homeschooling/working

[trylyn5]

Have any of you had any experience or known a family where both parents worked and they were able to successfully homeschool?

I was homeschooled for high school and have no doubt it can be done then, depending on the child. I;m more interested in younger years.

[Sashahomeschoolmama]

Yes, I know of some in my homeschool group. Oftentimes they will stagger shifts so that one parent is always with the children and divide subjects to cover between them, others work at the same time and leave their children with a caregiver with assignments for self-directed study subjects.

[trylyn5]

I just can't imagine sending my child to any kind of school at this point. I want her to LIKE learning. But I have to work. We have a long time to decide what to do as she is only almost 6 months but I have time to look into it now.

[vulturemom]

We did for almost four years. I worked day shift and Dh worked grave yard shift. Dh did some subjects and I did others and the homeschool co-op did some. I worked out well.

[_MrsC_]

Yes, I know of some in my homeschool group. Oftentimes they will stagger shifts so that one parent is always with the children and divide subjects to cover between them, others work at the same time and leave their children with a caregiver with assignments for self-directed study subjects.

Do you personally know someone who has worked during the day and been able to do this? I would love to hear the details of how they worked it out and the benefits/downfalls of the whole situation. Was the child(ren) in a traditional daycare type setting or with family?

This is something I've been thinking about since DS was first born.

[whitnessforhim]

This is not at all the idea situation but somehow it worked for us and I'm thankful for my moms sacrifices.

My mom homeschooled me while she worked full-time. She was a single mom and started homeschooling me at age 9. I actually stayed home by myself and did what she had scheduled for me to do that day. Luckly she worked across the street from our apartments and once I was done with my work I'd spend the rest of the day at work with her. Then she would check over my school work when we got home. At 13 she met my step-dad and was able to stay home and school me and my step-brother. I started college at 16 and here I am :)...Thank you mom!

[Tiffers]

I don't work but I'm a full time college student. Last semester I was gone Mon-Thurs, 8am-4pm and we still managed. This fall will be my last semester of student teaching and I'll be gone 8am-4pm Mon-Fri.

I make detailed lesson plans a week in advance for each day and each lesson. We keep them in a daily planner along with daily folders in a trapper-keeper kind of binder. During the week he is home with Nathan 2 days and the other days he is with his grandparents or my sister. We go over the work beforehand in the evenings and he does the work during the day while I'm gone, or sometimes with me when I get home if he has trouble doing it on his own.

It has worked out pretty well for us. I am a little worried about getting overwhelmed this semester with my full time student teaching. I'll be loaded with making lesson plans for that on top of Deven's lessons. So I'm working on getting his lesson plans, at least tentative ones, done for the entire semester before I start teaching next month.

I graduate in December and plan on going to work by January (I hope anyway). I plan on continuing to homeschool once I start working as well.

[JudyJudyJudy]

I did it for over half of last school year. It was really hard for me because I was often working 12+ hours a day, and I'm not in great health as it is. Oddly enough, though, since I was teaching school and seeing what goes on in the schools here, I was even more adamant about homeschooling.