How to Homeschool in 152 Easy Lessons

Over at homeschoolblogger they are having a homeschool open house, Now I know that not everyone is interested in homeschooling but I am so I was tickled to see this. Check it out at
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Tiany/366106/ if you want to see how it's done. Well actually there is no one way to do homeschooling. As a matter of fact I have come to believe that there are as many ways to homeschool as there are parents doing it.

The thing that really opened my eyes is how young some of these families are. I guess it's a sign of my age but I have gone along for years thinking that I was the norm and that most others were like me. Excuse the Okie hillbilly in me but it ain't so. As I read the different people's blogs I began to feel old indeed. I couldn't help remember the surprise of the leader of one of the class I took at the local homeschool convention this year when, after asking how long each family had been homeschooling she got to me and heard that I had been at this for 15 years now. The first thing out of her mouth was "You should be teaching this class not me."

I couldn't understand at the time because I really enjoy the classes and the ideas I get from them; they fire me up for another year. Plus I really did believe that there where numerous others just like me. Now I'm not so sure. I know I started homeschooling in the early days when things were a lot harder than they are now, but so did a lot of others. Surely they haven't all dropped out. Surely not all their children are grown. I know there are second generation homeschoolers out there now. Surely there are still some old timers around too.

On the other hand, lets be honest I will be nearly 60 when my youngest finishes high school. Then I will be the old hand of the bunch. I'll be able to stand around and say "I remember when we didn't have classrooms and co-ops. We had to walk two miles uphill both ways to and from the dinning room table in three feet of snow just to be able to do class." Until then I've decided to be young and continue to learn and glean from other's experiences.

Check you the site. It truly is interesting even if you don't homeschool. It's fun to see how someone can homeschool 9 children at the same time. I wondered at times how we accomplished anything with just 4, these women are amazing.