Home Schooling

[sharlan]

I homeschooled my eldest granddaughter for 5th grade through the local school district. She had sooooooo much busy work that it was ridiculous. I would never go through them again.

[Angelsj]

I homeschooled my eldest granddaughter for 5th grade through the local school district. She had sooooooo much busy work that it was ridiculous. I would never go through them again.

I absolutely agree with this, but homeschooling can be incredibly overwhelming, even for a veteran, but much more so for a first timer. Once you see what your child can and cannot do, and how much time is wasted on "twaddle," it is so much easier to pick and choose through all the stuff out there.

One thing the schools fail on horribly is the ability to think critically. If you do nothing else for your child, teach him to think. Everything else can be added on later.

[williams2008]

Homeschooling is a wonderful option. My daughter thrived in a homeschooling setting.

That said, it's not the easiest option but its very rewarding.

They don't offer the online public school here but even if they did I wouldn't take it. Personally, my reasons to homeschool is to give them a BETTER education than the public school so then why would I want to bring the public school home to my kids.

I do an integrated homeschool curriculum. Which means, I take bits of some curriculums and bits of others to make it a truly customized experience.

In my area and in my experience, the biggest challenge to home schooling is social. You have to be sure you keep the social area going since they will be in your home instead of at school. But honestly, that's easy to do.

My daughter has a HUGE science interest and I was able to keep her very interested and motivated by allowing her extra science packets when she completed the rest of her work.

The best things about homeschooling. I knew EXACTLY what she needed more help on and EXACTLY what she thrived and needed more work in. We on,y schooled three hours a day, four days a week and we had tons of time for field trips and extra curricular activities.

I loved homeschooling and after this coming year, she will come home to homeschool again and I'm very excited.

Thank you for the info!

Right now I don't know if I will home school or not, just weighing my options. My son is struggling and I'm trying to figure out the best way to help him.

[SilverSabre25]

i'm homeschooling my DD (she'll be six this fall) and so far she's thriving...I have yet to order most of the curriculua I'm going to use but she's rocking the math. She just blew through half the week's lesson plans in about twenty minutes. 4 sheets of math, done with only a couple minor mistakes. (both of which I could see WHY she made them, and explain, and give a chance to fix, rather than a regular teacher just marking it wrong without further thought.)

Good for you looking out for what's best for your son! Homeschooling is getting easier with each passing year for the most part, and more common and accepted.

My DD did fine in public kindy but has made more progress in one month at home than she did in 9 months at school. She's also happier, calmer, and less prone to crazy tantrums. She's playing more again. She's back to being the little girl I sent off to school a year ago.

[williams2008]

i'm homeschooling my DD (she'll be six this fall) and so far she's thriving...I have yet to order most of the curriculua I'm going to use but she's rocking the math. She just blew through half the week's lesson plans in about twenty minutes. 4 sheets of math, done with only a couple minor mistakes. (both of which I could see WHY she made them, and explain, and give a chance to fix, rather than a regular teacher just marking it wrong without further thought.)

Good for you looking out for what's best for your son! Homeschooling is getting easier with each passing year for the most part, and more common and accepted.

My DD did fine in public kindy but has made more progress in one month at home than she did in 9 months at school. She's also happier, calmer, and less prone to crazy tantrums. She's playing more again. She's back to being the little girl I sent off to school a year ago.

Thank you!!

[AcornMama]

I'm still new here, but I'm going into my 13th year of homeschooling (my oldest will be a senior this year, and I've homeschooled since she was in Kindergarten). This year I will have a 12th grader, 10th grader, 8th grader, 5th grader, 4th grader, 2nd grader and 1st grader. And I'm getting licensed this summer and hope to be up and running for childcare by end of Aug/beg. of Sep.

I know, I'm crazy!

I'd be happy to answer questions or chat about homeschooling in general.

[williams2008]

I'm still new here, but I'm going into my 13th year of homeschooling (my oldest will be a senior this year, and I've homeschooled since she was in Kindergarten). This year I will have a 12th grader, 10th grader, 8th grader, 5th grader, 4th grader, 2nd grader and 1st grader. And I'm getting licensed this summer and hope to be up and running for childcare by end of Aug/beg. of Sep.

I know, I'm crazy!

I'd be happy to answer questions or chat about homeschooling in general.

Thank you!!

I just PM'd you!