Homeschooling- any recommendations?

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My 10yo aspie son (an only child) has been HSing for years and I'm wondering if many teens/adults on this site homeschooled and have recommendations for us. He's involved in martial arts, music lessons, various groups.

Did any of you homeschool and now, as adults, wish that you had attended school and think your parents made a huge mistake? I want to do what is best for him.

Hi Maggie,

I'm not sure if I have AS or not...but I was homeschooled through 8th grade. In 9th grade I started at public school and switched to a private school (part time, two classes) after about two weeks. I even tried public school a second time in 10th grade and both times it was overwhelming for me. 9th-12th I went to private school and handled it pretty well.

Being in college now, I'm glad that I went to school because the transition to college would have been a lot harder. When I was home schooled my parents kept me involved in lots of activities-music lessons, horseback riding lessons, and classes with other home schooled kids-and I'm thankful for that. And it sounds like you're doing that for your son. My only recommendation would be to see if you can find any groups for home schoolers. Sometimes they'll have groups that meet about once a week and moms rotate teaching the groups of kids.

I totally wished I was home schooled and wish I took online classes for college. I would avoid the bullying and teasing that kids and teachers did to me. I have learning disability and aspergers, yet I know never to bully or tease anyone? Strange?

I think I would have learned a lot more if I were taught at home. Less crowds to deal with plus NO peer pressure.

Thanks so much to both of you. My son really loves HSing and I'm glad that I could quit my job and do that for him. It's hard for me, we do child-led HSing and he's very motivated to learn (at least in some subjects). I hope that he will be grateful as an adult and think that we did what was best. Thanks again, your comments help!

I taught 3rd grade for awhile. I play a game with my students. I would tell them 2 truths and 1 lie. They had to go figure out which one was the lie. It forced them to examine what people tell them, to learn to research things on their own, and to promote critical thinking and problem solving.

I would suggest that around middle school and high school that you pursue an online, maybe partial ground high school experience. It gets your kid used to crowds, classes with other students, different teaching and learning styles, etc.

You could do the same by having him take part college courses and part homeschooled high school courses during his high school years.