Poll time! How many years have you been hsing?

[siloam]

For the fun of it.

[Kristafish]

Can't wait to see what everyone says :)

[Remudamom]

With five years left to go. One in college, one in 9th, three in 8th.

[StaceyinLA]

Home schooling 14 years here. One in college, 2 in high school, 1 in middle school.:eek:

[Tonia]

I've been lurking on the old board since my daughter was born - she's four now, so we are doing a light K4 year. So, it's my first year!

[Deece in MN]

This is our 8th year. We intend to continue through high school. We are currently experimenting with unschooling for the rest of this year so will see how that goes.
I know the WTM and unschooling do not go hand in hand, but I love the WTM boards and am here for my support.
Thanks!
Deece

Oh rats! I just realized that I miscounted. This is our 9th year of hs'ing. I couldn't change my vote in the poll, but it should be 9 years not 8. Silly me :)

[Sandy in Indy]

Wow! I just realized that I've been hsing for 10 years! Guess time flies when you're having fun????? DD is a junior in college, ds1 a junior in hs and ds2 is in...1st grade! I have a looooooong way to go.

[OnTheBrink]

I started in 2001, when my son began high school.

[angela in ohio]

There's a lot of experience on this board!

[Needleroozer]

Wow! I just realized that I've been hsing for 10 years! Guess time flies when you're having fun?????

LOL, we just started our 10 yr in Jan. Only 5 or so more years to go!

[4kids4me]

This is my 6th year. Yikes!

[AngieW in Texas]

I started hsing my oldest with SL Basic K (now called Core C) when she was 4.5yo. This is my 11th year to hs. Since my youngest is in 4th grade, I have 8 more years to go after this one.

[Patty Joanna]

Six years going on 73 just as of today. What a day.

[Janie]

OK. So this is my first post on the new boards. And I guess we can't use NT anymore. I don't do change well. Hope this gets easier.

[Angela in TN]

First full year (oldest ds is 3rd grade) but I did try to homeschool at the beginning of 1st grade and quit after 2 weeks!! What helped me going into this year was not having unrealistic expectations and realizing that "homeschool" is NOT "school at home". So it's been a great year!

[angela in ohio]

7th school year for me (started counting with K.)

Of course, this whole thing is relative. I know a HSer who also says she's been homeschooling for 7 years, but her oldest is 9. :confused:

[Amy in Orlando]

We're half-way through our 8th year. Only 10 more to go. :eek:

[Laurel-in-CA]

11 years now...and a long way to go with a 4yo in the pipeline!

[Jean in Newcastle]

we did two years of kindergarten before that.

Jean:)

[Colleen in NS]

In our 5th year here. Love it. How cool to see the poll results in a bar graph. There sure is a lot of experience here!

[DollyM]

First day was early September 1995.

[Milseain]

This is our 8th year. We intend to continue through high school.

[DollyM]

Started in September 1995. Graduated one (early last semester) and one more to go. :p

[JennW in SoCal]

We started in January of 2000, so we're starting our 9th year?!

I was looking back at the journals I kept during those early years, and at the cute work my kids did back then when they were 7 and 4! Now the oldest is learning to drive and the youngest is on the cusp of puberty! Egads time is a flying!

[Stephanie in FL]

Wow, it is hard to believe that it has been that long. We plan to school the rest of the kids all the through high school as well, so that will give me 18 more years of schooling at home. :)

[Amy in NH]

I said 8 years because my oldest is in 7th grade and we had to file paperwork for kindergarten when we lived in FL. SO that makes 8 legal years, but really we've been homeschooling since birth, so it's been more like 13 years.

[karensk]

7th year, including the pre-k year

[GraciebytheBay]

Almost 13 years, with 10 to go. :eek:

[Serendipity]

This is our tenth year of home schooling. :)

[ccm]

This is our third year.:)

[Kim in TN]

We are in our 10th year. Time really flies! :eek:

[8FillTheHeart]

14 1/2 yrs here. Yikes.....it makes me feel old. More importantly, I still have 16+ yrs to go before our youngest is 18! :) Can't even begin to imagine answering a poll and answering almost 30 yrs!! :eek:

[Tressa]

6 years, but today it felt like a lot more than that. Whew! I am glad that it is Friday!

[Nancy in SoCal]

Been h'schooling since the beginning.

[Lorna in the boonies]

This is my fourth year. My older two kids both started out in ps (one through fifth grade and the other through first).

[Ellie]

started in 1982 when I took older dd out of school, Easter break of 1st grade. We hsed until dds began taking classes at the community college (14 for older dd, 15 for younger).

[Sandy in Indy]

I still have 16+ yrs to go before our youngest is 18! :) Can't even begin to imagine answering a poll and answering almost 30 yrs!! :eek:

OK...I feel better now. I'll only have 22 years in when my youngest graduates!

[ereks mom]

12 years here. Ds is in 12th & dd is in 7th.

[gardenschooler]

This year is our 12th year - started formally homeschooling in '96. I thought it couldn't be done, so I did a practice year of kindergarten with my 4 1/2 year old. In case I messed it up, so I could send her to real kindergarten the next year. We never looked back!

[Sparkle]

For the fun of it.

Boy, you're on a roll, Siloam ;)

We're in our 8th year, and planning to keep on through high school. I still have a long way to go, as my youngest hasn't even started school yet.

[Kendra]

9th grader
7th grader
5th grader
3rd grader
1st grader
preschooler
baby
in utero :D

[Jenileigh]

We've been homeschooling for 7 years now.

[freethinkermom]

Well, I said six, but now that I think about it more like 7 or 8 since my very soon to be 11yo started insisting on reading and math lessons as a toddler. We will definitely go through highschool. Ds10 is already doing highschool work now for most subjects. When we run out of high school work we plan on studying subjects for CLEP exams so he can get in as much college credit as possible before he is old enough to for us to be comfortable letting him move away to school (no universities within driving distance). Ds6 is a little easier to teach so far (in other words, he is willing to go at a pace I can keep up with :) .

[Tammy in Germany]

:D Six action packed years for us. Our second daughter graduates this year and our last one will be entering 5th grade this fall. I absolutely love home schooling!

[RoughCollie]

We have been homeschooling for 7 years. My kids are in 8th grade (triplets) and 7th grade. This year, however, two of the triplets and my DD are attending a parochial school, so I am only homeschooling one 8th grader.

RC (formerly SoSo)

[Sara Mac]

I said 3 years, K was light and we are just starting 3rd grade.

There is certainly a lot of experienced mums on these boards. All the better for us newbies to learn from :D

[hsmamainva]

12 years of homeschooling here!! I started when my oldest dd was of preschool age.

I discovered TWTM in 1999, so quite a few years ago!!

Things have changed a bit since then ... my oldest is a student at the local community college, so she's only hs'ing part-time, and my youngest is in Kindergarten at the local public school (she has autism and they have a wonderful special education program there!)

So it's mostly just the two boys..but transitions are good! :)

[Linda (Australia)]

11 years here: how the time flies!

Our guys are now in:
9th grade
8th grade
7th grade
6th grade
4th grade
2nd grade
1st grade, and
my baby is in grade K!

I 'think' it may be a rather busy year. :)

[Lizzie in Ma]

We began after my eldest went to PS K. It was a nightmare and my pastor's wife told me if she could home school then I certainly could and bless her, here we are in our 6th year.
I have never looked back and am in love with the home school journey.

[carla/tn]

11 years for me. Only 2 more years left with my ds but 10 more years for my dd!!!!

[JudoMom]

Four official years, since my oldest is in 3rd. I find this question hard to answer, though, since we've homeschooled from birth :).

[cbollin]

I guess my answer should have been homeschooling since oldest was born. But in terms of teaching academics....Been officially homeschooling since 1999 or 2000 and still alive to talk about it ;)

[ustasmom]

We started in 1993.

My oldest graduates from Moody Bible in 4 months. My next oldest also attends Moody. And my youngest is just 8 months. So, I guess that I have about another 18 years of this. :)

[Pamela H in Texas]

10th grader homeschooled all but 8 weeks ever
7th grader was homeschooled all but 8 weeks til Oct when I put him in a virtual academy.
I'm all for whatever is best for each kiddo :)

[scottie]

13 years - still have 17 years til youngest graduates !
Sandra

[Heather in WI]

3 years, 9 mos. (K4, K5, 1st, and 2nd with our oldest son) :)

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Eight total with a large gap between the first four year stretch and the second four years.

[Tina]

10 yrs so far, and several more with the boys. Then there's dd in 2nd grade, so I'll be at this another 10 years yet. :)

[nrg]

and still at it!:)

[Janet in WA]

We homeschooled for 12 years, until our youngest gradated in '05.

[Linda in TX]

I have been doing this 18 years. I started oldest at 4; he just turned 22 this week. And the baby is just 7 and in second grade, so there are 10 more years to go!

[LaMere Academy]

Wow, the results are all over the board!
I voted 8, we just began our 8th year in December.

[PinkInTheBlue]

I've been offically home schooling for 7 years. I guess I won't count the preschool years of coloring sheets and such. :) I have an 19mth old now so I have a long time to go!

[Katia]

We are in our 13th year this year, having started at the tail-end of 1994.

Oldest has graduated from our homeschool and is graduating from college this May with a BA in Computer Science. He already has an AA in Computer Science. Good old local community college.

Middle is graduating from our homeschool this May.

Youngest is only in 10th, so I have two more years to go!

[Jackie in AR]

We're in our 8th year here.

[momster]

of homeschooling our younger dd.

[Diana in OR]

I can hardly believe it! Oldest is in ps this year, and one at home still in 6th gr.

Diana in OR (I need to change my name from "wuttadeal". I registered under my ebay user name, not realizing how it would look in the post.)

[readwithem]

We're in our 10th year here. Every year has been different but we have loved each year, for different reasons. :)

[Maxine in WA]

This is my 10th year. Time sure has gone by quickly. My oldest dd is now 21, working full time, expecting her first child. My youngest dd is 14 1/2, a 9th grader, and getting older by the minute. I'm really looking forward to starting over with a toddler/preschooler when my grandbaby gets that old.

[cherryblossom]

nt

[Marie in Oh]

Is that right if I have a 1 year old? Man, when I think of it that way, it really makes my head swim. Yikes. This is really not for the faint of heart.

[Blue Hen]

We've been full-timing hs'ing since fall of '99, so that means we are into our 8th year.

Prior to that we were afterschooling for 3 yrs, and in those 3 yrs I taught my oldest DS to read cause the PS said he would never, ever read and there was NOTHING that anyone could do about it. Guess I'm not an anyone, just a mom with an attitude.

[PixieKris]

We're in our sixth year homeschooling, but I remember hanging out on these boards for the moral support before we made the decision to homeschool at LEAST a year before we started.... Thank goodness for the internet.:rolleyes:

[txbloobonnet]

My oldest will graduate this year and we have been homeschooling since he was 4. I was very eager to get started back then. Dd2 will graduate in 3 years and my youngest two in 7 years.

It sure has gone by fast.

[Paz]

On year 11 here.

[Rhonda in WA]

I have homeschooled my dd from K-2.

How do you do these polls? How do you set up the poll tally thing?

[Rebecca in GA]

Eldest was in first grade when we pulled him out -- after six weeks -- and now is in sixth. My littles never have been in school.

[transientChris]

We have been at it since 1994. One graduated homeschool in 2005, last should graduate in 2015.

[Chris in PA]

We've been on this journey 5 years with my son and 4 years with my dd. I can hardly believe I only have 3.5 years left with my oldest dd. Time sure flies.....

[Audrey]

5 years and going strong! We started when ds was preschool aged. He's now in grade 3 and doing fantastically. If it's not broke....:)

[threetreasurs]

14 years - eldest is a freshman in college

[LisaNY]

This is my 12th year hs'ing.

[Just a Jen in Mississippi]

Eight "official" years for me.

[Amy from WT]

How can I be in my 13th year, and yet feel so new at this at the same time???????

This poll makes me feel old!!!!

[Robyn]

This is our 4th year.

[dirty ethel rackham]

I needed an alternative to preschool when my oldest was going on 3. We heard about homeschooling and checked it out. The more we looked into it, the better it sounded. My oldest is now 14 years.

Ellen

[KIN]

We started homeschooling when oldest ds was 4, a combo preschool/Kindergarden. Its been 4 fun years since then! We are now schooling 2nd grade, K and a preschooler. DD is sleeping during school for now! Next year should be fun with a 1 year old to work around!

[Mommyfaithe]

almost 13 (in April)...Graduated 2 so far...one more in June and 4 more kiddoes to go.....I should be at this another 13 years or so...maybe I'll have it down by then :-)
~~Faithe :D

[Mary H]

I've been homeschooling 11 years. It doesn't seem like it , but wow!!!
1997-2008!!!!

Mary H

[Lisa at Home]

My, how time flies!

~Lisa

[KidsHappen]

he older two will be here until graduations, The 5th grader will go to 6th gradr next year and it is possible that the 3rd grader will go to 4th. This would give me much more time for learning and writing myself.

[Vicki]

We started homeschooling in 1986, so I guess 21 1/2 years. My oldest ds is working on a double doctorate, my oldest dd is working on a teaching degree and working at Dillards, my middle ds works fulltime for Avis, and I'm still homeschooling my dd who is a sophomore and my ds who is in 6th grade. I have also homeschooled my nephew, my son's best friend and our mailman's daughter.
God bless,
Vicki

[cricket1178]

We've been homeschooling 10 years. I have 6 more to go. They go so fast.:(

[TRILLIUM]

If I start counting with Kindergarten this is tha 11th year.

I've got them in 5th 8th and 10th, always homeschooled

[imeverywoman]

.

[Jill, OK]

Doesn't seem that long.

[DollyM]

One down, one to go. whew.

[HappyatHome]

This is our 15th year.

[sleepy]

I'm halfway through my 9th year of homeschooling, and I just counted up how many years I have left to go... 15 more years (youngest is only 2 1/2).:eek:

[godpoetry]

This is our 9th year. Wow, that seems like a long time. Time sure has gone by fast. I have a 7th grader, 4th grader and a 3 yr old.

[Begonia]

Second year here. Dd (8th grade) has decided she wants to homeschool through high school (yay!), so I suppose we'll be doing this for another four years.

[Jean in Wisc]

:D

[Laurel T.]

I really don't know how to answer this one. I only have preschoolers, so we aren't official. But, I have identified myself as a homeschool mom since my oldest was about 2.

Laurel T.

[Kelli in TN]

We started in 1991 when my oldest turned 5! My youngest is in 1st grade now, but may not progress at the "normal" rate. The minimum I have left is 10 years, maybe a year or two more. If he progresses at a normal pace I will have homeschooled from 1991 to 2027. :eek:

That can't be right, can it? That freaks me out just to think about it!

[Doran]

Both girls attended a private, local pre-K and K program. Oldest attended public first grade. She came home in second grade.

Doran

[Testimony]

I have been homeschooling since they were born, but since my oldest is in fourth grade, I will say five years (if you add in kindergarten).

Karen
www.homeschoolblogger.com/testimony

[Rachel]

this is our 11th year

[Gamom3]

Started homeschooling oldest in 4th grade, he is graduating this year. Younger two have been homeschooled from the start, they will be in 5th and 7th grade next year.

[praisefor3]

Started when oldest was entering 9th grade and youngest was a newborn. That gives me about 15 more to go. Wow. I will be about 60!

[ncmomo3]

Firmly entreanched in yr. 4 with a 5th, 6th and 7th grader.

[ChrisN in NY]

This is our 17th year; it hardly seems possible.

Ds21 graduated in 2006
Ds17 is a senior
Dd16 is a junior
Dd13 is in 7th
Dd10 is in 5th
Ds8 is in 3rd

only 9 years to go. :-)

ChrisN
(who is not up on all the cool ways I can format and cool stuff I can add with the new format)