Barbara Adams snuggles with her son, Eric, 4, during breakfast. Every morning begins with breakfast, devotional, and usually some cuddle time. Eric Adams, 6, listens to his mother, Barbara, read from the "Children's Story Bible" as part of the family's tradition of starting each day with a devotional. "It's one of our home-schooling priorities to build a godly character," she said.
Barbara Adams plays catch with her son, Eric "Derek Jeter" Adams, 4. "We started calling him that because he just loves baseball and he's got an arm," Barbara Adams said.While picking wildflowers with her son, Isaac, Barbara Adams' husband returns home from work at his dentist practice and greets his son with a shoulder ride up to the house. Barbara and David rarely have any time together without the children with them, but they wouldn't have it any other way. "They're part of us," David said.Eric Adams, 4, Isaac Adams, 2, Allison Adams, 8, and Emily Adams, 6, venture with their mom, Barbara Adams, around their 17-acre home, naming trees and flowers along the way. "We really feel like we're in our own little world here," Barbara Adams said.Barbara Adams lies down for a bedtime prayer with daughters Allison (bottom), 8, and Emily, 6, on Wednesday at their Lawrenceburg home.The Adams Academy classroom is their kitchen table, cluttered with books upon books and crafty learning materials. "We have a literature-based curriculum with a focus on incidental teaching, meaning we read a lot," Barbara Adams said. "If there is something they're interested in, we research it and do activities on it."Allison Adams, 8, acts out part of her reading during literature lessons. Her mother, Barbara, home-schools Allison and her three siblings. "If you asked me 20 years ago, I never would have thought I'd be doing this," Barbara Adams said.
