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[Ellester]

I got this from another board I'm on. Thought you all would enjoy it too!


The Freedom You'd Have If You Sent Your Kids To School

By Barbara Frank

You homeschool your kids? You must be a saint. Think
of the freedom you'd have if you sent your kids to school.

You'd be free to get up at 6 am to drag them out of
their warm beds, so they can
get ready to go out into the cold to wait for the bus.

You'd be free to mediate the fighting over the
bathroom ("No fair! I have to leave first! Make her get out!").

You'd be free......to make sure each one takes the right lunch.

...to figure out who left their lunch on the counter.

...to send the right permission slips with the right child.

...to make sure each one has the right books in the
right backpack.

And if there's no bus for your neighborhood, you'd be
free to drive the kids to school, along with someone's
else's kids, if you carpool....

Which would leave you free to sit in their driveway
honking the horn, shivering and waiting, while your
kids fight in the back seat because no one wants to sit
next to the kid you're waiting for.

Of course, if you sent your kids to school, now your
real freedom would begin,
because once the kids are actually in the school
building, you'd be free to do
what you wanted for an entire six hours:

To clean the whole house all on your own, with no help
from the kids.

To watch "Regis and Kelly" or "The View" (didn't you
love the time the ladies on "The View" interviewed
that famous actor, and to impress them he pulled off
their shoes and juggled them? What a great show....).

To go shopping, though you can't buy the kids clothes
unless they're with,
because you don't know what's "in", and they can't
wear anything to school that's not "in".

But still, you'd have the freedom to do what you want,
uninterrupted. ....
Except, of course, for when the phone rings, and you
answer it in case
it's the school nurse calling to say one of your kids
got sick at school....(but of course it's a siding salesperson) .

Or when you need to run back to school at 11 am
because you're one of the Volunteer Computer Moms
(at a school which is already costing you $3000 a year in property
taxes),
or you're a Field Trip Chaperone, or a Library Mom, or
a Room Mom, or an Art Mom, or a Lunchroom Mom.

But still, you'd have freedom for a little while,
until it's time to meet the bus or pick up the kids.

Then you'd have to make them all sit down and do
homework (even though you feel like a meanie because
they just spent all day at school),
And listen to them fight because they're overtired and
cranky,

And comfort the one who's crying because "I still
don't get what I'm supposed to do!", and you're not
much help because you don't see
the point of the assignment, either,

And rush them through dinner, because it's almost time
to take one to soccer
practice, and another to gymnastics, or to Scouts, or to dance class.

And by the time you drop off the last one, the first
one will be ready to be picked up, and so you
retrace your route, and then head home, where everyone collapses... .

For a few minutes, but then it's time to make them
finish the unfinished homework, and take their baths, and lay out the
clothes for tomorrow, and get to bed on time, so they won't give you so
much
trouble about waking them up at 6 am and dragging them
out of their warm beds, so they can get ready to go out into
the cold to wait for the bus......

Homeschool your kids? You must be a saint.

Think of the freedom you'd have if
you sent your kids to school.

 

[disneymom3]

Ellester--that is what I am always saying. It's a lot easier to be sitting on the couch cuddling and reading books instead of rushing to make sure we don't miss the bus.

Wanted to let you all know we just got out used Teaching Textbooks on Weds and I had DD do the Ch1 quiz yesterday. SHe really likes it a lot! She loves getting to know right away if each answer is correct. I hadn't even thought of that, but it is sooooo perfect for her. Being a perfectionist, she gets stuck if she is not sure if the ones she has already done are correct. Now, she can just move along. She says the "teacher" explains things just right too. I seriously doubt we will be using the workbook at all because I thinik there are enough problems on the CDs that that will be enough practice for her.

Brier--I didn't get to say thanks for the info on the school your DD is using. I will be keeping some of the online ones in mind for when the time comes. I really like the idea of her continuing at home, but if she is bent on going to school, I will let her. I have a feeling she won't be there all four years though.

 

[lori1043]

been there a couple years-it was miserable!

Lori

 

[mamaloya]

Ellester, I love that!!!

BTW, the best time to go to WalMart is between 2 and 4ish. That is when everyone else is picking up their kiddos from school.

I love my freedom. The freedom to go to the store whenever I want w/o worrying about having to be home to get the kids. I can go to WDW in the value season. I can go on vacation to anywhere whenever we want. I have the freedom to stay in our PJ pals all day long. I have the freedom to go for a nature walk and see a butterfly for the first time through the eyes of my children. I am free to spend an hour following a worm along until he disappears into the ground. I am free to stay in bed when I am sick and have my kids read to me and learn how to care for another human being. I am free to let my kids learn THEIR way. I have the freedom to switch curriculums half way through if need be. I have the freedom to take the day off and bring the kids to the park just because it is a gorgeous day, the first one in a while and may not get another one soon. I am free to just sit and watch a disney movie because we finished our lessons early.

Homeschooling IS freedom!!!

How else does hsing make you free?

 

[Karel]

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The Freedom You'd Have If You Sent Your Kids To School[/COLOR]By Barbara Frank
You homeschool your kids? You must be a saint. Think
of the freedom you'd have if you sent your kids to school.
You'd be free to get up at 6 am to drag them out of
their warm beds, so they can
get ready to go out into the cold to wait for the bus.
You'd be free to mediate the fighting over the
bathroom ("No fair! I have to leave first! Make her get out!").
You'd be free......to make sure each one takes the right lunch.
..to figure out who left their lunch on the counter.
..to send the right permission slips with the right child.
..to make sure each one has the right books in the
right backpack.Or when you need to run back to school at 11 am
because you're one of the Volunteer Computer Moms
(at a school which is already costing you $3000 a year in property
taxes),or you're a Field Trip Chaperone, or a Library Mom, or
a Room Mom, or an Art Mom, or a Lunchroom Mom.
But still, you'd have freedom for a little while,
until it's time to meet the bus or pick up the kids.
Homeschool your kids? You must be a saint.
Think of the freedom you'd have if
you sent your kids to school.

Wow. You all really think that's the way it is? LOL. I guess it really is all a matter of perspective.

 

[lexeka]

Jenny,
You are a HUGE inspiration to us parents homeschooling our younger children..... Thank you for sharing!

 

[LegoMom3]

Hi, I'm obviously not new to the DIS but I just found this thread and thought I'd stop in to say hi. I've been homeschooling since April 07, and am 15 years old. I'm not an un-social person, just the PS curiculum was wayyy to slow for me, I needed to speed things up. So I enrolled in this cyber program called Ashworth High School and it sends me books and exams, I take the exams after reading each chapter then tranfer the answers on to the internet. It immediately gives me my grade which I love BTW.

Like I said, when I switched over to HS I was in 9th grade, and now I'm already up to Junior level things. But the thing is, I'm learning tons more than I did in PS. We actually got past the civil war in American History [which NEVER happened in PS] and since I'm learning things myself and not being rushed or slowed down my brain is processing it a lot better.

Both parents have a full time job so at first I was wondering if I could be responsible enough to stick to it and actually do the work, well I am. Every week I just set out which lessons I'm going to do, then plan a daily schedule and before I know it I'm already done.

I really do love homeschooling, and I think it benefits me.

Well just had to stop in and say a little story. Good luck to all you mom's [and dads] out there who are homeschooling your little ones.

-- Jenny.

This was so cool to read! Thanks for posting here. I don't often get a student's point of view and this was encouraging. My kids are younger (oldest is about to turn 11) but the freedom to adjust studies either forward or backward is one of the best things about hs-ing to me!

Great success story!

 

[Ellester]

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Wow. You all really think that's the way it is? LOL. I guess it really is all a matter of perspective.

For the two years my dd was in public school, yes, it was quite a bit like that. I'm sure others have different experiences, but mine was very similar to the author's.

Homeschooling IS freedom!!!

How else does hsing make you free?

Oh, in so many ways! My FIL was in the hospital last week and we were able to travel to Atlanta without having to worry about calling a school or missing school work. If we have to travel back up I can easily bring school with me and not have to worry about unexcused absences. Last year we were able to attend my dad and stepmom's 30th anniversary without attendance worries.

I love the freedom I have to let my overactive 6yo jump around while learning phonics. I dread to think what would have become of her exuberance in PS. I love that my little guy, at 3, wants to "do maff" right along with his big sisters. I love that they have the freedom to play as siblings.

We've become spoiled I think. We occasionally go skating on Tuesdays and during the school year it is very empty, pretty much all homeschoolers. My kids know almost everyone and have plenty of room. Over the summer, the place was MOBBED with daycamps and daycares. My older dd was confused, "Mom, why are there SO many kids here? Shouldn't they be back in school?". We stopped going because it was just too crowded and the littlest ones were getting run over. Now PS is back in session, it will be calm again.

Yesterday we had a morning at the park and then a group of us went on to Jason's Deli for lunch. The girls were all sitting outside. One of the other mom's did hear a "They should be in school!" comment. We had a laugh discussing our kids' truancy.

Well, enough of my ramblings this morning. We are heading to Atlanta again, this time for fun. We have lunch reservations on Monday at the new American Girl Bistro, part of dd6's birthday gift. Hope everyone has an awesome holiday weekend!

 

[lori1043]

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Wow. You all really think that's the way it is? LOL. I guess it really is all a matter of perspective.

Wow, we did the public school thing for 2 years(I drove them to school since the bus didn't come our way) and it was a MISERABLE existence. I was always thinking, "Is this it?, Is this how it will be for the next 14 years?" Dragging them out of bed to eat a so-so breakfast, or if we were running late , a pop tart or Nutrigrain bar in the van. Heading back later in the day or staying for a bit to help out(it was my second home for 2 years). Going back to bring one to violin(parent are required, for violin, to be there for every class- and VIOLIN(free) is the ONLY thing I miss about PS). I made them lunch everyday b/c the meals were yuck and if she didn;t like something one day, she'd eat a cinnamon roll for lunch(yeah thats brain food). I also did not like the amount of hold the government has on your child at PS. I showed up to see what was going on one day(and this was ONLY 1 day, but it was another thing to bug me) and the kids were in the gym watching "Beauty and the Beast". They were not going back to class so I went to the office to check her out(we can watch TV at home, thank you!) and they told me she'd be considered a half day if I checked her out -and her attendance was already lower due to frequent oncology checkups due to her being a leukemia survivor. They said I'd get a nasty letter from the school board about it. I checked her out anyway and yep, a week later,got a nasty note from the school board. All of her oncology visits (10+)were excused and I STILL got that letter.

Just one or 2 of a million reasons we homeschool. I was "called" to it b/c it wasn't MY plan!
Lori

 

[disneymom3]

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Wow. You all really think that's the way it is? LOL. I guess it really is all a matter of perspective.

Yeah, I would agree it is definitely a matter of perspective. My SIL is just overwhelmed at the idea of homeschooling but I am overwhelmed at the idea of all of her coming and going and business of her schedule. But you know what? We are both happy with what we are doing and that is GREAT. I think also that if you take the many many hours it would involve to read this thread you would know that the tone of that post was somewhat tongue in cheek. We are a pretty positive group around here and while obviously we have all made the choice to take our kids out of the traditional school system, it is not because we are all totally negative about other choices. I know, having read many of Ellester's posts that to an extent she was being funny. Also, know that while parent's who make traditionally schooling choices for their kids just about never get any flak for it, homeschoolers are constantly questioned and doubted and face quite a bit of derision for our choice. Sometimes it is just funny to laugh at the other side of it all.

Jenny--thanks for taking the time to post! I have a friend who was homeschooled herself and is now a homeschooling mom. She has such fun ideas and has inspired me to know this really can work all the way through.

For the freedom--a lot of it for us is travel. I can't stand travelling in the busy seasons. Plus, I have MS and if I had to travel to certain areas during the summer, we wouldn't be able to go. When my mom was sick, the kids and I packed up all of our school stuff etc, took the van and went to live with my sister for 6 weeks in CA allowing us to be with her during her last days. There is no way that is something that could ever be replaced.

I love that DD who learns really fast can say to me, "Mom, are you sure I have to do all 6 pages of this lesson? I already get it." And I can look over her work, tell her if she gets the next 12 (or whatever) correct, she can be done. She is able to move through her work and get so much deeper into topics much more quickly than if it were a whole class. I also love on the opposite end of learning that instead of making my DS who has some issues, write out all of his math--which is torture--we can play games and do real life experiences. For instance, right now he is figuring out how many pieces of food we will have to feed our ants so that they will have enough to eat while we are gone on a trip. This is after he figured out when the ants would be arriving with a shipping time of 4-6 business days. (Yes, I actually BOUGHT ants!!) And I love that my youngest who is already doing first grade work because he has demanded his own books for so long, will not be frustrated by sitting and wasting his time during math, reading and writing in K because he can do the work he is ready for.

I love that on Tues we are going to an ice cream social so the 6th-8th graders in our new co-op can get to know each other before classes start the next week.

Mainly, though I love the relationships we have within the kids and the time I have with them. I am not saying that other siblings don't ever get along or that my kids are better friends than people whose kids go to school. But for US it makes a difference. When DD went to school for 4th grade, I saw her atttitude and relationships with her brothers change in the first week and a half. Now they are all together again and are so close knit it blows me away. Again--love it!

Ellester--I hope your FIL is okay.

 

[mamaloya]

Wow, I can't believe they did that. If they were just watching a movie, they could have let you sign her out and let it go. It also bothers me that, especially in the younger grades, they can be shown or told anything. Once they are shown or told something, it is too late to take it back. Yeah, the teacher may get fired or may promise to "never do it or say it again", but it is too late. The damage has been done. What if they were not watching Beauty and the Beast. My oldest son was actually shown a PG-13 movie at school when he was in 2nd or 3rd grade. I was so ticked. The name of the movie escapes me, but it was not appropriate for that age. The rating PG-13 should have been their first clue. They also did send out letters before they were going to be showing a sexual abuse prevention video. You had to check off if it was OK or not for your child to see it, sign it and return it. It also said that if you would like to preview the video, you could come in and view it. I went to see it. When I showed up they acted like they weren't expecting anyone to come. They had to scramble to find an available tv and vcr and get the video. I viewed it, it was fine and I signed the form. They acted like I was odd. They offered to show it to me for crying out loud.

OK, anyway, I know this is not supposed to be a "why I don't send my kids to school" thing. I will go back to the positive now.

dh is deploying in Nov and he has 2 wks leave before he goes. He decided that we will all be spending those 2 wks in Mexico. (I would have preferred WDW, but hey a vacation is a vacation.) Well, I will be bringing along their lessons to do as it was not planned in my calendar, but if we don't do it all, no big deal, we can catch up later. He educational will 2 wks in Mexico be. We are not going to the touristy places the whole time either. I am talking real Mexico. I think I will pull some stuff out ahead of time to study a little before we go as well. How fun of a field trip will this be?! And it will be so much fun to compare the Mexico Pavillion at Epcot with the real Mexico. Hmmm, I wonder if they should do a written report? Just kidding, oral will be just fine. LOL

Schooling at Home
Curriculum, books and workbooks: $XXX
Pencils, paint and paper: $XX
Having total freedom: Priceless

 

[lexeka]

I guess I missed the whole "issue" -

But my two cents on why we homeschool ....

We homeschool, because we do not like what is being taught in public school. I went to ps and dh went to private. we also want to work at our children's pace, whether they have difficulties or whether they grasp something quickly and can move on.

with my dh's schedule, if our children went to conventional schools they wouldn't get to see him hardly at all....

.... but the best for us is that we can tailor the school year to our schedule. We are going to WDW for 8 days and our dds will not miss work, but we are incorporating things for our drive to the airport and the plane ride....

 

[lori1043]

DH travels, and with his the miles and hotel points, we went to Chicago as a family-what a WONDERFUL place to go. Almost every day was a "field trip". DH loves Chicago and wanted us all to experience it. My kids were prepared before we went of what places we were going so we could make it a learning experience, a school day. We could have spent days in the "Field Museum". Seeing the first zoo in our country, Lincoln Park Zoo(they said a zoo in NY claims this too!) is free and VERY good. We live in the south and seeing a POLAR bear was soooooo cool!

After WDW, we will be saving his points and miles for a trip to DC and surrounding areas.

This, too, for me, is another reason for HS'ing and not worrying about making up classes due to us being gone, is so liberating.


Lori

 

[chrysdrew]

Count me in too. We don't homeschool yet we are trying to get the information and research so that we have that option when we are ready.

 

[luckey-lasvegas]

Well we just finished our first week of DD's virtual class room. I know she probably did alot more in that first week than she would have done in ps. She seems to be loving it. My favorite part of the week was as she was chewing on her Vita-Ball she said look mom I'm chewing gum in school! It's also so much nicer getting to the skating rink at 8:30 instead of 6:30 and having the ice almost to herself!!!! She still talked to her girlfriends from ps and the skating rink on the phone everynight. She still played with her "boyfriend" down the street and I didn't have to hear about the fight she had with her father over homework . This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship .......

 

[BibidiWannabe]

I don't homeschool but love reading info about it and finding ways to help my kids improve. I enjoyed reading everyone's experiences and finding out their resources for homeschooling. Got some great links and tips! I am always on the look out for new ways to motivate my kids and teach my kids.

I admire people who do that! You ladies (and gents) should be proud!

 

[momimouse27]

Really enjoying this thread!

We have been homeschooling for six years now. My 14 yr old daughter goes to a Fine Arts school designed for homeschoolers 3 days a week this year called Master's Academy and my dd10 goes only on Fridays. One of the things I love about school at home is the flexibility. I have a 4 yr old son who has speech delay and sensory issues and goes to therapies twice a week, so we need flexibility!

While all the other kids were sitting in a classroom the first week of school, my dd14 was having an awesome father/daughter trip to Washington D.C.! I am so happy that she is able to experience rather than just hear about things.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts on why you homeschool and your experiences...it is very encouraging.

 

[meandtheguys2]

Yeah, I would agree it is definitely a matter of perspective. My SIL is just overwhelmed at the idea of homeschooling but I am overwhelmed at the idea of all of her coming and going and business of her schedule. But you know what? We are both happy with what we are doing and that is GREAT. I think also that if you take the many many hours it would involve to read this thread you would know that the tone of that post was somewhat tongue in cheek. We are a pretty positive group around here and while obviously we have all made the choice to take our kids out of the traditional school system, it is not because we are all totally negative about other choices. I know, having read many of Ellester's posts that to an extent she was being funny. Also, know that while parent's who make traditionally schooling choices for their kids just about never get any flak for it, homeschoolers are constantly questioned and doubted and face quite a bit of derision for our choice. Sometimes it is just funny to laugh at the other side of it all.

Jenny--thanks for taking the time to post! I have a friend who was homeschooled herself and is now a homeschooling mom. She has such fun ideas and has inspired me to know this really can work all the way through.

For the freedom--a lot of it for us is travel. I can't stand travelling in the busy seasons. Plus, I have MS and if I had to travel to certain areas during the summer, we wouldn't be able to go. When my mom was sick, the kids and I packed up all of our school stuff etc, took the van and went to live with my sister for 6 weeks in CA allowing us to be with her during her last days. There is no way that is something that could ever be replaced.

I love that DD who learns really fast can say to me, "Mom, are you sure I have to do all 6 pages of this lesson? I already get it." And I can look over her work, tell her if she gets the next 12 (or whatever) correct, she can be done. She is able to move through her work and get so much deeper into topics much more quickly than if it were a whole class. I also love on the opposite end of learning that instead of making my DS who has some issues, write out all of his math--which is torture--we can play games and do real life experiences. For instance, right now he is figuring out how many pieces of food we will have to feed our ants so that they will have enough to eat while we are gone on a trip. This is after he figured out when the ants would be arriving with a shipping time of 4-6 business days. (Yes, I actually BOUGHT ants!!) And I love that my youngest who is already doing first grade work because he has demanded his own books for so long, will not be frustrated by sitting and wasting his time during math, reading and writing in K because he can do the work he is ready for.

I love that on Tues we are going to an ice cream social so the 6th-8th graders in our new co-op can get to know each other before classes start the next week.

Mainly, though I love the relationships we have within the kids and the time I have with them. I am not saying that other siblings don't ever get along or that my kids are better friends than people whose kids go to school. But for US it makes a difference. When DD went to school for 4th grade, I saw her atttitude and relationships with her brothers change in the first week and a half. Now they are all together again and are so close knit it blows me away. Again--love it!

Ellester--I hope your FIL is okay.

Well said, Julie!

When my grandma was dying in May, we were able to spend a great deal of time with her at the nursing home. We didn't want to move her to a higher care facility, so someone needed to be with her 24/7. The boys and I did many daytime shifts to relieve my mom and aunt. Pile them, and their books into the car, and we were off for the day. It was an incredible experience for them and for me to be there caring for the woman who had spent her life caring for her family.

I also agree about the freedom of learning at one's own pace. My math wizards would die if made to spend an hour a day on a lesson that takes them 10 minutes to learn. I know that, because i did! And some poor teacher would go nuts teaching them spelling. At that point it is a favor to the school system!

 

[Creekermom]

Some of you may be wondering this yourself... unless your state or country has laws that differ... this is an awesome article.



Article - How Many Hours?

by Barbara Frank

One of my least favorite questions that I’m asked by non-homeschoolers is, “How many hours a day do you homeschool?”

Let’s face it, answering this question is like tip-toeing through a minefield. Depending on the viewpoint of the questioner, you may not be doing enough, or you may be overdoing it. The former is usually the case, but in either case, your answer may not be what they want to hear.

I’m often asked that question by new or prospective homeschoolers, too. Faced with the proposition of recreating the seven or eight-hour day they remember from their own school years, they wonder how they’re going to be able to fill those hours, and whether they can handle it.

I like to tell them the story of my five-year stint as a Sunday school teacher at my church. I began teaching Sunday school after I had been homeschooling for about ten years. Needless to say, I was accustomed to working one-on-one with my kids, and that’s a pretty efficient way to teach, and to learn. Of course, I knew that I couldn’t expect the same efficiency when teaching 10 or 12 fourth-graders for an hour, but I still didn’t realize the extent to which it would be different.

Every Saturday night, I diligently read the teacher’s guide and the Bible lesson, and made a list of activities as suggested by the lesson plan. Since those were usually rather dry, I’d throw in a few ideas of my own, including a game, or a passage from a book...something to make things more interesting. To me, it was important that we had enough activities to do. I didn’t want to find myself standing in front of the class with 15 minutes to go and nothing left to do with them.

I needn’t have worried. I soon discovered that it was going to be impossible to even start class on time. Kids trickled in for about the first ten minutes, and each one’s arrival interrupted what we were doing. Taking attendance was not as easy as it sounds, because the kids would interrupt each other with stories of what they’d been doing lately, or they’d ask me for a drink of water or permission to visit the restroom.

Once we got started on the lesson, we’d be interrupted by dropped or broken pencils, someone kicking someone else under the table, someone falling out of their chair (this happened fairly often), or someone who had a question because they hadn’t been listening.

I still recall the day I was trying to get through to them the concept of Jesus’ resurrection. They seemed interested, and they were asking good questions, but then one young man raised his hand, and when I called on him he very seriously informed the class and me that his dog liked to eat breath mints. The rest of the class burst into laughter, he looked around confused at their reaction, and I realized any impact my lesson had made was now lost.

I taught Sunday school for five years, and I hope my students learned what they needed to know. What I learned is that teaching in a classroom setting can be very inefficient, especially when compared to homeschooling. I was accustomed to accomplishing a lot in a little time with my kids, but when it came to Sunday school classes, I learned that it was a good day if I accomplished anything.

Sunday school lasts an hour. Multiply that by seven or eight to get an idea of how much inefficiency you’d find over the course of a day of formal school. Getting everyone into their seats, taking attendance, quieting them down…and that may be for each class period. Then there’s the misbehavior, the back-talk...all those things that kids do when they’re determined to keep the teacher off-track.

Let’s compare that to homeschooling. By giving our children our undivided attention for a while, we can answer their questions, share information with them, and make sure they understand what we’ve taught them. It’s pretty simple and straightforward, and it doesn’t take several hours a day. I usually tell new homeschoolers that in the early years, I spent maybe an hour (90 minutes tops) “doing school” with my kids. By high school, it was more like an hour or two working with them, and an additional hour or two of them working independently.

Most non-homeschoolers don’t need that much information, though. They are really asking me if my children are getting what they need to become “educated,” as society sees it. If I give them an actual number of hours, they may not approve because we’ve only ever done a few hours a day of formal study. A quoted number of hours wouldn’t be accurate anyway, because like most homeschooled kids, mine have learned many more things outside of formal study than they have from it.

What I’ve found works best when non-homeschoolers ask how many hours of school we do each day is replying, “As many hours as it takes.” It seems to satisfy them, and I know it’s an honest answer, because my children are learning throughout their waking hours. It also forces them to put a number to it; since they’re accustomed to the inefficient ways of public schools, they’re probably thinking of a larger number of hours than I am. Works for me!

Copyright 2007 Barbara Frank/Cardamom Publishers; Used by permission

(Excerpted from the upcoming expanded print version of The Imperfect Homeschooler’s Guide to Homeschooling.)

Barbara Frank is the mother of four homeschooled-from-birth children ages 14-23, a freelance writer/editor, and the author of “Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers, “The Imperfect Homeschooler’s Guide to Homeschooling,”and “Homeschooling Your Teenagers.” To visit her Web site, “The Imperfect Homeschooler,” go to www.cardamompublishers.com.

 

[disneymom3]

I think I need that "Imperfect Homeschooler" book!!