For those that still homeschool, a poll

[sagira]

Entering our 3rd year already? Gosh.. I can't believe it. Hopefully this year is our best year.

[Blueridge]

We entering our 20th year. Why is it that I am more confused now than in the beginning?? I think it's because my eyes have seen too much, and my heart longs for it ALL...;)

[NanceXToo]

Hm well, I pulled my daughter out of public school in March of her third grade year and homeschooled her for the rest of that school year. So not sure if that would "count" as a year or not.

 

Then I homeschooled her for all of last year, for her fourth grade year.

 

And this fall, we'll be starting to homeschool for her fifth grade year.

[hsmamainva]

We've already started our 16th year!!! Woo hoo!!!

[Guest Cindie2dds]

I voted my second year this fall. We bought Sonlight's PreK Cores four years ago, but I didn't really count PreK since it's not "official." We did K last year with my oldest, so this fall we will officially start year two. :D

[Mom0012]

Gosh, I was kind of shocked to realize that I'm getting ready to start my 7th year. My son is only going into 5th grade, but I decided to hold him back in kindergarten, so we did that twice. Wow!

 

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[dangermom]

Dang. I voted 5, but then realized that it's really 6. I still feel like such a newbie. We've never gone to PS though.

[5knights3maidens]

I can't believe we are going into our 10th year! Wow! It went so fast. I remember sitting on the floor with my dd, now in 11th grade, starting lapbooks. We were so excited. She did paper after paper. She was an ultimate homeschool kid!! :lol:

[MamaT]

Beginning our 15th year here. I have graduated two with four more to go!

[Niffercoo]

This will be our 9th year, too! Hard to believe!

[Heather in AL]

I can't *believe* we've hsed for 4 years already. We started our journey when the dc were starting grades 4 and 6.

 

I still remember our first day of offical homeschool ~~~ the kids coming down the stairs in the pajamas & carrying their notebooks and HUGE smiles on their faces and all of us nervously giggling at each other throughout the day. I also clearly remembering thinking several times, as my heart beat wildly, "what have I done!? OMGoodness, am I nuts? Can I really do this?" Sigh. Fond memories, those are!! :001_smile:

 

Where, oh where has the time gone?

[dirty ethel rackham]

I don't know what you meant by "official" homeschooling. That is kind of meaningless here in IL because we do not have to register or anything like that. I started actively homeschooling when my oldest son was 3. We went on field trips. We followed his passions to learn about bugs, dinosaurs, birds, science experiments. So, although he wasn't official school age for several more years, we were homeschooling. So, I have been at it for 13 years.

[tennismomkelly]

We're only on our 2nd year. I really wish that I would have started sooner with my oldest but I just wasn't brave enough to do it. However, my 2 youngest will be HS'd from the start. :001_smile:

[CanaryMelody]

Technically 5 years. Although I do feel like a 1st year homeschooler as we stumbled so much along the way. We are just beginning our 1st year of the WTM way of homeschooling. :)

[LaissezFaire]

I voted 7th and then realized it's our 8th! It goes so fast!

[C_l_e_0..Q_c]

I have no clue. I voted 7th year because I know my son would be entering 7th grade and he's never been to school. So I've homeschooled at least for that long. But with an accelerated child, it's hard to say. I'm not entirely sure what would qualify as our 'official' homeschooling start. I mean, he was reading at 3, and into Harry Potter at 5. He did double digits multiplications at 5 too, while he was too young for kindergarten (he's a fall baby). Surely I was already homeschooling?

[DawnM]

My oldest is going into 7th grade and we started hsing when he was K! So, I am going in to my 8th year!

[gingersmom]

Happily beginning year 4!!!!

[Hen]

we are starting our 11th year of homeschooling! It hasn't seemed that long..

:001_smile:

[CAMom]

I'm starting my 12th year.:)

 

I have a senior, a freshman and a K'er.

[patchfire]

Starting our sixth year, which seems crazy!

 

What is crazier is that even if we don't have another child, I have seventeen years left. :001_huh:

[hornblower]

This is going to be our 12th year.... dd will be starting gr. 11

[PollyOR]

Bowing down to all of you who have 20+ years under your belt. :w00t:

 

We entering our 20th year. Why is it that I am more confused now than in the beginning?? I think it's because my eyes have seen too much, and my heart longs for it ALL...;)

:lol:

 

Starting year 11.

[Desert Rat]

I had to stop and think. 6!!! I can't believe I've been doing this 6 years! And to think I was very reluctant when I started and now I can't imagine life any other way. What a fun, scary, emotional, rewarding ride it's been!

[mama23]

Just going on #2 here.

[ereks mom]

I have two dc, one graduated in 2008 after having been homeschooled from 1st-12th, and another entering 10th this year, homeschooled since pre-K. This year, I'll be teaching the 6th grade dd of a friend this year in addition to my own dd. I plan to keep going even after my last one has graduated; I'd like to teachsmall groups of middle school girls OR small groups of K/1st.

Edited August 2, 2010 by ereks mom

[mama2cntrykids]

Year 3 here. They haven't been sequential though. Both boys went to Kindy at the PS and my oldest also went to 2nd grade there. This is our second year in a row. Today was our first day in fact. We're doing MFW ECC for the older two and MFW Kindy for my 4 y/o. I'm NOT pushing her btw, she really, really wants to do it! ;).

 

Barring anything outside of my control, we will continue to HS!

 

Edited to add: I have a 4th grader, 2nd grader and Preschool/Kindergartner (she preschool aged, but we're doing a gentle Kindy curriculum).

[ChrisN in NY]

This is our 19th or 20th year. I have lost count!

[HRAAB]

We will be starting our 16th year. I had to go back and recount because I couldn't believe. No wonder I'm feeling tired.

[Mynyel]

4 years down, going into the 5th year and (hmm he's 2 now..carry the one and) about 15 years to go! :) Wow I hadn't seen that in print before...

[GraciebytheBay]

I just did the math - We are going on Year 15. Unbelievable.:tongue_smilie:

[MorganClassicalPrep]

4 years down, going into the 5th year and (hmm he's 2 now..carry the one and) about 15 years to go! :) Wow I hadn't seen that in print before...

 

I don't even want to think about how many years I have left. DD is 4.5 now and I probably won't have another child until she's 12. That's another 8 years... plus 18 from there.... and hopefully that won't be my last...

 

!!!! I'll be into 30 years by the time I'm done. :tongue_smilie:

[Melanie]

This is our 9th year.

[Merry]

than his siblings so I will be homeschooling for a loooonnnng time yet.

[Geek]

7th year, using K as the official starting point.