0Six years ago I could not imagine homeschooling. \u00a0Six years ago I could not imagine doing several things that I have found myself capable of doing. \u00a0With being married to a wonderful husband and being blessed with 4 wonderful boys, it is not surprising that I find myself going beyond what I thought was my limit. \u00a0Each day is a new day. \u00a0Each day we live and try to learn and grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deciding to homeschool was not a simple and easy decision. \u00a0Homeschooling is becoming more and more popular within the Jewish community.\u00a0As with most people, money was an issue with us. \u00a0However, we thought we should try the best we could and send our children to a religious Jewish school.\u00a0With insight that many times only a parent can have with their child, we knew that after only having experienced preschool, the schooling had to be changed. \u00a0One night we sat down trying to come up with a list of options. \u00a0With public school out of the question, we found the only other option that we could think of was homeschooling. \u00a0My husband was so excited. I did not quite share the same level of excitement, probably because I would be the one teaching, not him! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n

To make a long story short, after that one conversation, nothing more was mentioned for 2 months. \u00a0Then, one afternoon: \u00a0“Are you still thinking about homeschooling?” \u00a0“Um, yes. \u00a0You?” \u00a0“Yes.” Then nothing more for another 2 months! \u00a0One afternoon the question was asked again. \u00a0We both had been researching on our own for 4 months. \u00a0We then decided we were both serious about it and we should probably start talking to each other about it. \u00a0It took another two months before I finally got the big answers needed and I felt comfortable with the idea.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am not going to say that was it. \u00a0Nor am I going to say we never looked back. \u00a0What I am going to say is that our decision was the beginning of a long ongoing journey; A journey that has had, and continues to have its ups and its downs. \u00a0There have been times when we have asked ourselves if we made the right decision. \u00a0However, when we look back and see how each of our boys have grown, we do believe we have made the right decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have we always made the right choices and taught the things in the right way? \u00a0Of course not. \u00a0This is part of being human. \u00a0It is a learning experience for all. \u00a0We cannot always know the best way to teach each child, or even the best topics to teach. \u00a0Sometimes it is just trial and error. \u00a0There are times when I just want to pull out all my hair. \u00a0And then, there are the times when you see the sparkle in their eyes as something just clicks inside of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think the biggest help that I have had was belonging to a few different email support groups. \u00a0It has been extremely helpful to not only have a group of people to ask questions too, but also to just read the questions and answers that others have. \u00a0You find out that your home is not unique – many other people have the same questions and issues as you. \u00a0You are not alone. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

What I would like to do is write down some experiences we have had and I hope that others will get some benefit from them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I figure I would start off by writing about how we began homeschooling. \u00a0That is usually the one of the first questions that we are asked, so, I’ll jump ahead and tell you about it so you won’t have to ask. \ud83d\ude42 The last 6 years has been quite amazing to say the least. \u00a0Six … Continue reading “How We Got Started”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,6,1],"tags":[207,237,259],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ErqW-rV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}