One of the reasons we homeschool is to have more time for extra curricular activities. My daughters love to sing and dance and act, so by homeschooling we have plenty of time to take classes and go to rehearsals.
When they were all in public school, it was hard to balance school, dance, voice lessons, rehearsals and HOMEWORK. Of course the biggest problem was the homework. When my son Randy was younger I had him attend a private Montessori school. He started when he was 3 years old in Preschool and stayed there until 5th grade. Part of the philosophy of the school was that school was for school work and home was for family life. Therefore there was no homework!
It was wonderful! Although he was in school until 4pm during the week, we were free to pursue lots of fun things after school and on the weekends. There was never a night that we would arrive home after a late soccer practice only to remember that he had to finish a project or a math page or whatever!
I am certain that if I had known more about homeschooling when Randy was ready to leave the Montessori school that I would have definitely homeschooled him rather than put him in public school.
Katy during a performance at Miller Marley School of Dance. She takes ballet, tap, jazz and performs with the Senior Showbiz Performers. She also takes Voice lessons with Elizabeth Luthi at her Voice Studio.
Mackenzie with her group at Halloween. She is dressed like a "Nerd." Mackenzie takes ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop and performs with the Junior Showbiz Performers. She also takes voice lessons with Elizabeth Luthi.
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