Community is so important when homeschooling so our kids can have friendships, and so we can have them as well! However, it’s been a real struggle here to find homeschooling families to connect with. Have you struggled with this, too?
For us, church seemed like a logical place to make friendships, but there are very few young children at our church, and none of them are homeschoolers.
My daughter is young for a co-op, and I don’t see that as a viable part of our homeschooling journey at this time, anyway.
We’ve attended homeschooling meetups, but so far, no friendships have developed in the last year that have led to getting our kids together to play.
But, through a mutual friend, we have developed a sweet friendship with a family that has two little girls. We also took a chance and went to a stranger’s house so our daughters could play together. It turned out to be really fun.
When we had a half-birthday party for my daughter this month, it encouraged me watching her play with five little girls (some homeschoolers, some not), while the moms got to know each other better. I felt like we were finally starting to have the community I had been looking for.
I think I expected instant community when we started homeschooling. I’m seeing now that for us, relationships are forming here and there, one at a time. We have more connections than we did a year ago, and I’m glad of that.
Do you have a great homeschooling community? Or are you struggling to find community for your family?
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