Homeschool Power

[Indrina]

I love the song in the background, "this is a joy ride". Such a sweet video!

[tubetop70]

...I like that your children get all the academic practice in a day without school...This was a very helpful video. Keep up the good work.

[tubetop70]

I like that your daughter has gross motor skill practice when cutting her own sandwich and

[onegreeneye]

cute -

[Peikko]

Do you henna her hair? It looks amazing!

[neolefty]

Thank you! No, it just came that way. It has been gradually darkening as she gets older.

[jenpaul09]

Great video!! We homeschool too!!!

[idonthaveacoolcar]

um ya this kids have like no frends i bet they eat at the losser tabel

[aa3gunner]

In fact, youll be suprised that homeschoold kids have better social skills than public school kids. they know how to start coversations and speak maturely to adults. Public skool kids stay quiet and are shy. The first students in America were homeschooled children. Imagine, a great nation was formed by homeschooling! public school is the new kid in town. eversince it came around, America went down slowly...

[idonthaveacoolcar]

THATS BULL SHIT

[aa3gunner]

believe what you want....but thats the truth. during the colonial days, there WERE NO public schools. So kids were either homeskoold or had private tutors. I know a lot of ppl who were homeskooled and therye all bright and well informed, and have goodleadership skills. U dont see too many of those in public school children do ya? You're BULLSHIT.

[neverfearchrisishere]

@aa3gunner Historically pre-introduction of schools the successful people were educated - though via a system of hiring governers+governesses to come into your home and teach your children (these were the equivalent of teachers) hence education was very expensive and helped to drive a wedge between the rich and the poor. Public Education allowed anyone to have similar level of education for free-To refuse this is to refuse a huge opportunity for your child to be competitive in the world

[aa3gunner]

@neverfearchrisishere: that might be true. But it doesn't change the facts about what I wrote 2 years ago. It's the truth. The White House even looks specifically for Home schooled children when it comes to hiring interns. They're just more competitive.

[freekietoon]

What's a losser table? Are these children at a loss..? Strange, I've never heard that word.

[piratep1011]

I LOVE HOMESCHOOLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maranatha80]

Great video!! Who does the "Joy Ride" song? Idont, our children do have their own lives and opinions and are not imprisoned 8 hours a day. This allows them to be curious children who develop a love of learning. Also, they know how to spell and structure a sentence, which your school seemed to have failed to teach you.

[bkisme]

Hopefully your children don't turn into dicks as you appear to represent.

Considering the limited flow of influence on homeschoolers however, I must feel some sympathy for your children.

[idonthaveacoolcar]

god get a life but your kids in normal school let them  make thaer own lifes

[aa3gunner]

i dont think u even knew that did ya?

[Indogo]

thankyou for sharing your precious family :)

[JenellesHomework]

CUTE!! :)

[HaleyDaniel]

this is the most boring video ever

[HIGGINS101]

aw it was so cute when she said "it was me that made the chair so beautiful"...that was just so cute :)

[bluesuedeshoez]

could you tell me the name of the first song you used?

[HeartlessArchAngel69]

OMG!!! I heard Red Grammar! your kids are soooo cute!

I especially love the girl at the end "Oh God! Educate these children. These children are the plants of Thine orchard, the flowers of Thy meadow, the roses of Thy garden..." I remember singing that when I was a kid!

Im a Baha'i seeker

[JMBGreen]

I'm glad you're a chrisitian and that video was great! My favorite part was when the baby was sticking his tongue out. Ben (age 8)

[clarinetlaj]

If you guys like homeschooling, join my facebook group HOMESCHOOLERS UNITE on facebook. The owner of this video let me post it on my site so come on and join.

[Tamato88]

I have the girls T shirt in the backround 00:8

[zazzycat22]

cute video.

[shabishop]

What a sweet video. I love the Joy Ride song. I love homeschooling!

[drclaudetv]

sweet

[PRAKASHthatsmyname]

Wow. Nice video to watch the "Trained kids army". I am lucky to start early home schooling for my kids. Keep up. Thanx for sharingthe video.

[mayflowershine]

IVE ENJOY THIS VIDEO..THANKS!

[rachaelletice]

Such a sweet video, reminds mo of the old days when my kids were little and homeschooling. Thanks for sharing, rachael

[soulpeaceinchrist]

Still watching, ... this is awesome! Show there is more to Homeschooling then books and curriculum. I call this "LifeSkills" when journaling my Homeschool day down for record keeping. Thanks!

[mom5mills]

We're preschool power/homeschooling fans too!

Our autistic child learned to fold watching it...and homeschooling is helping him (and the other kiddles too) bloom

[H1H2Mommy]

I am about to start my 1st year homeschooling, and it really helped watching your video...of course, my boys might not like it because they are about to start doing a lot more things for themselves!! Thank you for sharing!

[lovemybutterflygirl]

I'm in my first year of homeschooling my daughter, who is in Kindergarten. I Wouldn't have it any other way. I loved this video, the kids are too cute! If there are any moms out there who are considering homeschooling, and haven't decided yet, don't miss out on time with your kids, you won't be sorry!

[raceNzanesmom]

Love the video! Cute kids! =) Thanks for sharing.

[cathmomof32b]

Love this video! I was homeschooled and plan on homeschooling our children. Such sweet kids - thanks for posting this video.

[ijamsville97]

Beauty-Full!

Thank you.

[crissala]

Way, way cool girls!

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[clarinetlaj]

the ABSOLUTE BEST homeschooling video on youtube that i have ever seen. that is how it should be and your beautiful children look VERY happy. My new husband and i are expecting our very first baby. I hope our expierience is like yours.

[damwmnm]

Shame on you!! Abusing your children by not giving them to the government for their education! The government is all knowing. You as a individual citizen can not possibly know what your children need. And then you top it off by making one of your kids make their own food!?!?! I think it should be law that children shouldn't be taught anything other than what will appear on a standardized test!

[Mikashmak]

This reply/question is 2 years too late, but seeing that I have Aspergers, I must ask, was that sarcastic?

[damwmnm]

Aye every sentence was sarcastic. In reality I'm a firm supporter of home schooling as I myself was home schooled for about half of my schooling.

[Mikashmak]

Oh ok.. Thanks for getting back to me. :-)

[HeartlessArchAngel69]

mmmm i love the mothers as first educators, your children look so happy!

[Creekermom]

I think the empowerment is more hands on learning which develops their brain, socialization, etc... It is the FREEDOM to learn and develop ones own interests. GREAT VIDEO!

Thanks

We love Homeschooling, it is the most diverse type of schooling.

Mothering is my chosen profession. :)

I am on the Joy ride too!

[soimcrazy]

this is a really great video about children. but 3-5 year olds don't need empowerment. they just need time to learn and develop.

[DoonerBlitz]

Great! Most of this looks familiar around here too lol

[bishopmom]

Best homeschool video on here! Home-schooling the way it should be.

Smell those roses. :o)

[damwmnm]

Homeschooling isn't right for everyone. You have to see that not everyone is destined to be reasonably smart. If everyone was able and willing to homeschool their kids, then my favorite fast food chains would have trouble finding employees and would actually have to pay decent wages. Then I would have to pay an extra $.30 for my chicken sandwich!!!

[OrangeZebraTree]

On top of that, it makes alot of kids anti social.

[damwmnm]

ACtually it was regular school that made me anti social. I can say one thing bad about homeschooling. It never prepared me for not having any friends, something I experienced my second year of regular school.

[Treemeadow]

*bbbeeeP* wrong! homeschool kids are far more social, they can interact with not only teir peers, but people of any and every age. The correct answer was: Homeschooling makes a lot of kids more resistant to the wiles and trends of their cohort and less likely to give in to negative peer pressure.

[OrangeZebraTree]

Not in my personal experience. I was in a public high school once out of home schooling and had no idea how to deal with the kids. I only interated with people who weren't the same age as me, because I was only used to adults and bibies clinged to me, becase i still enjoyed youger kid's games as a young teenager, due to lack of socolization with kids my age. I've known people like me also.

[Treemeadow]

yes, it depends on the efforts of the parents to socialize their kids with their age group in other ways.

[akai1sora]

I agree. Home-schoolers are more likely to be independent thinkers and not crowd followers.

[lovemybutterflygirl]

This is true, my daughter is only in kindergarten, but she is able to interact with children much older than her, and adults as well. She is able to carry on a very grown up conversation, considering her age. The benefits of homeschooling are endless. And yes, not having to deal with peer pressure is a big plus!! I think we as homeschool mom's catch all this critisism from people who have no clue what homeschooling is about, or like.

[Treemeadow]

I agree, but, I'm a pre-homeschooler, in that, as of yet, I don't have kids. I know already that I'm going to homeschool them, at LEAST for the early years, when it is more important for them to be with family role-models.

[lovemybutterflygirl]

You won't regret it. I was afraid at first , to homeschool, I only have one child, and no experience with this. But it's easier than I thought, and my daughter loves her homeschool! Lots of different approaches, dvd programs, or do it yourself. I like dvd.

[Treemeadow]

I can't wait, it will be so much better than not knowing what my kids are doing 75 percent of the time. They'll be away from me 5 days a week, 6 hours a day, more with transport, even more if they want to do extra-curricular activities. I'd rather spend that time with my kids. As mothers (or Mothers-in-the-Future) we should be the ones raising our kids, not other people.

[lovemybutterflygirl]

I couldn't agree with you more. The really fun part is taking them out on nature walks, etc. We have the Rio Grande within walking distance, so she packs a bug box, magnifying glass, and bag to collect things. We have a ton of stuff that will eventually be a craft project, or something.

[lovemybutterflygirl]

Every time you go out somewhere can become a field trip, something public school can't do for them. Mine has a blast. I think you may just end up permaanently homeschooling if your'e already excited about it. So was I. At least you know they'll be safe, public schools are the opposite, you see it in the news almost every day.

[Treemeadow]

I certainly hope so! I've been getting a lot of pressure from other people to allow my kids to go to high-school. I think that, if I have the support to do so, I will try and homeschool them up to Grade 8 (2nd year of high-school in Australia, age 14). If they want to go to high-school, to specialize in something perhaps, then I won't ever stop them. I want to homeschool them so they can learn from me, their own parent, how to make healthy life decisions.

[Treemeadow]

By the time they've spent 14/15 years with me as their primary-teacher, I think I could trust them to make bigger decisions for themselves. Thats something most parents can't trust their 14 year olds to do. Homeschooling makes families closer!

[Treemeadow]

(Sorry fro posting so many replies, I'm just so exited to feel supported for once!!!)

As for field trips, I've practically planned them! I would LOVE to spend one whole year traveling around Australia, a huge road trip! So many lessons to learn, people to meet and different lifestyles to experience! Thats something you just can't easily do when you have to pull your kids out of school for a year!

[lovemybutterflygirl]

We caught lots of resistance from our family when they found out we were going to homeschool our daughter. What other people think, doesn't matter. It's what you as parents think is best for your kids. Public school just isn't. Some homeschool companies offer specialty courses, I think it's the dvd courses. I don't know about distance learning.

[lovemybutterflygirl]

Who knows, they may like homeschool so much, that they will want to be homeschooled all the way through. I know families who have done this, and the kids went on to universities, and did quite well. Don't let anyone tell you your'e doing the wrong thing. Your kids will be getting one on one attention.

[Treemeadow]

Its that one on one attention I think is very important. Kids can learn to interact in large groups for when its required, but for things such as maths, it is so much easier to sit down and explain these things, rather than have my kids wait for the help they need. Waiting and patience can be taught in real-world situtions like while I take them on my errands (banking, shopping etc), or at a yotuh club (like scouts or something). Oh! I'm so exited!

[lovemybutterflygirl]

LOL!! I feel your excitement, I was the same way. Still am, I love homeschooling. Like the song say's , it's a joyride. For me it is. If you ever need help when the time comes, I have tons of websites, etc. I can pass to you for preschool and on. And thank you Treemeadow, for your kind words, you just made my day!

[Treemeadow]

aww, your welcome :D

[hamstergeisha76]

As someone who was homeschooled from 7th to 12th grade I agree. There's so many other ways to socialize kids without public schooling them. I took ice skating and dance lessons at the time, and even in a sports (or other) enviroment kids get challenged socially.

[Mahavishnu80]

did you not feel that you were an outside with your neighbourhood friends who were discussing school events that you couldnt comment on?

[hamstergeisha76]

Sadly "school events" were mostly some kid getting into serious trouble at the local public highschool.The public high school I lived close to was so full of anti social kids so I only hung out with a friend ( who I attended five hellish months of middle school with before the homeschooling) who starting attending that school and was a year older than me. Where I lived the highschool was full of gangs and thugs and my friend from the middle school was the only person I could trust.

[0wnage55885]

but you see when your hsed you can get into "school events" half the time if invited which happens a lot..

[abitcrunchy]

My kids cousins appear to be jealous of all the homeschool activites we do. They only attend an event or two the entire year of public school so what's there to talk about? Homeschoolers have an event every month to talk about...sometimes every week.

[lovemybutterflygirl]

No public school can do that for your child. No disruptions, no peer pressure, no negative influences. Ok, so you got me going. I saw a bumper sticker that say's - I'm homeschooled, the world is my classroom. This is so true. Australia, Wow! What a great place for those fieldtrips!!! Make your plans, and let no one discourage you!!

[Treemeadow]

thankyou so mych, lovemybutterflygirl! You have made me feel so much more confident about everything!!

You are my inspiration!

[hamstergeisha76]

I've heard that Australia homeschooling is quite commonplace and accepted. When I was being homeschooled in the early 1990's other people in the U.S. would say "You're a drop out you can't get a job now as you're not in public school!" , but when I met an Australian person they would praise my mother and I for doing such a wonderful job.

[lovemybutterflygirl]

NOT TRUE!! My child is homeschooled, and is able to socialize with other children, and adults as well. Public schooled children have more trouble with interacting with adults, because they are taught only to interact with kids their own age. Homeschooled children are able to interact with all ages.

[anicemommy]

Tell that to my 5 year old who chats with various ages of children and adults daily. Social behavior can be learned by observing a socially intelligent adult and can be taught to homeschooled children! I agree that some parents could do a better job providing social opportunities - but most are very aware that their children need friends and interaction and go out of their way to join groups and clubs so their kids can build relationships.