Have your kids ever attended school outside the home?

[Karen in CO]

My oldest went to school until 7th grade, then back for 9th, then home in 10th, and is now away in college.

 

The girls both go to public school one day a week. They both also take art classes.

Edited August 4, 2011 by Karen in CO

[6packofun]

Nope. Just karate and a few other activities. Not academic classes or school, though.

[Pretty in Pink]

No, my children have never attended a brick-and-mortar school. I would have loved for my toddlers to have had a montessori experience during their preschool years, but it's not ever been an option that we could afford.

[DesertDweller]

Ds attended preschool through first grade. Then later went back for his sophomore year only. All of it was at Christian schools.

 

Dd has never been and has no desire to do anything but homeschool.

[TravelingChris]

My oldest did preschool and then first grade in a Christian school. The two girls never went to any school except the older did go to summer school (fine arts program) and also CC. The older took classes in a homeschool academy and the younger will be doing something similar this year.

[sassyscrapperinid]

My oldest son went to ps kindergarten. Three of out of 5 of my adopted children attended ps as well until I told the social worker that in order to know for sure if I could handle things, I had to be able to homeschool all of my children- even my potential children. :001_smile: So they let us use a ps charter school where we only had to meet with a teacher 2 times a month. Otherwise, that is it- and unless something very serious happens that I can not foresee, that is the way it will stay. :001_smile:

[Heidi]

Kindergarten. 2 days. I couldn't handle it. :tongue_smilie:

[meggie]

no. I'm hoping it works out so they will never have to, but we're taking it on a year by year basis.

[*Lulu*]

I just realized as I was reading everyone's responses that DD had some PS instruction. She received speech services, 30 min/week for about 5 months when she was in K. I suppose it was pretty uneventful to have slipped my mind like that!

[CalicoKat]

Nope.

[Lady Florida.]

Does preschool count? Ds did half a year at a private preschool, even though we knew we were going to be homeschooling. He has never attended school after he reached compulsory school age.

Edited August 4, 2011 by floridamom

[Rebookie]

This is our first year of non-public school.. Ethan will be in 4th grade. =) We are very excited!

[phathui5]

We've never tried utilizing outside schooling.

[Imprimis]

No.

[mcconnellboys]

My older son was in pre-school from age 2. He was in private schools for K and first grades. He returned to a private school for his sophomore year and graduated from there.

 

My younger son was in pre-school at age 2, then switched to a Montessori school at age 3 and remained there through K, when he came home. I'm looking at a Montessori high school that is starting here in connection with our local university, but I don't think he wants to go there for ninth and I'm not sure I could put him in for tenth if he doesn't do ninth there....

[PeacefulChaos]

Yes, oldest DS went to 2 years of private school for pre-k (age 3 - 2 mornings a week, age 4, 3 mornings a week), followed by K and 1st in our local PS.

Younger DS went to a little over half a year of private pre-k - job changed and so did the $$ ;) (age 3 - 2 mornings a week), followed by 1 year of pre-k in our local PS.

This is our first year homeschooling. :) And I don't know if I've mentioned it, but so far we LOVE it!!!! :D

[laughing lioness]

My oldest is just starting her 4th year of college and my 2nd oldest is in her 6th month of a Cosmetology program so they've both now been in school outside the home. Other than 2 yrs of pre-school for my oldest while we were starting out in grad school they've all been at home, all the way through.

[Ginevra]

Having held on tight to home education, I was enormously relieved when the boys went to school. Good luck with your new phase!

 

Laura

 

Thank you! :001_smile:

[Kirch]

Nope! :D

[swellmomma]

My oldest did 1/2 of K and then all of gr 1 & 2 at ps. DD did all of K & 1 at ps. The younger 2 have never attended.

[ragmama]

No...although my younger daughter says she wants to go to "real school" instead of being homeschooled with her sister. :glare:

[rocketgirl]

I was a "successful" public schooler, then became a public school teacher (for 10 years, then stopped to try being a stay at home mom!!) after 1 year I began taking my kids out of ps one at a time...that's just the way it happened, not planned, at all. I've homeschooled now for 1 1/2 years to 1 and 1/2 of my kids; but will be starting our first year homeschooling all of my kids very soon !!!

 

So my oldest went through most of 4th grade; 2nd went thru half of 1st; 3rd finished kdg; and last may never know ps, btw my 1st-3rd were in daycare from birth to preschool also, while I taught ps, so really we've been lifers til now...and are undergoing a huge transformation :)

Edited August 5, 2011 by rocketgirl

[Guest Rosslyn Elliott]

My dd went to kindergarten for about five months before I took her out.

[linguistmama]

None of mine have been to PS. We made some friends who homeschooled when my oldest was a year and a half. That gave us plenty of time to look into it and realize that it was what we wanted to do.

[eternalknot]

My son went to a 2-day a week preschool for a year. It was a Montesori school, and I loved it.

 

I had planned to send my daughter there, too, but they changed the rules to require 4 days per week and I wasn't cool with that. So we did Montessori style stuff at home for a fraction of the price, and she just played with the kids who went there LOL. We live in a small town, and this is THE preschool to belong to; lots of her peers and my friends' kids attend there.

 

Other than that, nope. They're 10 and 5.

[J-rap]

Yes, K-3 and part-time in high school.

[mereminerals]

Ds17 has never been homeschooled and will be graduate from ps next May.

Ds14 attended ps from pre-k to 5th grade when he requested to come home.

Dd10 attended ps from pre-k to 1st grade (actually only 3 months of 1st grade).

 

This was definitely not a path I thought our family would ever venture on, but now I honestly don't see either of my youngest returning to ps unless there were major changes in our family.

[LuvingLife]

I went from K-6th and I have never gone back, but I did take a DE course at the local ps and passed no problem. My mom threatens that if I complain about anything to do with homeschooling and boy does that shut me up fast!!:lol:

[Jen in PA]

My kids have never attended a school.

[mama2cntrykids]

Yes, both boys attended preschool and kindy in ps. My oldest also attended 2nd grade ps.

 

My second youngest dd will start off on the right foot...hs kindy;):D.

[HayleyKC]

Both my kids went to preschool for 3's. Just for a fun experience really. But that was it.

[Wabi Sabi]

Ds attended a private school from age 3-6 (preschool all the way through kindergarten.) He began homeschooling for first grade.

 

We are sending our 3 year old dd to the same school this year. I anticipate that she'll be there for the next three years, then come home in first grade just as her older brother.

 

I doubt we'll homeschool all the way through and imagine that at some point (middle school? high school?) that both children will eventually go to public school as well.

[HeidiKC]

My oldest went to a Catholic school K-4. My second has been there since K and will be in 2nd grade this year. My youngest will start K there this year.

[Tap]

Ds16:

k-3 public

4 Christian private

5-9 home/public school hybrid

10 public magnet within large public school

11-12th college

 

 

Dd12

k-Christian private

1-5th homeschool/public school hybrid

6th private school (non-religious)

[1GirlTwinBoys]

My kid's are only 2nd & 3rd graders but have never attended school or preschool either. They've ALWAYS been with me.:001_smile:

[Dirtroad]

Nope

[chepyl]

Nope. They have spent most of their lives with dear old mom and dad. If they are not with us, they are with family or a baby sitter at our house for a couple of hours.

[MamaJo]

No. We have hsed all the way.

 

 

My oldest has taken some co-op type classed but I am assuming that is not what you mean.

[Delighted3]

None of my kids went to school until they entered college after graduating from high school. We plan to homeschool all of our children until they graduate high school. I may have some of them dual enroll in the community college for their Jr. and Sr. year.

Joy