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Thanks for sharing your story. It was very timely for me as I have been mulling the idea of homeschooling around in my head for the last week.
My son is only 3 so no rush in making decisions. Where I live we have a beautiful Steiner school, that initially I was very interested in. We attended the playgroup there for the last few years, and I found that many of the parents I met with children in 'real school' were disillusioned for various reasons. The more I hear, the less interested I am.
The state school nearby is meant to be good...but really how good can a state school be. I remember seeing the boring repetitive exercises they had the kids doing.
The only thing I personally enjoyed about school was the social aspect. This is one of my concerns about homeschooling. But, I aim to start connecting with other parents and hope that by the time Jasper is ready for school I will have a nice group of kids and parents to share schooling with. Ideally I think a group of about 5 kids would be a good number, with the teaching shared by the parents.
There is a great home-school network here where I live, and they frequently have big group activities, outings, picnics etc.
So this might be the direction we head as well.
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