Hello all! I am a homeschooling father of four (11yob, 10yog, 6yog, 3 yog). My wife is our kids primary teacher although I am very involved in the kids homeschooling life (thank God I work from home - a great blessing). All of our kids have never been to school. Homeschooling always just seemed quite natural to us. We both love learning and spending time with our kids. We basically follow a classical homeschooling approach although our daily routine is quite flexible and the kids spend most of there time playing in our backyard (especially now that the snow has finally stopped). Our two bigger kids are currently working on the following subjects: english, german (my wife is from Austria), latin, math, music, history, geography, and religion. Our 6og is learning to read in german (its mostly phonetic - a lot easier then english). Our little three old plays and colours and repeats random things that her older siblings say. Looking forward to sharing and learning from all of you Aaron We also live with my wonderful Mom and have two dogs and a cat (a very busy house ).
Welcome to the Spot Aaron! You'll love it here, everyone is very friendly and helpful. I love to hear the opinions of our homeschooling dads! Amy
Welcome! Glad to have you! This is a great place to glean. We also follow a classical outline, mostly. My boys are 9, almost 5, and 3.5 and we've been hsing for 2 years. My dh works nights and is home all day (though much of it he sleeps LOL), and we keep a late schedule to maximize our available family time. It works wonderfully for us - what a fantastic blessing for you to be able to work from home!! Anyway, welcome, and hope you stick around and chat some!
Yes, Aaron, welcome to the spot and jump right in and chat. Bring the wife by sometime, give her a cup of tea, or coffee and foot stool and let her join in. Theres bunch of wonderful people here.
Another Canadian here, from Prince Edward Island. ...this is our first year hs'ing - took dd11 (she was 10 at the time) out at the end of grade 5...we also have a 9 year old boy who still attends public school on his own program (multiple disabilities). Welcome!
Welcome! Another Canadian here, from New Brunswick. I think we have the Maritimes covered. Where in Canada are you from (if you feel like sharing)?
