Hello! My name is Valerie Baker. My husband and I homeschool our two youngest children - both girls, ages 9 & 14. Our oldest daughter has been married for 1 1/2 years now and is in college. I did not homeschool her except in 7th grade. I am so excited to be a homeschool family. We started homeschooling after my 14 year old had mono in the first grade. She was out for 2 weeks. I went to get her work and she did it in about 4 hours. I went back the next day to get the rest and was floored to find out that I was paying for an advanced Christian education and there was no more work. My youngest was in daycare a few hours a day and had just been expelled for biting. She was not a biter until she went to daycare! So I was faced with what to do with a 2 year old expelled from daycare and tuition for a 1st grader who could do all of her work in 4 hours that the class had spent two weeks on - You guessed it - I promptly withdrew her and we became a homeschool family. I was amazed in only a few short weeks at the closeness the girls shared and the behavior changes. They were sweeter! I do work but am blessed to be able to choose the hours and days that I work and at times work from home. Further, I am able to take my children with me to work. To further the blessing, my husband pastors a church and drives a school bus for the public school system. This allows him to be home in the daytime and to help as needed. We have found that a couple online classes for the older child are very helpful and she loves them. The younger is still very much a mama's girl and stays close. This is good because she has dyslexia and needs extra help. I am excited to have found this forum and look forward to sharing with each of you. Blessings, Valerie
Welcome! Always glad to have new experienced homeschoolers to add to our pool of homeschooling genius here. :lol:
Hello, & Thank you for sharing your story with us Being able to accoplish more in a few hours at home ...That was one of the very reasons i chose to home-school... When i was 16 yrs old i quit school and went to get my GED..when i took my placement test i was so embarressed that i was only at a 7th grade level I felt like the public school sysytem failed me..So after only 3 months of studying at home i passed my GED the 1st time!!!! So i knew then and there i would home-school my children one day..... BTW we also use Online programs (Time4learning,spellingcity,ect)for our kids as well
