2008-09 local Homeschoolers Roll Call - Page 2

[phathui5]

[MommyHawk]

Your name (or username of you prefer): MommyHawk

# of kids: 2

Kids' ages: 5yo, 3yo

How long have you been homeschooling: started two days ago! Hoping DH doesn't get in a tiffy when I tell him we're doing it for this year. I am not ready to give my child away! And DS wants to HS, so that's all I need to hear

What type of homeschooler do you consider yourself: flying by the seat of my pants, moment to moment, that sort of thing...looking for a type to try

Any curriculum you recommend: looking for one myself

Please share a local homeschooling tip here: reading tons of books, painting, we love our chalkboard...

What area do you live in: right next to BWI airport

Can other homeschoolers in your area PM you to hang out: sure!! I'd love to hang out

[vitochka]

Your name (or username of you prefer): Victoria

# of kids: 3

Kids' ages 7( almost 8), 3, 1- son and two daughters

How long have you been homeschooling: always
What type of homeschooler do you consider yourself: relaxed classical
Any curriculum you recommend: Well Trained Mind, Story of the World, Singapore Math

Please share a local homeschooling tip here: free museums

What area do you live in: Montgomery County Rockville

Can other homeschoolers in your area PM you to hang out: Please do! I'd love to hang out. My son would love to meet more homeschooled friends too!

[francesca'smom]

Your name (or username of you prefer): Janet

# of kids: 1

Kids' ages 6

How long have you been homeschooling: just starting out
What type of homeschooler do you consider yourself: I don't know yet
Any curriculum you recommend:
Please share a local homeschooling tip here: I just moved here, so I'm still trying to find my way around

What area do you live in: Annapolis

Can other homeschoolers in your area PM you to hang out: Yes we'd love to meet some friends

[Awaken]

Subbing- new homeschooler here! I'll be back later with more info.

[homewithtwinsmama]

Your name (or username of you prefer): homewithtwinsmama
# of kids: 6 (one in heaven)
Kids' ages:11,11,5,3,9mos
How long have you been homeschooling: 6 years
What type of homeschooler do you consider yourself: eclectic leaning classical
Any curriculum you recommend: Teaching Textbooks math saved my relationship with my daughter! Like Latin For Kids and BJU English
Please share a local homeschooling tip here: I lead CHAT, a Christian homeschool support group for mothers that holds a weekly PE on Mondays and a monthly mother's fellowship meeting. We are open to new members at any time!
What area do you live in: Howard County
Can other homeschoolers in your area PM you to hang out: sure, why not.

[phathui5]

to the new folks!

[TanyaR1024]

I am just thinking about homeschooling at this point but I wanted to fill this out as I would love to meet some local homeschooling moms to guide me!

Your name (or username of you prefer): Tanya

# of kids: 2

Kids' ages: 9YO DSD and 7YO DS

How long have you been homeschooling: Not yet. Doing research and hoping to convince DF

What type of homeschooler do you consider yourself: the confused kind

Any curriculum you recommend: Nope!

Please share a local homeschooling tip here: .........

What area do you live in: Kent County Delaware!

Can other homeschoolers in your area PM you to hang out: absolutely! PLEASE contact me! lol

[trailblazerbarbie]

Hi, just found this thread...not sure how active it is.

Anyways, I am seriously looking into hsing my dd in the fall for K. I have another who will be two in June. We live in Frederick County, not far from the PA border. I have no idea about curriculum or any of that yet. Just getting my feet wet trying to figure out what might work for us. I would love to meet other hser's to see how it's done and just to make a connection.

[Shelsi]

Originally Posted by trailblazerbarbie

Hi, just found this thread...not sure how active it is.

Anyways, I am seriously looking into hsing my dd in the fall for K. I have another who will be two in June. We live in Frederick County, not far from the PA border. I have no idea about curriculum or any of that yet. Just getting my feet wet trying to figure out what might work for us. I would love to meet other hser's to see how it's done and just to make a connection.

: That's EXACTLY where I am at right now. Ds will be in K next year and I'm very seriously considering HSing but really have no idea how or where to start?? Also dd will be 2. Too bad you're not closer to me pp! I'm in Fairfax County.

[trailblazerbarbie]

We're not too close, but the beauty of hsing is the idea of field trips and new friends right? Where bouts in Fairfax are you....my dh is a firefighter in Loudoun, and I have a sis in Arlington....so somewhat familiar with Nova.

[Shelsi]

I'm in Springfield so a bit south of that area.

I guess I love the idea of field trips and making new friends, but I don't know how to take the first step. Where are the groups? How do I begin? I just feel really lost. On top of it all, ds LOVES preschool and he gets in tears when I mention that some parents teach their kids. I want to find some groups to show ds what it's really like and I absolutely have to figure out if I can offer him the social interaction that he craves on a daily basis. Even when he was just months old he needed to be out and around lots of people or he was miserable. He was a great first baby, the only way to keep him happy was to go out to eat, out to shop, hang out with friends, lol.

[sarahf.]

Your name (or username of you prefer): Sarah
# of kids: 2; one in utero

Kids' ages : almost 6; 2.5.

How long have you been homeschooling: This is our first year
What type of homeschooler do you consider yourself: relaxed eclectic
Any curriculum you recommend: Sonlight (Secular); Singapore Math

Please share a local homeschooling tip here: The library

What area do you live in: Eastern Shore MD. near Salisbury
Can other homeschoolers in your area PM you to hang out: Please do! I'd love to hang out. My son would love to meet more homeschooled friends too!

[phathui5]

Hey trailblazerbarbie and Shelsi,

In my experience, homeschooling kindergarten is pretty easy as far as academics go. Also, a lot of "preschool" aged activities still let five year olds participate. My dd takes a preschool gymnastics class on Tuesdays from 1-3 and we go to some preschool storytimes at the library.

[twilight girl]

Hello all,

If anyone is still here ... I am a Maryland Eastern Shore native living in Costa Rica, and getting ready to move back to the Eastern Shore now in June.

Your name (or username of you prefer): Judi
# of kids: 2
Kids' ages: 7 and almost 2
How long have you been homeschooling: 2 months!
What type of homeschooler do you consider yourself: SECULAR
Any curriculum you recommend: Modified workbox system
Please share a local homeschooling tip here:
What area do you live in: Probably Somerset County/Crisfield. Also we spend time in Ocean Pines, and Georgetown, Delaware.
Can other homeschoolers in your area PM you to hang out: Absolutely, please, please please!!

Judi

[sarahf.]

Judi please PM me when you get into town. I live a bout 30 minutes from Crisfield near Chincoteague and would love to get together! There are so few MDC homeschooler in the area I am beginning to think I'm the only one......My DS is 6 so maybe the boys will hit it off!

[twilight girl]

Originally Posted by sarahf.

Judi please PM me when you get into town. I live a bout 30 minutes from Crisfield near Chincoteague and would love to get together! There are so few MDC homeschooler in the area I am beginning to think I'm the only one......My DS is 6 so maybe the boys will hit it off!

Awesome, Sarah, thanks for the note! My older is a girl, and the baby is a boy. My girl is impulsive type ADD, so she's pretty physical and plays like a boy, just dressed as a princess She's a tree climber, with dirt pretty firmly embedded under her nails, so she can run with the boys, no problem!!

[ewp11100]

Hey Mamas

I know we are not suppose to sell things on local boards? Right? But I have Alpha Omega grades 1-5 and Bob Jones music curriculum Grades 1-5 I'm trying to sell super cheap. No use trying to sell them anywhere but locally as it would be more to ship them. If your interested email me [e-mail] I will also be trying to sell them @ the NAP yard sale if you would rather just have a look before buying

[lolo'smom]

Hi, wow 2008-2009 is almost over, I guess I just found this thread so I thought, better late than never! We live in Easton on the Shore and just started homeschooling this winter. We really only school our oldest child but dd tags along to the friday meetings at the co-op, too. I say school loosely since ds is only 3 and I'm really not stressed to school him yet at all, just something to do and get an idea of what homeshooling would be like at a later age.

# of kids: 2
ages: 1 and 3
how long: since feb 2009
type: none just learning as we go
cirriculum: none again! we go to co-op meetings on fridays, I feel like ds is really too little to be worried about a cirriculum yet, kinda thinking that would be the beauty of homeschooling - to not worry about the cirriculum!
local homeschooling tip: have fun!
area: eastern shore
pm's?: yes, please!