About Me

I'm the product of 2 public school teachers who loved to instill in their children a love of learning. Growing up, I was forever playing with math manipulatives, workbooks, and reading. We had a great home on a rural lane, lots of trees, a stream, and friendly neighbors. It made for a lot of outdoor play with our imaginations.

While pregnant with my first son, I heard about homeschooling. After he was born I realized I was meeting his needs, not only developmentally, but he was learning! I enjoyed watching his brain spin and grasp things...by the time he was 2 I knew we would homeschool!

Married to Chris for almost 9 years, together we have 2 sons, my son from a previous marriage, and Chris' 2 sons from a previous marriage. Yes, adding correctly that is a total of 5 boys! Their ages are 15, 14, 14, 7 & 2. My oldest, 14, has been homeschooled since birth, as have the 2 youngest. I was also able to homeschool 1 of my stepsons from 5th-7th grade, until he moved out of state. The other has Cerebral Palsy and has always been in public school.

While religious reasons were not the primary reason for choosing to homeschool, we do indeed try to walk with the Lord.

Between our 5 boys, 4 have some special need or another, and one would be termed "gifted" if in school. They run the gamut, but even in YOUR family, each child is different than the next. This does allow me to truly know that homeschooling evolves not only from year to year, but also from child to child.

I have been active in the homeschool community for many years and in many different ways:
*Hosted for AOL in the Homeschool Chatroom for 3 years
*Co-Authored "Christian Unschooling; Growing Your Children in the Freedom of Christ"
*Edited and Published an online ezine, Seedling (yahoogroups)
*Formed a local support group in the NW area of Las Vegas
*Mentoring leader for 2 other local support groups
*Founding Officer, past President and current Officer, of Nevada Homeschool Network
*continually lobbying for homeschool freedoms
*Clark County point of contact for new homeschoolers
*many tv and print interviews
*volunteer mentoring in the community
*speaking engagements on homeschooling
*blogging about Christian Unschooling

When I am not busy running kids to and from activities, helping newbies or playing with the kids, I can be found reading, scrapbooking, or surfing the web..for what else, but educational resources!!!!

If I could give you any advice on homeschooling it would be: Don't spend much until you see an actual item, and certainly not in your first year; RELAX; have attainable goals; RELAX; incorporate your children's interests; and RELAX! One need not re-create school at home, learning always happens.