Transitioning from school to home school

[momov4kids]

I am seriously considering home schooling for next year. I have one child that will be starting kindergarten that I will home school. I also have a child currently in 3rd grade in private school and I would like to home school her as well, but she has made many friends at the school and I'm worried she will have a tough transition. Has anyone here dealt with this transition? If so, how did it go?

I'm new to home schooling, any additional advice is very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Jen

[crescentmoon333]

When my daughter was in 4th and my son was in 1st I started to honeschool. The transistion was easy for me only because we had moved and they didn't want to go to the new school anyway. It just happened to be good timing.

They eventually adjust. It's going to be different. My advice is just to take one day at a time. When I started I changed the way I did things many times until I found what worked for us.

[ziff130]

My mom pulled my sister and me out of school when I was in 8th and my sis was in 6th. It was okay b/c we were involved in two homeschool groups and were involved with church and played sports at the rec center (we were both on the school basketball team) so we had friends... even boyfriends. :) We hung out all the time. After we were finished with school we would meet friends up at the skating rink and other places before public school was out. We loved it! :) Then our homeschooled friends would join us once they got home and finished their homework and stuff. It was awesome!! We loved it. :)

[oahoah]

Our situation is similar to yours except that our son only went through 3/4 of the kindergarten year before we decided to take him out and homeschool him; we also pulled our preschooler a couple months before.   I think with your daughter being older and having gone to school for a longer time it might be harder for her to understand but if you are ok with letting her keep in touch with her friends that may help. And explain to her why you're doing what you're doing. Also try to get on board with a group of homeschool people who have kids with similar ages.

[Dolwen]

I am having the same problem.  I am seriously considering home school with my younger two. I have three boys. I wouldn't be making the transition until the new school year since this one is half over.  My oldest will be a junior in High School in the fall and wants to stay at school.  My second child will be going into 6th and my youngest will be going into 4th.  I am almost feeling that it is too late to change their whole routine like this and am worried about them not adjusting to it very well especially in the friends area.  We go to a rather small church and there are no children in either of their age groups to make play dates with.  There are only a couple of kids in our neighborhood that are their age.  So we don't have any outside groups. Also, we are a single income family, I stay home to be here for the kids and take care fo the household duties and struggle a bit financially already so I am concerned about the cost of the curriculum, is very expensive?  I would really appreciate any advice.  Thanks.