Why I Love Homeschooling

My little baby girl, if we were doing school, would have had her first day of kindergarten today. Instead we:

• went to the Yellow River Game Ranch, where we petted deer, rabbits, chickens, goats, sheep, cows, and a burro and threw crackers into the open mouths of black bears.
• rode the sky lift to the top of Stone Mountain and hiked down.
• walked a long way back to our car, stopping every 30 feet to rest (you parents know what I mean) and to write words in the sand with a stick and sound them out.
• listened to Johnny Cash, the Dixie Chicks, Bad Religion, Billy Joel, and Joan Baez and talked about what we like and why.
• ate lunch at Moe's, where Livy decided she loves tomatoes and cilantro.
• discussed many different plants, how seeds grow, acorns, apple ripening, and the age of trees.

And it is only 6:30, so while the education of most children is over, we still have 3 1/2 hours in which to learn all kinds of stuff.