How long have you been homeschooling?

[DB in NJ]

I can't believe we're finishing our 11th year. Where did the time go? And how did my 6 year old little boy go from a first grader to a senior in high school overnight?

I missed it. I must've blinked...

[Night Elf]

We've been homeschooling 6.5 years. My son will be 12 next month. Earlier today I taken by surprise when I glanced at the calendar and realized his birthday was coming up. The time is going by fast.

[St. Theophan Academy]

This was our 4th year

[Patricia in WA]

We have been homeschooling since dd, just after her 3rd birthday, insisted that I teach her to read. She is now 12, so that makes it 9 years for us. It was all downhill from there. :D

High school is knocking on our door and it is really stressing me out, but we will make it through that stage as well and I will be crying with you. Be strong!:tongue_smilie:

[Beth in Central TX]

This was our 5th year of homeschooling. The time does fly...

[4pillars]

We have been homeschooling for 7 years, but I STILL feel like a newby... I guess I will feel like a veteran after I have graduated at least one, and then I can really learn from my mistakes!!

[Mommyfaithe]

We've been homeschooling 13 years...2 graduated...one senior...three more in school and my 4 yo starting in the fall. he will be my last fold in...My oldest got married on Sunday...I am getting old!
~~Faithe

[hsmamainva]

13 years!!

My oldest will be a Senior this coming year and graduating -- the first little birdie to leave the nest! :crying:

But...I'll also have a 1st grader this fall, so I have another...12 years to go!! :D

[Jenny in Atl]

Just finished our sixth year! :D

[cricket1178]

I've graduated 2, but I'm just finishing my 10th year of homeschooling. I wish I would have homeschooled the other 2 from the beginning, though. I didn't start until the 8th grade year of my oldest. Very difficult to start at that level, but still a good experience.:)

[King Alfred Academy]

I can't believe we're finishing our 11th year. Where did the time go? And how did my 6 year old little boy go from a first grader to a senior in high school overnight?

I missed it. I must've blinked...

That made me tear up! My 7 year old just lost his front teeth! I can't even imagine high school. Okay, I'm going to go lose myself in a hot fudge sundae...

[tnmomofboys]

Just finished our 7th year:)

[LisaNY]

12 years. :001_smile:

[Kathleen in VA]

I knew I wanted to homeschool before my first was born in 1987.

If you start with his birth that'd be 21 years.

Technically, he started kindergarten in 1992 so that makes it 16 years.

I've graduated two and have three left.

[Melanie]

Six years.

[fractalgal]

I supplemented what my children learned in the public schools last year because I didn't like the math curriculum they chose to use. I used to teach math at a University, and I felt like I didn't have to accept their poor choice.
This fall I will be HSing full time. I'm excited. :hurray:

[Ellie]

with only 2 dc, I didn't hs for a loooooong time, KWIM? And both started taking classes at the community college when they were 14ish, at which time I pretty much figured I was finished (IOW, we did c.c. instead of high school). But I kept my umbrella school long after we were officially finished hsing, so I feel like I hsed longer than I actually did :D

[Elm in NJ]

This will be our sixth year. My eldest will be 13 in July, he went to 1st and 2nd grade, my other 3 have never been to public school(although I sent my now 9 year old to preschool for 8 months when he was 3 and my twins were babies).

Elmeryl

[prairiegirl]

We will be starting our 5th year in the fall. I knew that I wanted to homeschool even before I had children. Those first five years went by soooo slow. I thought I would never have the chance to hs. The last 4 yrs that we have been actually homeschooling have gone by in a blink of an eye. This is very scary to me.

[Susan in SoCal]

Just finished my 7th year (definitely feeling "itchy" :smilielol5:).

Time does definitely fly... my baby will be beginning Kindergarten in the Fall. Oh my.

[lvbeingmom]

Wow, I still feel like a newbie. We are finishing up our 3rd year and I still love it.

[Mamasteff]

Prek, K, most of 1st, a little of 2nd, all of 3rd and 4th...

That makes... 5 total??

[paula j]

We have been homeschooling for 4 years!

[sixlilmonkeys]

Homeschooling for 12 years now - its been an amazing experience - I can't imagine it any other way!

Michelle

[Carmen_and_Company]

We're in our 7th year with one graduating and my youngest entering 5th grade in the fall! The years do go by fast. Today, I picked up Taz's photo collage for his graduation and held his life story literally in my hands. I watched my newborn baby boy become a young man in still life right before my eyes--a bittersweet moment.

[nutmeg]

I'm finishing up year 9 here! This has been such an incredible journey. :001_smile:

[Langhaven]

We are finishing up our 7th year also! Lots of 7 year schoolers here! We have done it all ways. We started the kids in public, put them in private Christian school - and then took them out to homeschool these last 7 years. Barring my death or severe health crisis, we're homeschool lifers. And...it will seem that way, since we have a 1 year old and by the time he is 18, I will be 61 years old! ;):lol:

[Vicki]

I have 5 children, ages 12-26. We've homeschooled since 1986. I have graduated 3 of my own plus my nephew and my middle son's best friend. I also homeschooled our mailman's daughter when she was in junior high. I only have 2 at home now, but I'm as busy I as was when they were all at home. My oldest ds is working on a triple doctorate, my oldest dd is working on an Elementary Ed degree, and my middle ds works for Avis at the airport fulltime. I have been blessed.
Vicki

[Linda in Oregon]

from the beginning.....and my oldest is 10. gotta love this time we have together....for you never know what tomorrow brings.

[Laura Corin]

I can't believe we're finishing our 11th year. Where did the time go? And how did my 6 year old little boy go from a first grader to a senior in high school overnight?

I missed it. I must've blinked...

L

[MamaReese]

We are just finishing our 2nd year and loving it.:)

[PollyOR]

This fall I will be HSing full time. I'm excited. :hurray:

YEAH!!!

[PollyOR]

8 years! It does go by fast doesn't it?

ROFLOL! I can't count. ;)

[Tina in WA]

13 wonderful years!

It is amazing to think it has been that long. Boy have my views, thoughts, outlook, etc changed over the years. My youngest will be in 2nd in the fall... boy the time does fly by...

[Veritaserum]

We've always homeschooled. DD #1 is finishing grade 2 so I guess that makes it 3 "official" years.

[Liza Q]

I can't believe we're finishing our 11th year. Where did the time go? And how did my 6 year old little boy go from a first grader to a senior in high school overnight?

I missed it. I must've blinked...

:iagree:

We are just finishing our 11th year as well - how is it possible?

[transientChris]

Starting my 13th year, at most 7 more to go.

[kristavws]

This was our first year, and we are loving it!

Krista

[Mary in GA]

until reading all these post! Seems like I'm always looking ahead. We've homeschooled 10 years and just graduated our first! Now I'm in tears! Sniff!

Mary

[Lisawa]

Just finished our 13th year and moved into summer schedule... My son has only a few weeks left of school....

Next year, year 14 here we come!

[Baseballmom]

We have been homeschooling 8 1/2 years. We started when my oldest son turned 4. The longer I homeschool, the more I realize I don't know.
Dorothy

[Testimony]

Do you count kindergarten?

Blessing to everyone on their homeschooling journey!

Sincerely,
Karen
www.homeschoolblogger.com/testimony

[elegantlion]

We just finished our 4th year! Yeah!

[Dayle in Guatemala]

8 years. I can't believe it, it just seems like yesterday. I was so scared, I had no idea what I was doing and didn't even know another home schooler to talk to about everything. God is so good! He really led and guided me. He was so faithful.

[Linda in TX]

I have been homeschooling for 18 years now. My oldest, just turned 4 when we officially started, just graduated from college and started work last week.

The baby is going into the third grade, so I will be doing this for a few more years.

[Laura W.]

We're just starting our 6th year. How time flies!

Blessings,

Laura

[jonesloonybin]

We just finished our 1st year!:001_smile:

[Narrow Gate Academy]

4 years here so far.

[NewHomeSchoolMarm]

We've been homeschooling for five years...I still feel like, "Where has the time gone?" Each year has been such an accomplishment--I love that!

Blessings.

NHSM

[wheezie]

We just finished our 3rd year. :)

[QuirkyKapers]

This was our first year, and we are loving it!



I'm with you Krista! All in all it was a good first year.

[MeganP]

We're finishing our 8th year of homeschooling. I can't believe we've been doing it so long.

[mcconnellboys]

I'm moving into my tenth year of doing this (and planning college visits for this summer, too)....

[LibraryLover]

Almost 7 years.

[Rose in BC]

We will be starting grade 7 in September. I plan to homeschool through high school.

[ncmomo3]

We just completed 4 years- only 7 more to go.

[goodgollycr]

We are finishing up our tenth year. Time does go by fast.

[Kim in SouthGa]

Sixteen or Seventeen more to go, unless the Lord blesses us with more little ones!

[MamaFran]

We're finishing up our first year, though we've been planning, preparing and researching since ds was a baby. I can't imagine doing anything else. Only 17 more go, unless we get any little surprises! LOL!

[Paula in PA]

We are finishing up our third (official) year.

[Frontier Mom]

8 years here. We've always homeschooled so that is just counting "officially since K." However, actually its been 13 years and my oldest is now 5' 9".

[Julie in GA]

My oldest ds will be 14 next month. When he was 4 I began "officially" home-schooling him with the pre-school kit from "Sing, Spell, Read and Write." A couple years later (1999 or so), I read TWTM and things really started taking off.

[BizyPenguin]

Prek-2nd grade followed by two years of ps and then hs again this past year.

[Wholeheartedmom]

25 years. I have 5 home school grads so far and 5 more still at home.

[Academy of Jedi Arts]

Counting from when dd started Kindergarten- this will be year 4. Counting from when we have to start reporting to the state- this will be year 1. :tongue_smilie:

[kim in ks]

we started in 1992 when my oldest was going into 3rd grade, and have homeschooled since! that's 16 years! and it has been hard work, but well worth it!
they say anything worth while takes endurance, patience and hardwork
amen!
kim

[Julie in WA]

We started with K and are just finishing up our 6th year of homeschooling. Time does fly!

Julie

[Tammyla]

We just finished up our 8th year. :D

[4wildberrys]

Well---Officially since 2000---so 8 years so far with dd. BUT---ds insisted that I do workbooks and teach him to read when he was about 3, so really 10 years. DD is finishing up her first year of high school (YIKES---where DID the time go) and ds is finishing up 6th grade ;) Thank you!!! public schools for being SOO horrible---I have loved, loved this journey----it is challenging but gets better every year :D

[Kim in Appalachia]

9 years! It has gone by fast. I remember how confused I was when we first started.

My youngest is 3 so I have lots more years.

[Closeacademy]

I count from the time I pulled my oldest out of preschool. We are entering our 6th year of homeschooling. But if you only count grades required by law then we are on our 4th year because Kindergarten is manditory where we live.

[tristangrace]

Officially, eleven months.

[Ishki]

Just finished up our 12th year. My oldest started college and my next will be starting this fall. Three left - I'll be 58 when my youngest finish high school. Sometimes I feel sad I'm down to three; sometimes relieved and glad. :confused:

Janet

[dirty ethel rackham]

Just completing our 11th year. I feel like an absolute newbie because my oldest is entering the high school years and it feels like a whole 'nother ball o wax!