Hours of Love

"And in case you’ve never done the math for how much time you will gain with your children by teaching them at home, I have some encouraging stats for you. If you spent an average of 4 hours a day teaching one child for 180 school days, you will have spent 720 hours with them! (Let’s round that to 1,000 hours a year to account for time spent in the car getting to practices and co-op!) And, if you homeschool one child from Kindergarten through 12th grade at 720 hours per year..., you will invest 9,760 hours into their lives! (Let’s round that to 10,000 hours.) Did you get that? You are investing at least a thousand hours a year into your children’s lives by teaching them at home. If you teach them all they way through their school years, you’ll get about ten-thousand hours. (Imagine the possibilities!)

So my friends, while there may be days that homeschooling gives you a headache (because you are spending time with your busy, bouncy kids), think about the impact you can have in the life of your child with thousands of extra hours of “love.” Pour it out friends. Pour it out!" -Linda Habor