That is a big concern for a lot of people who homeschool their kids. Aus has never gone to school and I worry it about, but our house is still the house in the neighborhood where all the kids hang out. His friends range in age from 2 to 14 and he is able to inneract with all of them easily. A good resource is your local homeschool groups, because they usually have monthly meetings with activities planned several times a week to several times a month depending on how active the group is. It is mostly trial and error to find the group you are most confortable with. And with Aus our big social groups for him are sports. he has been in gymnastics for years and he recently started swimming lessons. After J gets a job i am going to look into a form of martial arts for him, since it is something he has become interested in. It really depends on what Ashleigh is interested in. If you decide to do it I have a couple of really great websites to print curriculum ideas and worksheets or theme units from. It is a lot cheaper than purchasing a complete curriculum that you may use only parts of. If she is anything like Aus, she may be working at more than one grade level.
And no you aren't nuts, but then you might have figured i would say that :) If you ever want to talk about this decision with someone, please give me a call. or email or on the journal...
I think being able to interact with different age groups - not just with your grade - is one of the big benefits to homeschool interaction. I remember my public school years - each grade had like a chasm between it and the others. The prior years were babies, the next years hopelessly aged. For me, by junior high and highschool age I was doing technical consulting and other work. Homeschooled children have the opportunity to learn to be at ease with many different situations, such as with people much older or younger than themselves, in formal situations, etc. It's certainly no magic bullet or formula or factory to churn out a certain type of person. But it gives parents the opportunity to take their God-given responsibility directly and aim those arrows straight and true.
When we first started homeschooling I thought it was a great thing, and I'd probably think about doing it myself when I got older. Years after finishing homeschool, I have come to realize that for me it is absolutely mandatory.
No, from 6-12. ( K-5 was mostly public, 2nd grade was a church school in a different state) My parents in fact just decided to pull me/us out of school after 5th grade *before* they had heard of homeschooling. (they had had enough!) and in God's providence it had just become explicitly legal in our state.. so all these people who were underground 'popped up' and said yeah we have done this for years, here's how.
It was a bit of a transition. Though we lived in the countryside my parents drove us into town/etc enough that socialization was not a problem.
And no you aren't nuts, but then you might have figured i would say that :) If you ever want to talk about this decision with someone, please give me a call. or email or on the journal...
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When we first started homeschooling I thought it was a great thing, and I'd probably think about doing it myself when I got older. Years after finishing homeschool, I have come to realize that for me it is absolutely mandatory.
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It was a bit of a transition. Though we lived in the countryside my parents drove us into town/etc enough that socialization was not a problem.
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