Tell us why you love to homeschool. My kids are much more relaxed since we started homeschooling 2 yrs. ago

Question

My daughter has overactive bladder and my son needed to learn a slower pace.

I love teaching Math-U-See. It is visual, kinesthic and auditory learning all in one.

I use Learning Language Arts through Literature. Very Good.

My son uses "Handwriting without Tears" to learn cursive and likes it very much.

Currently I am used Mystery of History. It tells stories of real people through the ages. Keeps kids interested. And we can still recall.

Currently I use Dinah Zike's books for Science. Fits all learning style.

Piano lessons, tae kwondo, swimming, sewing lessons.

Socialization: Wednesday Night Youth group, Cub Scouts, Tae kwondo, Community Pool 2x week, Sunday School, Playdates, Book discussion club, Library activities, etc.,

When I asked my kids which is better, they love homeschooling better.

And they love to pick where to go for field trips. One time we went to a water treatment plant where they draw water out of Lake Michigan.

We love our lives!

Answer 1

Well, I'm a teacher by trade because I love to teach. I quit teaching in public school when I became a mom, but now I get to teach my own kids. I love it because I can teach them and I get to be with them so much. I only have maybe 7 1/2 years left with my oldest before he goes off to college, and I'm so thankful for all of the time I've had and will continue to have with him. I know my kids so well. We're really close and good friends with each other, and I love that. They love homeschooling and do not want to go to school.

On the other hand, I'm not vehemently opposed to private or even public school. I could see some potential benefits of my kids having a normal school experience. But you can't have the benefits of public schooling and the benefits of homeschooling at the same time. Right now, the benefits of homeschooling outweigh any other choice for our family.

Answer 2

Sorry dlwelnel, he didn't have a level 5, he had level 1 - 4 but that is bad enough. See Timmyt's answer for an accurate description of the grading system for indecent images of children. 1 is naked pictures - 4 is sexual penetration, so in other words he has been looking at pictures of adults raping children. The only thing worse than a 4 is a 5 which is beastiality or sadism involving children. Any sexual thoughts or actions towards children is disgusting and sick. They need to bring back hanging for 'humans' like this.

Answer 3

I love the freedom homeschooling gives us, the closeness it brings us, how close it has made 6yo ds and 9yo dd, how they can just throw themselves into a group of kids they barely know and do all kinds of stuff with them. I had never realized how homeschooling could help keep siblings close until my cousin made a comment this summer about how close my two were and the mom of another homeschooling family I know made the comment that since pulling her oldest out of public school and homeschooling all of the kids, the kids have become great friends.

I love how they can work at their own pace and ds can focus on his passion for math right now and I don't need to worry about him being 'behind' and getting bad marks in other areas.

I love how they can be excited about some project or even workbook and will start working on it at 7:20 in the morning--not even dressed yet. I love that they love learning and it's not controlled by a specific time. When at my dd's skating lessons last Saturday, my ds even brought one of his math workbooks there and did a few pages! I laughed inside because you see other brothers waiting for their sisters to get off the ice and they're running around or doing some other physical thing to get rid of their boredom, and there was ds, using a bench as a table and doing math of his own volition.

I love being able to just go out on a field trip last minute and not be surrounded by 30+ kids (unless we happen to end up somewhere where there's a class or school!). Having taught in the schools and done field trips with classes, going with a smaller group--just us or another family or two--is so much less stressful for me and more beneficial for the kids.

I love that my 9yo dd sees what some of the girls around her age from public schools wear and that she thinks it's weird! (Short skirts, high boots, those wraps/half-shirts designed to pull attention to your breasts...)

Answer 4

I love homeschooling for my 9th grade son; and he wouldn't have it any other way. It's just ok homeschooling my 5th grade daughter: she tries to get away with the minimum effort (and less) and misses her friends at school.

We all like being able to sleep in in the mornings.

I like not having to get excuse slips everytime we go to the Dr., , eye dictor, dentist, or orthodontist.

I like it that my kids don't have miss out on any school because of above appointments.

We all like being able to take a day off and make it up by doubling one day or working a weekend day.

I really love having my kids around all the time.

My kids' relationship has become closer and friendlier.

My daughter's attitude towards others has improved quite a bit since leaving public schools.

My focuses on his studies, not being threatened by bullies. My daughter focuses better on her studies, than on her friends and the social environment.

My son doesn't have to study all subjects at the same time. We do "mini-courses" that let him spend intensive time in one subject, then go on to the next. (While you would think that would be counterproductive, it actually works better for him than having to split his attention between 7 different subjects. Some subjects do overlap so he sometimes has two at a time).

BUT I never say homeschooling is the only option. I think every family must look at their choices, their kids and their circumstances and make the choice that fits them best.

Answer 5

We have a love/hate relationship with homeschooling.LOL!! For the most part we love it.My son has a lot of medical problems ,so the option was great for us.This is our first year so we are still getting use to it.He has shown great improvement.There are days that NOTHING goes right.Thank goodness those are few and far between.We don't sleep late.We begin at 9:00 a.m.My son loves it because we will work on something until he gets it.Yes, our decision was the best for us,but not everyone.

Answer 6

We like to homeschool in the same way that we like living in a house, and having a Honda, and why we chose not to be religious, and how we like wearing the clothes we wear - it's just "fits" us.

There's some unspoken benefits of homeschooling too that are really great:

1) Homeschooling is kind of like a secret club. When you meet another homeschooler, it's like coming home and meeting long lost family. Even if we don't share a similar educational perspective.
2) We get to go to these awesome conferences. Park days are really fun too.
3) We get to be authentic.
4) We get to live our lives, rather than live a life someone else defines for us.
5) We get awesome priviledges, like discounts on community classes, volunteering during off hours, visiting museums and such on off hours, going on vacation during off season, and discounts at teacher supply stores.
6) We can take as loooong as we want to talk about things, work on a math problem, exercise, read a story (over and over), play with friends, work on a project or anything else.
7) We really like being around each other. And we like being around other people. We like being in the world and being explorers. We are students of the world. And what a fabulous, crazy, diverse, mysterious world it is.
8) If something isn't working, we can fix it ourselves! We don't have to grit our teeth and bear it, or fight for someone else to fix it for us. (I am referring to the education spectrum.) And, since we have a wonderful network of homeschoolers with a vast array of experience and knowledge at our fingertips, I can ask a question on my e-list and immediately get a variety of answers. So even if I can't fix it myself, I can find someone FAST who can help us fix it (or fix it for us). Very cool indeed. And it's free!

Ok, I better stop there before this turns into a book. Thanks for asking the question.

Answer 7

I love being homeschooled! No drugs or stupid idiot classmates! Homeschoolers are mature and polite and do better on all tests. We do Saxon Math, and just whatever my Mom wants to try for everything else. I'm also doing Latin and French.

Answer 8

We love it too! Whenever I ask my daughter if she is interested in going to school, she says she likes homeschooling and that's final!

Answer 9

I don't. My girls were genius' and it was like a duck to water with home schooling. My boys were both retarded, one due to being born blue and needing to be resuscitated, and the other cuz his mother drank during her pregnancy. She tried to homeschool them too but, it was too difficult. Soon I realize this and she refused to admit it and continued past the point where it would have been prudent to enter them into school. In fact, they were finally entered into high school after she had a nervous breakdown. After this however, she used the boys as shields or weapons or whatever and allowed them and their needs to divide us. Because of my youngest boy, she divorced me. I think home schooling was wrong for them. So my answer is really yes I do, no I don't. Homeschooling took my wife away because she put so much of her self into the school.

Answer 10

No need to wake up in the morning