Homeschool and Daycare?

[originalkat]

I homeschool my 1st grade daughter. I am in Kansas, and we have VERY relaxed laws regarding homeschool.

You need to be very organized and very dedicated in order to do both, but it is very possible.

I have a helper (registered) that comes and sits with the daycare kids during nap time, and that is our prime homeschool direct instruction time. My daughter does some independent work during the day.

Another option (at least in Kansas) is enrolling in a virtual school. Basically, online instruction and guidance from licensed teachers. Some prefer a virtual school as it takes care of most of the paperwork and legal requirements of the state they are in, but still allows them the influence and guidance of being at home with a parents input.

We did try the virtual school for about half a year. It took a LOT of work from the parent and lots of busy work.Just remember if you do choose this option it is not really homeschooling. You are a public school student working at home. But they do provide EVERYTHING you need free of charge. I know some people love it.
*I agree. Kansas is an awesome state to homeschool in.

[mommiebookworm]

Thanks everyone for the replies. We are looking at a virtual school as well.

[bklsmum]

I home school my 6th and 11th grader. My son graduated last year but he was also home schooled. We do a combo of home curriculum, online classes and occasional classes at the school so it got hectic sometimes but they work pretty independently at that age and most of the schedule is flexible, apart from the at school stuff, so we make it work.

[LysesKids]

We did try the virtual school for about half a year. It took a LOT of work from the parent and lots of busy work.Just remember if you do choose this option it is not really homeschooling. You are a public school student working at home. But they do provide EVERYTHING you need free of charge. I know some people love it.
*I agree. Kansas is an awesome state to homeschool in.

MO, IL and IN don't require you to register at all, so if your child was never in their system, they won't know about them... I homeschooled my two youngest thru Highschool (all my kids are grown now); My youngest grew up home-schooling while I did childcare. We actually did a lot of it in the evenings after the babies left - dd was a night owl and slept until lunch most days, but we could also count field trips to museums & such so it was win win for me & all the kids. I was an eclectic homeschooling mom .

[Martha Stewart]

We did try the virtual school for about half a year. It took a LOT of work from the parent and lots of busy work.Just remember if you do choose this option it is not really homeschooling. You are a public school student working at home. But they do provide EVERYTHING you need free of charge. I know some people love it.
*I agree. Kansas is an awesome state to homeschool in.

We also tried a virtual school for a little while. My daughter hated it, I hated it, and it wasn't free. I live in MO, and we don't have the same k12 options available in other states, so we tried Time For Learning. However, when we turned off the computer, I was able to customize her homeschooling experience.

[LysesKids]

We also tried a virtual school for a little while. My daughter hated it, I hated it, and it wasn't free. I live in MO, and we don't have the same k12 options available in other states, so we tried Time For Learning. However, when we turned off the computer, I was able to customize her homeschooling experience.

I did my own thing in MO... of course dd was in high school so it made things easier; I just looked up free online College classes and similar (she was tested & IQ was 157)... between that, reading lots of books, traveling and volunteering, she learned enough to graduate before age 17 and that included learning basic Russian. She won 2 scholarships to College at age 17 (one was a Merit scholarship)