In the Beginning

It is a common question for homeschoolers to be asked why they start to homeschool and there seems to be as many different reasons as there are homeschoolers. In the spring of 1999 we made the decision to start homeschooling our children in September of 99. At the time Erica, age 8 was happy at a Waldorf School. She had been attending a Waldorf School since she was 4 and it was a place we all loved very much. With her little sister getting older though we had to take a hard look at the financial realities of sending the two of them to this school. It was beyond our means.

So what to do? With a lot of research and even more courage we decided to keep them home and try to create "Waldorf at Home" In the autumn of 99 we began our adventure as homeschoolers. Over the years we have tried different methods and different curriculums until we finally found a way that worked for us. Now I can look back and confidently say it was one of the best decisions we ever made.