OnTheBrink Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 How many years have you been homeschooling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Sixteen years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ten years. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 12 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Wrapping up our 8th year here, starting from when older dd would have gone to Kindergarten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 3 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neesek Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 This is our 4th year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaC Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Took our oldest out of Developmental pre-school in our local school district March of 96. So in March it will be 13 years. When I began hsing him he was mute, brain deaf, and had no focal vision just some peripheral and was turning 4. Hsing back then was a mix of home therapy and preschool. Today he is reading at college level and almost an Eagle Scout. When I first started hsing I was just hoping that he would say any word and now we have in-depth conversations about all kinds of things. Best thing I ever did was bring him home, it was also the hardest thing I have ever done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elm in NJ Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 We will be going into our 7th year this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Took our oldest out of Developmental pre-school in our local school district March of 96. So in March it will be 13 years. When I began hsing him he was mute, brain deaf, and had no focal vision just some peripheral and was turning 4. Hsing back then was a mix of home therapy and preschool. Today he is reading at college level and almost an Eagle Scout. When I first started hsing I was just hoping that he would say any word and now we have in-depth conversations about all kinds of things. Best thing I ever did was bring him home, it was also the hardest thing I have ever done. This is encouraging! I'd love to read about this, if you've ever posted how you achieved this success. Carrie:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 How many years have you been homeschooling? Should I count the years I was unschooled? How about the year I lived with a working single mom who was homeschooling, when I was responsible for her kid and his education all day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 We started homeschooling our children in 1986. This year I'm homeschooling my 12 year old ds and 16 year old dd so I have a few more years to go. God bless, Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 14 years. Youngest is going to school next year and the oldest at home will graduate. This will leave me one at home who will be in 11th grade. I am almost done. My dd says I can homeschool my grandson though. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 9 Years. Wow. Hard to believe. Well, except for the teen attitude, then I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I started hsing in 1982. With only 2 dc, 15 years would be about the max. I have stayed involved with hsing/hsers, though, because I started an umbrella school and administered it for 16 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 My standard answer is that I homeschool from birth ;-) My oldest is in 5th grade. If I include her kindergarten, I have 5 1/2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamrachelle Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Looks like I'm the newbie.:D This is our first year homeschooling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Seventeen years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 We started when my oldest was entering 7th and we are ending our 8th year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 6 years here, and hopefully have many more to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 18 years and based on my youngest daughter's grade, 9 to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2att Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Wrapping up our 8th year here, starting from when older dd would have gone to Kindergarten. Me too. I still have a hard time believing it's been that long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerstone Classical Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 2 years for us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Central TX Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 6 years here, and hopefully have many more to go! This is my 6th year of homeschooling, and I plan to graduate all 3 boys. I really enjoy homeschooling, and I don't regret giving up my career at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 This is our first year. I said I'd give it a shot for one year and honestly I did not expect to enjoy our experience. In this case I'm so glad to be wrong. Not to say we haven't had bad days, but homeschooling has been wonderful for my daughter and for me. I look forward to bringing my younger home next year, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Finishing up year 13 with 10 more years to go. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 If you count from when they are required to be enrolled in school, this is our first year. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 My oldest is in 9th grade. I started doing this 10 years ago, when I only had 3 kids. It seems like a lifetime ago. I've learned a lot about homeschooling, about my kids, and about me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) I am done now, so was looking for the other option. I started in 1993 with a Kindergartner, a sixth grader and Junior in High school. Junior graduated 2 years later having spent half days at home. Wonderfull option for us. sixth grader was home for 3 years and then went on to do half days at Public school and half days at home thru graduation. Kindergartner wa joined by his younger brother a year later. I homeschooled them thru 2003 or 11 school years. Edited February 22, 2009 by KatieinMich wrong year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 This is our 18th year and after May we'll have 2 homeschool graduates. 3 more to go :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I am done now, so was looking for the other option. I started in 1983 with a Kindergartner, a sixth grader and Junior in High school. Junior graduated 2 years later having spent half days at home. Wonderfull option for us. sixth grader was home for 3 years and then went on to do half days at Public school and half days at home thru graduation. Kindergartner wa joined by his younger brother a year later. I homeschooled them thru 2003 or 11 school years. Hey--we were hsing at the same time.:grouphug: Wasn't MI law pretty draconian back then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hey--we were hsing at the same time.:grouphug: Wasn't MI law pretty draconian back then? Our paths seem to be the same only in different parts of the country! We were living in Minnesota for the first 3 years I was homeschooling. My sister was on the MACHE board in MN when I first realized that moving to MI was a possibilty. She said it was about the worst place to move to for homeschooling. She had heard lots of horror stories and yes, some of them took place here in West Michigan. We took our time making the decision to move and 6 months later when we arrived in MI, (March of '96) the laws had changed and we had no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in NM Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 7, but it feels like 50 today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gini Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 17 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaC Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 This is encouraging! I'd love to read about this, if you've ever posted how you achieved this success. Carrie:-) Medical intervention, prayer, Speech, OT, Vision therapy, and auditory training through FastForword computer therapy, hours of hard work, and quite a bit of teacher training for me. Our sons had something called Landau-Kleffner Syndrome variant which was aggressively treated with high levels of Steroids and Depakote for several years. Insurance did not cover therapy so the SLP, OT, and Ped Opt trained me to do the therapy and then did quarterly assessments to make sure the boys were making progress and recommended therapy curriculum. Dh works for an airline so I could fly for free and I flew several places to get teacher training, Chapel NC, St Louis MO, ect.... I was trained to do Fast Forward computer therapy at home to remediated my boys dyslexia and I became trained and certified with Reading Reflex. I read every book, research paper, medical paper on the subject of language delays the education of such children, LKS and related disorders, ect.... I called and talked to the leaders in the fields, bought auido tapes of lectures and attended every medical or therapy conference I could, even MCed a few medical and therapy conferences in Chicago area, listen to the lectures and then had private conversations with the speakers of the conferences, ect...... Lots of hard work and study on my part. Our Neurologist and Developmental Psychologist felt that hsing was a key because the boys were not stressed by public school and the got 1 on 2 instruction in a controlled environment, instead of 1 on 10 instruction in a public school that was not controlled environment for the needs of children with sensory issues. Long and short of it there were several of factors and quite a few people praying. We were blessed that our boys responded and tolerated high doses for long periods of heavy duty meds and that the only Pediatric Neurologist successfully treating LKSv in the world at the time was an hour drive from our home. With out the medical treatment or the prayer every thing I did with our sons or learned would not have really have worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapphireStitch Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 14 years, with 11 more to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVA Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 We're in our 22nd year. 6 more to go. This is a great lifestyle for our family. My kids are close friends and they've learned neat stuff over the years- beyond the typical academics. I'm blessed to be able to do this. Many, many thanks to my dear hubby for this priveilege .:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyboys Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 How many years have you been homeschooling? :lol: jk -- but earlier in the week before ds *got* his math, it did seem like that. Rolling to the end of 5 years here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMere Academy Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 9 looooong years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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