Now that two of my four kids are school age, I get asked a lot about their education.

Where do they go to school? Do you homeschool? And the answer is that they go to school and they

homeschool. They do both. We have chosen the root of a university model Christian school,

which means they attend school two days a week in person, and then I

homeschool them three days a week. It's a bit of a different take on education, and there aren't

a ton of schools out there with this model, although it is growing a lot more throughout the U.S.

But today I'm just going to share our philosophy on educating our kids, why we chose this route, and a little

peek into what a typical day in the life looks like for us on one of those homeschool days.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 182.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play.

Simply put, that is where our life and our legacy take place.

This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life.

Let's get to it.

So most of my time, every week, goes into teaching my second grader Millie and my kindergartener,

Linden. And in last week's episode, I gave you a glimpse into a day in the life of Nancy Ray on a day that was not a homeschooling day, a day when my girls go to school and the boys are at home and kind of what that looks like.

But being that the bulk of my week is spent preparing for homeschool and homeschooling, my two oldest kids, it's only a fair that I give you a glimpse into one of those days as well.

But before that, I want to chat about education for our kids because it's a topic I think moms really need to discuss and like to discuss and want to discuss.

It's always interesting to hear, okay, what's your philosophy

and education? Why are you choosing that for your family? And it's okay to have different

philosophies. It's okay to have different choices about education, but I just thought I would share

it here because I get asked about it so much. So first of all, I just want to say, this is not an easy decision. I feel like the time and

effort we put into deciding where our kids go to school is a lot. But there's a couple of things

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