[IM LOST!!]

Hey All!!
I wanted to take this chance and pick you homeschooling parents minds! I have been dabbling in EL and this website for almost a year now. My son is now almost one and I am excited to see his learning progress. Coming from a educationally poor and pitiful city, where even though I graduated top in my class, I feel like I was robbed... I want soo much more for my son, and feel homeschool maybe my best option to accelerate my little guys education and passion to learn!

IM LOST!! What is Saxon? Who is Mason? Ive seen many names, and materials  out over the boards but where do I begin in starting to educate myself, and organizing a route to take with my son? To a homeschool noob its overwhelming and overflowing and quite amazing. You all started on this path...what advice, materials, research, investments, plans, ect ect worked best for your family? What advice would you give to someone just starting out? If you could start a fresh knowing what you do know now where would you begin?

Im your sincere sponge and look forward to links, download and a massive amount of advice I can dive into!!! Im sure to this will help other parents who are really deciding where and how to take this leap??

It amazes me at the mass of parents on this site who are so eager to invest into the lives of there children. Growing up In the public school systems, my parents did there best to promote my sister and I to excell in school. We both made top grades, in public school grading scales. By paper we had 4.5s due to advanced placment classes. Unfotunitally it was a joke, and we discovered afterward in college how much a joke it was. Our teachers failed to really promote a quality education. Basic math, and grammer and even foriegn language was a sloppy, assembly line, get the kids through the system effort.


Now I am a new mother. He 4 months today! I want soo much for my little man, as we all do. My husband and I are determined to provide our son with a love for and a quality learning experience. When we first got pregnant I discovered YBCR, and BrillKids forum. We have been working with YBCR, and a bit of Doman inspired flashcards, Ipad BITs, and Doman Math via IPAD. We also try to expose him to Signing Times, and music and physical sensory activities. We read constantly (atleast 3books). I sometimes feel as if we are not doing enough, the right amount, too much, or the doubts of will it work, how do i get family to help out, and whatif he is smart, how do we further future education, will my lack of knowledge ruin him, and how do I help him when hes in school?

All these doubts terrify me, encourage me and motivate me to try and learn as much as I can to help my child to have all the tools he needs to run down the road of his full potential. Im asking you all, how did you start your journey? What methods are you using that might be useful? What things have you had success in? What do you think I should research? What advice would you give a new mom?

Thank you sooo much for any help!

It amazes me at the mass of parents on this site who are so eager to invest into the lives of there children. Growing up In the public school systems, my parents did there best to promote my sister and I to excell in school. We both made top grades, in public school grading scales. By paper we had 4.5s due to advanced placment classes. Unfotunitally it was a joke, and we discovered afterward in college how much a joke it was. Our teachers failed to really promote a quality education. Basic math, and grammer and even foriegn language was a sloppy, assembly line, get the kids through the system effort.


Now I am a new mother. He 4 months today! I want soo much for my little man, as we all do. My husband and I are determined to provide our son with a love for and a quality learning experience. When we first got pregnant I discovered YBCR, and BrillKids forum. We have been working with YBCR, and a bit of Doman inspired flashcards, Ipad BITs, and Doman Math via IPAD. We also try to expose him to Signing Times, and music and physical sensory activities. We read constantly (atleast 3books). I sometimes feel as if we are not doing enough, the right amount, too much, or the doubts of will it work, how do i get family to help out, and whatif he is smart, how do we further future education, will my lack of knowledge ruin him, and how do I help him when hes in school?

All these doubts terrify me, encourage me and motivate me to try and learn as much as I can to help my child to have all the tools he needs to run down the road of his full potential. Im asking you all, how did you start your journey? What methods are you using that might be useful? What things have you had success in? What do you think I should research? What advice would you give a new mom?

Thank you sooo much for any help!