I am not sure if this is the place to post this or not, but I got to wondering, so I thought I would ask. Both my hubby and I were homeschooled. We are now beginning to homeschool our oldest who is 3 (I know that some here feel that's wrong, but it's what we are doing). When we talked about having children, the question was never "What school do we use." it was actually "What circulum do we want to use" I am curious how many out there were homeschooled and are now homeschooling their own children. Thanks
I was not homeschooled but there was always someone in my life that did homeschool. It was like God was putting the idea in my head from the beginning. My DH on the other hand only knew one person who homeschooled and he didn't like how they did it or the behavior of the kids. It wasn't until DS#2 had trouble with school that he came on board. Now he is a 100% believer that homeschool is best.
I wasn't homeschooled either, and had never even considered it, just because it never crossed my mind as something to do. God had other plans though, and when our oldest had trouble in 1st grade, not with the schoolwork but with how things were being handled and how he was being treated, we were led to homeschool him. It's a long story, but beautiful, in that I KNOW God's hand was in it! We have been homeschooling for 9 years now and LOVE it! I'm not sure what you meant when you said "I know that some here feel that's wrong..." You're talking to a group of homeschoolers, many who have basically homeschooled (I said basically because it's not set ccurriculum, more like educational guidance, not pushing, just guiding) their children since they were little, so I don't think that any of us on Homeschool Spot would disagree with you homeschooling!!! Just yesterday I asked my dd what she wants to be when she grows up. She said, "A homeschool mom like my mommy!" I hope so, that'd be great! To get back to your question, I have a very good friend I live near that was homeschooled when it was much harder to homeschool, and now she is homeschooling her children!
Deena, I think she meet some feel wrong like friends and family where she is at. ( I guess I should say I hope she meet it that way) coming in a homeschool room we are all for homeschooling.
I was not homeschooled had not even heard of it untill I "got saved" and started going to a church.. so I was like 19-20 when I met one of the youth at church who was home schooled through a , oh what do you call it corespondence course? She went through most of her teen years that way at least. When I got married we thoought we would be sending our kids to school, all the way to whe we went to sign my boy up for kgarden. There was a sign on the door that claimed to be the policy of the class, school or something. I read it, was shocked and asked hubby who is known to me as a BRAIN, if it was what I thought it was saying... basically it said that they were going to teach my 5 yr old to do what he wanted. I said" He already knows hwo to do that!" so we thought of me going back to work, decided that would not be God's will for us , as I had a baby either about to pop or just popped out.... so we chose to try home schooling at least for kinder- well that led to the next year etc, lets see hes in 10th grade, second year private school , I have homeschooled for 11 years then cause I still do the younger two!
Yeah, I thought that might be it too Jo, that's why I added the "basically..." part. Either way, we'll support her!
That's OK! I don't believe in "formal education" for preschoolers, but I still say I've been informally homeschooling since Rachael's birth! (Well, no, I better amend that! I worked for two years, but she had Grandma, who was the very best teacher a baby could possibly have!). But you know that you do what is best for your family, and don't worry about what the rest of us do! There were two homeschooling couples in my church when I was a young adult. They pretty much sold me on it. I knew back then that this was what I wanted, and DH knew when we were dating that it was eventually my goal.
Hi! Sorry for the confussion! I know that many may consider 3 to young for formal homeschooling, but I kind of figure that part of the reason that we all homeschool (or at least a small part of why I do) is because we all have some things that we needed to be done our way. I know that 3 is young, but my son is really excelling in what we do, which is only about 45 minutes of school everyday! Anyway, I wasn't trying to offend anyone by saying that you may not agree. I am sorry if I did!:cry:
Oh, it takes so much more than that to offend us! And 45 minutes total isn't long at all! You know what's best for him! If a kid is ready and willing, there's no need to hold him back! I had a 2YO in Sunday School once that was actually beginning to read, and could write him name, and it was HIM, not his mom pushing him!
I maybe should have mentioned that my 3 yr old that started young announced to teh world that she was starting school... mostly did k garden type work stuff too... and like loved it so we let her go at her own pace, her own amount of time first forever years.... Now she thinks she can do anything at her own pace hahah, not just school but cleaning, etc! Not so sure it was a great idea now! lol
I think what people may have a problem with is when parents want to have the smartest kids and the fastest and the best, so they push and push their kids, even when they don't neccessarily want to do that kind of thing. Going with the kid's interest---going when they go and stopping when they want to is great! We had some friends in the first category. Poor kid was exhausted by the time he was 6! We moved away and they have separated since then, so not sure what's happening with the boy now. I just know that by 6 he was gritting his teeth when his parents made him do stuff. That said, some kids thrive on that type of thing! My oldest was that way. He wanted to learn so much, and was really pushing US to teach him! My second was totally different. He could care less about "formal" type learning, didn't want to read or do math or anything, just wanted to be laid back and play. When he was 7 he suddenly had this voracious appetite to learn everything! So every child is different! As Jackie said, it takes more to offend us than that, I didn't even think anything you said was offending anyway!
I agree with Jackie and Deena, going to take more then this to offend us. I have been knock down by some people who don't like what I am doing but I have some wonderful friends who keeping me going.
I am glad no one was upset. As far as learning goes, he is going at his own pace, as is evident in the fact that he wants to learn to write but WILL NOT potty train. Try explaining that to a MIL whoes boys were all trained by the time they were 2.!
LOL! My middle one was VERY stubborn. Someone finally suggested I let her go bottomless. I REALLY resisted that idea, but finally got to the point of desperation and tried it. Would you believe it worked within 48 hours? First time she felt that she had to go, I heard a desperate cry, "I'M PEEING!!!". So I grabbed her up and rushed into the bathroom. She was terrified of going with nothing on, lol! I was amazed!!! As far as trained by 2.1, well, yes it CAN happen, but usually it's the mom that's trained, not the kid.
Sheesh, my parents and grandparents said the kids were trained by 18 months! But then, they (the parents and grandparents) also walked 5 miles each way to school---uphill both ways! So who knows?!
haha, well I had a child who trained himself at one! Seriously! BUT.... we went on a trip and after having one training child on a trip to SD the last time we went I said not on your life will I take another toddler in a bathroom, and put pull ups on him..... well you can guess it was after two years when he got back to the toilet thing! I learned my lesson, but he was my last child so what can I say?
My dd trained herself at 15 months, I just went along with it as she told ME when she had to go. She was almost there, but we went on a trip too........then she wasn't interested at all, and wasn't all potty trained until she was 3! Mannnn, I wished we'd planned that trip for a couple of months later!!! That's funny, TMom, that we both had the same type of experience with our babies!
