maize Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Just out of curiosity, how far into your homeschooling journey were you before discovering these boards? I started seriously researching homeschooling when my oldest was three years old, around 2006. I vaguely recall coming across the WTM forums while researching curricula and methods, but I didn't linger. I joined a few Yahoo groups instead. I read TWTM book at some point in those early years. I rediscovered the forums here in 2011, but for awhile I just read without posting. This is the only online discussion board I have joined and become a regular participant in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 About six months after I started homeschooling--so 2004. And I'm just now realizing that I've been here over ten years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Ds was already in 3rd grade when I discovered TWTM and this forum through Patty Joanna. I had already worked out my own 4 year cycle of history (and was in year 3) and was a bit put out to see that someone had already done all the work. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I found it shortly after I started homeschooling, 5 years ago? but my first peek scared me off for at least a year. I was overwhelmed by all the curriculum listed in people's signature files, hahaha. I wish I had found it and started lurking as soon as I began considering it, would have saved me (and my dc) a few mistakes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 nm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANURSEPRAC Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I am not a home schooler. I was feeling like the public school education my child was getting was deficient but did not know what to do about. I started lurking on CC and found me way over here. This is where I was meant to be. I would have never even heard about the different Algebra programs. I learned of Foerester on this sight and what an incredible fit for my D12 it has been. She is going to try the WWS I that I also learned from this site. This site is a wealth of information. I very so lucky to have stumbled on it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Pretty early, fortunately. We decided to homeschool when DD was only 1-2 years old, and I started researching. TWTM was the first book that felt akin to what I envisioned for homeschooling, and I found the boards shortly afterwards. This wasn't the first homeschooling board I found, but it was the first one where an academically-focused secular homeschooler might really fit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 We started homeschooling in 1999 and that year I read the first edition of TWTM. I think I found the forums pretty shortly thereafter . . . maybe fall 2000? I had an excellent local support group and many in my community were already beginning to classically home educate and start a classical school so I also had a solid IRL group to share resources, books, classes and ideas with. But a few years in, I realized this board gave so much more breadth and depth to all things homeschool. Well, all things life. I found favorite recipes, learned about making yogurt in my crock pot and all kinds of life hacks while forming some relationships. It's been a great forum! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Very quickly after I began researching. It's the reason I read the book. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I read TWTM in early 2003, found the boards in August of 2003, and we officially started homeschooling in the fall of 2004 when oldest ds was 5. It was nice to be here before we were really homeschooling even though the boards were rather different then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternallytired Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Someone mentioned this board to be before I officially decided to homeschool, but I took one look and was overwhelmed. I kept hearing TWTM mentioned, though, so I read the book...still didn't visit the forum. Then I noticed a trend: every homeschool-related topic I Googled (particularly about curriculum) kept leading me to loads of helpful threads here. I lurked for a long time before finally giving in and joining earlier this year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Three and a half years after we decided to homeschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaE Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Maybe 6 weeks after we decided to homeschool. It's been nice reading these forums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2hunangirls Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I always knew we'd homeschool so somehow I stumbled on it while searching for something. Around 2003. I really don't remember NOT knowing about it. It's like I had a brain freeze from my time at the cookinglight.com forums and joining here. Oh wait. The missing period are the years we were adopting the girls! Ha! Mommy-brain! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Wow! So many of you found this board early! I began homeschooling in about June 2004. I found this place in April 2015. About 10 years and 9 months into the homeschooling journey. :leaving: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Then I noticed a trend: every homeschool-related topic I Googled (particularly about curriculum) kept leading me to loads of helpful threads here. I lurked for a long time before finally giving in and joining earlier this year. This. I lurked for a good many years before becoming an active participant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Read the 1999 original WTM book in the summer of 2000 on the recommendation of a real-life homeschooling friend, just before starting our homeschooling journey with our then 1st and 2nd grade DSs. Found the original WTM boards 2 years later, on the suggestion of an online homeschooling friend from another homeschool website. Graduated DSs from homeschool high school 3 years and 4 years ago, and you're all still stuck with me. ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWillSoar Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I found it last summer before we started homeschooling. The people here have been a huge help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Maybe a few months after we started (kids were going into 6th and 3rd when we officially started) but just because it popped up during a search for info. I got my info and left. I did not realize how much info was actually here or that it was a community or that the community is made up of many people from all over the world or that it is a huge supportive resource for homeschoolers, not just educators in general. My mom read WTM but she never found this site. We didn't connect her book with this site until I finally started hanging out on the LC board fairly often and realized what an amazing resource and community this really is. I had already been homeschooling maybe a year before that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 We were forced to homeschool because my husband travels for work, and we go with him. It's a ton of fun. To answer your question about a year after I started researching. A friend of mine told me about it. And this forum has helped me tremendously in my research. It's the only one I post regularly to too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I found it when my oldest was about a year old, so 2009ish? I found it a few months into researching homeschooling and after reading wtm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwin Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 My oldest was in preschool, it was about 4 1/2 years ago. I think I might have heard about this forum via another forum. I'm not sure exactly how I got here; I was in hyper-research mode, as the decision to homeschool was sudden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Pretty much immediately right away. I was only planning to homeschool for a year. We're about to start our sixth year in a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooksandBoys Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I read WTM in 2010, when my oldest was two, but I don't think Google helped me stumble upon the forums until 2012. At that time, I was doing intentional but very relaxed preschool at home with DS1. I lurked heavily for about 2 years before joining (I'm very shy online). I am grateful to WTM and the forums for helping me discover the world outside of the Abeka and Saxon with which I was homeschooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I joined in April '03, which was my final semester of college. I was tutoring two homeschooled girls and searching for more resources; Google kept sending me here. I had been hired to start teaching in a classical school that fall, so I decided to stick around. I had already read TWTM and was planning homeschooling eventually. My oldest is two, so I'll officially be homeschooling in another three years or so - approx 15 years after I joined this forum. That might be some kind of record! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 DS was in 4th/5th grade. I wished I had found it sooner and read all the posts about going easier on kids in the early years and not doing "school at home" type Hsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Sometime in 2012 when my 5th child was an infant and I was fed up with the school schedule hamster wheel we were on and was maniacally researching homeschooling with every spare minute. Google kept coming up with good threads, so I decided to read the book. I mostly lurked and only posted sporadically. I still don't post a lot, but am getting more and more comfortable with that. At first it didn't seem like classical education was my style ... but every time I've been stuck over the last 2 years because something wasn't working, SWB and you guys have been the ones who have given me a solution that works for us, so I guess we are more classical than I thought! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I found the WTM board in 1999 having already read the book. We didn't actually start homeschooling until 2003. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Very early--maybe while still researching. It came up in just about every curriculum search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I read the book in 2000, 10 years before we began homeschooling. Found the website in 2009 when I was researching math curricula for Dd who was a K'er in 2010. The boards were very overwhelming, but as I lurked more, I learned so much and settled in. I cannot imagine our homeschooling journey without the Hive! So much knowledge, experience, perspective and humor here! Thanks again, SWB!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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