HI I'm from Texas and have fretting over homeschooling my little guy since he was born. My husband has wanted us to HM School the whole time. I wanted to give our son a chance to see how school was, so we let him go to kindergarden. Which in turn ended up be a nightmare the whole year. First off our son who would normally get a cold every once in a while like normal children ended up being sick with ear infections and a constant head cold for 8 MONTHS. That was the start of us choosing to take him out because in Texas your child can't miss more than 18 days of school in the school year, with out you having to go to court and explain yourself why your child missed school. luckly my boy only missed 17 days. Also each time I would go to my childs class room it was like a daycare without supervision! Kids beating on kids, running around screaming and yelling. the teacher was obviously overwhelmed. After going to class for multiple occations I sat down with my husband and told him that I felt that I do a better job of teaching my child than some stranger who didnt have a clue of what my beliefs and ways of life are. So we talked to our son and he agreed that we'd all try our best to give each other the best education that we could for each other.So please wish me luck I'm sure it's the best and right thing to do.
Welcome to the Homeschool Spot and to homeschooling. I wish I had started homeschooling my kids as early as you are going to be doing. My husband and I homeschool our youngest two children. We have seven. One of our daughters will be in ninth and one in fourth next school year and this will be our second year homeschooling. I love it and have seen so much improvement in the girls. I hope you love is as much as we do. Beth
This is my sister-in-law! Her brother is "J", who was in the accident. Her son is only 4 months younger than the twins and BEST friends with them! Sooooo.......... You guys welcome her and show her why this place RAWKS!
Hello!!! It's great to see you here!! Your sister-in-law has told me all about you. This is a great place of support and encouragement for us homeschool moms. I think that you will like it here! Hope I will get a chance to see you again soon!!
WELCOME to the homeschool spot! Glad to have you here. Good luck with homeschooling. These ladies are a wonderful support system to have! :angel: :love:
Welcome! I'm Tiffany and live just north of Houston. We just finished our first year hs'ing. My girls are 4 and 11. Met your sis in law at the zoo the day before your brother's accident. I hope he is doing well. This place is great so jump right in.
Welcome! I'm sorry you had such a yucky start with your little guy in K. We just finished our 3rd yr. hs'ing 3 dd's--7th, 6th and 5th grade. I'm sure I don't need to tell you what a great place this is...no doubt Jen has told you all about it. It is a GREAT site. Glad you're here!
Welcome, we are just beginning our second year homeschooling our oldest and our first year homeschooling our youngest two. This year we will have a 3rd grader and 2 preschoolers. You are in for the ride of your life... have fun
Welcome Jamster!!! I am so excited to have you here! I think you will really love homeschooling. Don't worry about a thing, we are all here to help. Just ask away! You already have an awesome start with Jennifererix as your sil!
I looove this quote in your signature! That is sooooooo true, ain't it? I need to remind myself the same thing about me, sometimes. Ok, ALL the time! hahaha!
Welcome to HS Spot! Looking back I wish I knew about hsing years ago. You are so lucky to be able to work with your child from so young. My youngest will be 12 in 2 weeks this was my first year hsing her. Btw, the gals here are wonderful and full of info!
jamster1993: Here is a tidbit of advice that took me a while to learn.... When it comes to finding stuff on the internet, we all find those websites that seem to be too good to be true and we want to PRINT Everything on their site... Lord help me when I find one of those free worksheet sites!!!haha! However, here is my rule of thumb on this issue.... I PRINT only what I will use this WEEK. I SAVE (Or download) only what I will use this month. Everything else; I BOOKMARK for later. Otherwise you will go into debt, due to printing and you may never use any of it! Many of us here, joke that when we find one of those awesome websites that we "Get Lost" in them and that we need someone to "Send help if not back in 24 hours!" Hahahaha! So, been there, done that.. still guilty of it, often!
jamster, Welcome to HS spot, I am so glad you found us. There is a bunch of wonderful ladies here including your sis in law.. we all have a fun time here. Any way I do. I hope the others do too. My name is Kris I live in RV fulltime and travel with my dh, we hs our two wonderful dd's whom are going in the 9th and 7th grade... boy does time fly. jump in and best wishes. I know you will do the right thing for that little man. Just hsing him is the right the thing. So, I hope to see and hear more from you. Welcome...
Or she could be like me....get so confused and overwhelmed at the sheer volume of FREE STUFF out there on the Internet....that you shut down and don't use any of it at all!!!
i am so greatful that there are so many people out there like me. I will use everyones advice to the fullest thank you for being caring people. It truely means so much.
