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I didn't know when to start counting because I wanted to homeschool before I was married! I made a lot of plans then with no one to teach. 
But, I clicked the 10 year button. My eldest is 14. I began to teach her officially when she was four.
With a newborn, I think I have at least 18 years left.
I'll have to shout Yippee with a cane in a few years.
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We just finished our 7th year ... but as Helen says, I'll be even more gray by the time JP finishes (and Maggie says she never wants to stop!)
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Eight years, but I am on a break as my two older girls are currently in school and I have another two years to go before my littlest is officially homeschooling  .
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I put 'starting next year" since dd(5) is eligible to start kindergarten. However, I really like to think of it as five years since I really believe that I've been homeschooling my kids since birth. I decided to homeschool when oldest daughter was two and we have done some formal work on and off, mainly because she has asked for it. So maybe it's three years?
I figured I would just list us at the "official" point (although by law children don't have to go to school until age 8). Although, I see us being very unschooly for the most part as we have been so far.
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We just finished up our 5th year of homeschooling! That's hard to believe, I still feel like such a newbie.
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10 years here...and I have an upcoming 1st grader so I will be at it for another 12, probably.
wow. hadn't thought about it like that.
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I have an upcoming Ker, so I am in it for 13 more years. That's a career, huh?
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Oh no!!
I think I voted wrong.
Ds is 10. So going into 5th grade so I voted 5 years.
Maybe it is 6? Count kindergarten? Or 7 for preschool?
Or 10-from birth 
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I started when my oldest turned three and we did Harvard prep "preschool". He actually loved it, but I realize how silly and overly enthusiastic I was now.
Still lovin' this homeschooling thing, though now it's a little more relaxed.
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Just officially "finished" our 5th year . . . I put "finished" in quotation marks, because when exactly are we not learning?
I have a rising 10th grader, a 10yo, an almost-6yo (repeating what passes for K around here, because he's NOT ready for what passes for 1st grade), and a 4yo (who will probably be doing what passes for K around here, too).
So we have a prospective graduation in not too many years, which already is kind of exciting, but also many more years to learn at home.
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Helen wrote:
I didn't know when to start counting because I wanted to homeschool before I was married! I made a lot of plans then with no one to teach.
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I'm with Helen. I was reading Raymond Moore and John Holt back when I was 17.
My oldest is 14, turns 15 this year so I decided you meant since 5yrs that makes it ten years; but really I was in education mode from her birth. 
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We start next year :D
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10 years total here -- we were off-on in the beginning, but we're sticking to it now
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9 years down at least 18 to go  Annie
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Our oldest is heading into her Junior year...wow! Been hsing the whole time (if THAT doesn't prove God's grace, I don't know what does .)
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Only 5, but I've learned so much.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who sees a positive pregnancy test and says, "Wow, another 18 years..." sometimes with resignation, more often with joy.
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Well, dh and I attended our first homeschooling convention 14 years ago when I was expecting our oldest child! But if you count from kindergarten, I'm finishing our 9th year.
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6 years, 7 if you count preschool.
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I went with how long dd has been homeschooling and that'd be 5 years now. My Math became Fuzzy New Math when I tried to calculate how long I've been homeschooling!
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We pulled our oldest out of "PRE K" at the school after his 2nd day and have been hsing ever since...8 years now. I can't believe it.
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