Homeschool.

The warmth of a candle lighting the corner of your dark kitchen where the aroma of your favourite tea is filling the air as it steeps. Notes of lemon balm, and the sweetness of rose hips are soothing to the mind. Your most used mug sitting next to the tea pot awaiting the arrival of that warm, nourishing tea paired with the sweet smell and flavour of local honey.

Your mornings can start out slow, intentional, and filled with a deep connection to who you are. But this isn’t the reason you choose to homeschool, there’s a deeper relationship to that decision, one filled with love, laughter, memories, and time with your family, the ones who mean the most to you, that you share four walls with.

Our decision to homeschool our children wasn’t taken lightly because it directly impacts our children’s future, however we felt the benefits outweighed the drawbacks. Our children are given the ability to lean into their interests without the consistent exhaustion from the daily grind of public school, where they’re on the bus at 8am and home just before 4pm. They’re learning Math, Nature Based Sciences, Canadian History & Geography (age appropriate) Language Arts (Phonics, Reading, Writing, Grammar & Punctuation, Geography, Spelling, Literature & Art). The girls determination and interests have guided them to learn to crochet, to cook and bake. They’re learning about taking care of chickens and goats, and learning about the life cycles of birds raised to provide nourishing meals for our family. Our girls are leaning into gardening, to preservation, to growing the nourishing foods they know their bodies need to feel the best they can. We go on nature walks to learn about trees, forests, fungi, and edible or medicinal plants.

I’ve stepped away from the daily grind and pick up odd jobs to help support our family, but I am also being guided in a different direction. A very intriguing, intuitive, and incredible direction. Frequently pivoting and adjusting my path in life to ensure that there is balance in the life of our family, that we are all well taken care of in every aspect, and leaning into my truth.

Homeschooling has provided our family with SO much more than just “keeping our kids out of government schools”. The amount of quality time we get to spend as a family unit, even with my husband working his daily grind job, is unequivocally the reason we made the decision to homeschool. Our goal, as a couple before having kids, was always to have me at home, raising and nurturing our children. I am so incredibly grateful for the opportunities that have come up to allow this to happen.