Re: Do we have any homeschoolers here?
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:39 pm
When my oldest was nearing K age, we also had a 3 year old. We lived in the town in which my husband had grown up, and our kids would have attended the same schools. Dh told me that he did NOT want that for our kids, as he felt he received a substandard education there.
I had attended private schools myself, so I began looking into those for our dd. I was put off by the cost, especially knowing we had another child heading to school right behind our oldest. While I was gathering info and trying to decide what to do, I met the children of a man with whom my dh worked. These kids, all elementary aged or younger, were cute, funny, and very intelligent! When I complemented the gentleman on his kids, he said that most of the credit belonged to his wife, who homeschooled all of the children. I asked "What's that?" and he laughed and said, "I'll have my wife bring you some information". Two days later this lady brought me several books on homeschooling, samples of curriculum she had used, curriculum catalogs, a stack of newsletters from a local homeschool group, and a list of websites to explore.
As a former K and elementary teacher, I was skeptical, but we decided to give it a try, and never looked back! My two high school graduates have accredited diplomas from an umbrella school, and had no trouble getting into college. My oldest has now finished college, and my middle child will start college in the fall. Our youngest is 16, and just finished up the 10th grade. He is very mechanically inclined, and while he is a pretty good student, he doesn't particularly like "school work', so he is leaning more toward going to vocational school than a 4 year university. We are 100% behind him on that.
I had attended private schools myself, so I began looking into those for our dd. I was put off by the cost, especially knowing we had another child heading to school right behind our oldest. While I was gathering info and trying to decide what to do, I met the children of a man with whom my dh worked. These kids, all elementary aged or younger, were cute, funny, and very intelligent! When I complemented the gentleman on his kids, he said that most of the credit belonged to his wife, who homeschooled all of the children. I asked "What's that?" and he laughed and said, "I'll have my wife bring you some information". Two days later this lady brought me several books on homeschooling, samples of curriculum she had used, curriculum catalogs, a stack of newsletters from a local homeschool group, and a list of websites to explore.
As a former K and elementary teacher, I was skeptical, but we decided to give it a try, and never looked back! My two high school graduates have accredited diplomas from an umbrella school, and had no trouble getting into college. My oldest has now finished college, and my middle child will start college in the fall. Our youngest is 16, and just finished up the 10th grade. He is very mechanically inclined, and while he is a pretty good student, he doesn't particularly like "school work', so he is leaning more toward going to vocational school than a 4 year university. We are 100% behind him on that.