Taking a break from homeschooling, Lisa Woods reads her children a religious story. While 11-year-old Katie listens attentively, 13-year-old Jace texts his friends at public school. (2008 Benjamin D. Norman / The Mountain Workshops)

Katie Woods takes notes while watching a spanish lesson playing on DVD (2008 Benjamin D. Norman / The Mountain Workshops)

16-year-old Kelsey Woods moves onto a new videotaped Algbera lesson on DVD. Lisa is homeschooled along with her two siblings, but the oldest child is the only one to be completely taught by classes recorded on DVD; her mother only grades her tests.

Scooter, 11-year-old Katie Woods' hamspter, makes his way up for a closer greeting after dinner.

Lisa Woods helps son Jace with science. The mother of three homeschools all her children.

Two stories up in slender trees that flank their Mayfield home, 13-year-old Jace Woods and his 11-year-old sister, Katie, stand guard in the threehouse that Jace built all on his own.

13-year-old Jace Woods is launched higher than usual after a timed bounce with his sister, 11-year-old Katie. (2008 Benjamin D. Norman / The Mountain Workshops)

11-year-old Katie Woods recites a bible verse, a daily ritual before beginning a lesson. Katie, along with her two siblings, is homeschooled by their mother Lisa.

11-year-old Katie Woods (left), 13-year-old Jace(top), and their mother Lisa(bottom) say a prayer before beginning a geography lesson. Lisa homeschools her three children.

16-year-old Kelsey(left) and 11-year-old Katie Woods(center) relax with their mother Lisa on the front porch of the family home. (2008 Benjamin D. Norman / The Mountain Workshops)

Sunlight bursts through a row of trees and is reflected on a small pond on an Amish farm.

Recently culitvated earth mimics a zen garden as seen from above.