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Welcome To Our Homeschool Blog! My name is Ashley and this is my first time homeschooling.  I cannot believe how easy it was to get started, but I got lost in all the different designs, curriculum, and suggestions.  I had to just take a step back and see what was best for my family.  I know there are so many people out there, especially stay at home moms, who wish they had someone to talk to about the ins and outs about getting started.

This blog is in no way, shape, or form supposed to tell you how to homeschool or what is right for your family.  Only you will know that!  This will just tell you the good, bad, and ugly of my experience with it in the first year.  We are getting started mid-year due to school and health issues and just not wanting to wait any longer.  If possible, I recommend you start at the first of the year.  Some places will give you discounts if you pay and register before summer is over.

We are going through Daniel One Academy in Cookeville, Tennessee.  This was recommended to me by a dear friend.  They have different types of curriculum or you can do all of the homeschool planning on your own (which I what I felt was best for us).  They have a website at www.d1academy.org if you want to check them out. 

I did not purchase a curriculum and instead, I have just put together work of my own.  I am getting free worksheets from different places and putting them together accordingly.  I have purchased a few books used from the East Tennessee Homeschool group on FB and also new but discounted books at Books A Million.  That is enough to get me started for now. 

As I am posting this, we are starting our first day.  I still have many things to do including paying all my fees and formally withdrawing the kids from school, but I wanted to get started on the blog as soon as  I could.  I will try to share all the moments with you all so you have something to go by.  I will be back later to talk about our first day and how the school responded. 

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