Hi from Texas

[craftymama]

Hi!

I just found this site and I'm excited to read all your threads.

My name is Jenna. I have been married for 9 years and have a 3-year-old son and a baby on the way in August. I'm considering homeschooling my son. I feel very strongly about it but DH isn't on board yet. Thankfully we still have some time to reach an agreement. :)

Looking forward to chatting with all of you and learning from you at the same time!

[Hoosier Mama]

Hi Jenna, welcome to the board. I am Leslie and have 2 kids (11 and 9) this is our first year hs. My dh is still hesitant, but the gals here are great with encouragement!

[KrisRV]

Hi Jenna, Welcome to the board. You came to a wonderful board with lots of great ladies. My name is Kris and I been homeschooling for 5 years I have two dd's whom are 11 and 13 years old.
Yes you do have some time. I am sure you are teaching him now, so you are really homeschooling right now. Keep showing dh all the wonderful work your ds is doing and he will chance is mind fast. (hopefully)
Once again Welcome.

[Jackie]

Welcome, Jenna! Guys tend to be a little dense when it comes to HS'ing. Many start off with a "Sure, Dear, whatever you want. It's YOUR thing..." attitude. But after a while, they catch on, LOL! I'm Jackie from Central Ohio.

[sixcloar]

Welcome, Jenna! You'll get to know some great ladies here! I hs my 10yo ds nad my 7yo dd. I also have a 4yo dd (who does some work, too) and a 2yo dd. This is our second year to homeschool.

[Marylyn_TX]

Hi, Jenna! I'm in Texas, too. We're going to start homeschooling our 4 yr old daughter next year and I'm very excited. I'll be praying that your husband starts warming to the idea quickly. :)

[Big Roo]

Welcome Jenna!! I am new here too, i am sure you will love it here....oh, i am Dana and have two kids, a dd 7 and a ds 5. we are fairly new to hs ourselves. But, Best decision i think we ever made!!!

[Ava Rose]

Welcome Jenna! You will find a lot of dh's are hesitant at first. See if he will allow it for just one year to see how it goes. That was how I started. Now my dh who was against it, is the one pushing me to buy curriculums and check out homeschool stuff. He is still a bit hesitant in some areas, but more and more, with each year he is more for it.

We sure have a whole lot of Texans! No wonder this board is so friendly. I have a friend who just moved there and she loves it! She makes me jealous every time she talks about it.

[CrystalB9]

Jenna Welcome!! This is my 4th yr hsing my children. I have 8 ages 7 months to 14 yrs old. My baby will be 1 yr old this Aug. 31st. When are you due?
You will love this site, lots of great advice from lots of great ladies.

[JenniferErix]

Hey there, Jenna!
I have a three year old DD and 5 year old twin boys.

I can tell you wat convienced my husband...
We began "Homeschooling" before the boys were old enough for school. Meaning I would really work with them on their colors, recognizing words, shapes and so on. We worked on things like days of the week, seasons, why things happen and so on.

Pretty soo, nmy husband noticed that other kids, their age, were simply concerned with blues clues, whereas our kids ALSO loved blues clues, but they could also discuss with dad, about other things. It made my DH think the boys were "So smart".

Now, I know they are simply normal children. I also reluctantly handed my children over to the state, when I agreed to let them go to kindergarten. My children had never been baby-sat, never been to a day care center, never been to anywhere I was not. So it was hard on al of us.... After 100 days, my husband was about to take off one teachers head.....

The twins were in different classrooms. The teacher that was more old fashioned and made the children "Do their work" was Zacks. Zack could read better... COnnor, not so well... His teacher was the "New Fangled Type". The school would not let us put COnnor in Zacks class, so that amoung others things is why we pulled them out.

Moral of the story; Get your husband involved, let him see the differences and make him think some of the details are HIS ideas. When he can "Own" some of the ideas, he will be more involved.