reign Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 My girls' two best friends moved this winter. The two families with children on our block moved this fall. Now that my girls are school age the kids we do know are in public school and are no longer available to meet up. I need find these kids some friends. Where do you look? No local park days that I can find. I do know of a homeschool karate class but my girls are not excited about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Your dds can't meet their public-school friends in the afternoons/early evenings or on weekends? Not all of my dds friends were homeschoolers. They had friends in 4-H (not a homeschool 4-H club) and in their dance classes (also not homeschool classes). One dd is still friends with a fellow homeschooler that we met at a homeschool bowling league, which met in the late afternoon, not in the morning--IOW, after public school hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I have never been successful with homeschool groups. We have found a majority of our friends through sports, tae kwon do or soccer. We have made friends through social groups like Pokemon club or finding like-minded people on meet up or yahoo groups. It never hurts to try new groups though. I am just very particular (read introverted). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I've always found that as much as I am looking for some friends for my children, so are most other homeschoolers. Sometimes you may need to be the organizer. Start organizing a park day and announce it to all the homeschool groups you know of. Put up flyers in the library etc. Do it several times, so they start to know it's a regular thing. See what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 About half my kids' friends go to public school. We just meet with them after school. Could you start a park day or homeschool activity based on your girls' interests? A book club, or art/craft day, or games club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I've always found that as much as I am looking for some friends for my children, so are most other homeschoolers. Sometimes you may need to be the organizer. Start organizing a park day and announce it to all the homeschool groups you know of. Put up flyers in the library etc. Do it several times, so they start to know it's a regular thing. See what happens. This. When I moved here there were no regular meetings for families with young hs kids. So I started contacting known homeschoolers with older kids and they passed the word on to any families they knew with younger children. We started with park days, progressed to meeting regularly in a church building, and now we meet in each other's homes. Several of the other mums told me they had been intending to do the same thing but hadn't gotten around to organizing a group. There are probably others in your area wondering how to meet some other hs, it just takes someone to get it going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffanyace Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Try organizing a PE co-pp. We love ours! The kids play together before and after class and have a great time. We meet other homeschoolers through homeschool groups. Ds is not very excited about doing a handbell choir, but he tolerates it to be able to having the time before and after class to play with friends that also go there. You might give the karate class a try for a semester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Dd only has one homeschooling friend, but they met at ballet way before dd started homeschooling in fifth grade! We never get together during school hours though we allow the girls to text each other at lunchtime :) Her other friends attend public and private schools. They come from Girl Scouts, her former school, ballet, and Lego League----all non-homeschooling groups or activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Where do you live? Maybe put a shout out on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 We had a similar situation this year with several friends moving, so joined a local co-op group. We love it. Look to see if there's something similar in your area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 "Your dds can't meet their public-school friends in the afternoons/early evenings or on weekends?" This is what I would prefer but it seems the friends we know now are just too busy to meet regularly. I really liked having a active neighborhood with 4 families of kids available to play with. Now that they have moved I agree I'll just have to start making a bigger effort to create/join some groups. I am south of Detroit but not quite in the neighborhoods with many homeschoolers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 My daughter has a couple of friends, but her only real friend (quality of quantity!) is a public school girl in our neighborhood. They are attached at the hip during after school hours (barring the days my dd is at ballet in the evenings). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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