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My wife and I are thinking of home schooling our 3 youngest daughters this coming school yr. Just curious if any of you home school and what cirriculum you use??
 
Hello Mike :hello2:
Home schooling :-k:-kI was home schooled
Wake up at day light and get the day started
#2 Chores and responsibility and smile doing it :thumbrig:
#3 The next step I hope a member can jump in here and give you some incite on home schooling 8)
Home schooled is some thing I don't know much about :dontknow:
I do see folks doing it here :-k
I hope some folks here can give you some thoughts on this :happy10:
 
My wife and I went to a Home School Convention today and we will be going tomorrow as well. Its in Orlando at the Gaylord Resort and Convention and we were BLOWN AWAY!!!!!! We were there for almost 5 hrs and we only made it thru 1/2 of the place!!!!! Glad we decided to go both days. I couldnt believe how many people home schooled and how many cirriculums out there. I was very over whelmed.
 
I have 4 daughters. My oldest wants to stay in public high school so she will. We started to think about home schooling because of my youngest daughter Emma which has a slow learning ability. She has been on oxygen since she was 3 months old and has been on quite a few meds because of her lung disease. She is in 2nd grade and her school is pushing her thru to 3rd grade and she really is only still in 2nd grade. So we decided to home school her to get more one on one. Then my other 2 daughters want to be home schooled and thats how/why we are going to do it.

Makes sence??
 
My wife home schools our two oldest kids. Grades 2nd and 4th. She prefers Tapestry of Grace,Horizons math, Shurley English (and don't call me Shirley!), Writing with ease, Spell to write and read, Meet the masters (art curriculum), Apologia Young Explorers Science. We prefer a christian based curriculum.
The well trained mind forum has alot of good advise on homeschooling (both secular and religious)
Hope this helps some! The Home school conventions are an amazing resource and a good spring board for starting up.
Wish you guys luck!!
 
Being home-schooled won't allow them to properly socialize. I'd recommend not doing it with the two middle ones just because they want to be.
 
Gaining education and social development don't go together.
There is a time and place for everything.
My belief is the time will come when those state owned gathering places will be used only for testing and isolation study hall for those caught cheating the daily curriculum.
Imagine ETV plugged into all the smart phones etc.., and only completed assignments and passing scores keep those other device functions like music, talk, and text, accessible.
So those who pursue home schooling today are ahead of the times. Good luck with it.
 
Please keep in mind I am not a parent, I do have a daughter but she is a step daughter and was getting out of hs when I met my wife/her Mom. I have a neighbor that home schools, and frankly I do not really understand it. These kids are home with there Mom and her sister (Mom has an illness and the sister is there to help her out). Where will these kids learn to socialize? To a point, home schooling is sort of the ultimate in sheltering is it not? My parents kind of let me do what I wanted in regards to school functions. Which means I did not go on the class trips, never took place in field day or any of the other activities as a youngster. I ended up in therapy at the ripe old age of 15 or so because of my inability to deal with others. Granted, as an adult I was diagnosed with bi-polar, paranoia and a host of other mental troubles. A former co-worker home schooled, largely just because they did not want there kids being influenced by others. When his girls finally got out from under the blanket that Mom/Dad had them under it was a disaster. Within 2 years both were pregnant and were drunks/addicts. Please do not take any offence to what I have said......
 
I think it works if you put the time into it if you dont keep the kids on a schedule and make it part of thier lives then it won't work. You and your wife have to be 100% commited to it and keep them on track, some day they may decide they want to go to school with thier friends and you don't want them behind. All that said every kid needs something different and that I think is the benifit of home schooling the ability to teach each child individually, tailoring the style to each childs needs. Good luck its a big commitiment for a long time.
 
My daughters are socialized plenty. We have church on sunday morning,Youth music practice on monday night,Youth night on Tuesday,church service on wed night and then family time thursday-saturday. PLUS we live in a community with lots of kids.
T-Fish said:
Being home-schooled won't allow them to properly socialize. I'd recommend not doing it with the two middle ones just because they want to be.
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RedFish.....Thanks for the confidence. Right now in Fla,(not sure if other states do this) they have Florida Virtual School which is all done at home and online. I believe this will be the way in the NEAR future. You study and take tests online then email the test to the teacher and they will score and return it too you. If you have any questions,you call them on the phone and they can/will answer your questions.
Thanks again!!!
RedFish said:
Gaining education and social development don't go together.
There is a time and place for everything.
My belief is the time will come when those state owned gathering places will be used only for testing and isolation study hall for those caught cheating the daily curriculum.
Imagine ETV plugged into all the smart phones etc.., and only completed assignments and passing scores keep those other device functions like music, talk, and text, accessible.
So those who pursue home schooling today are ahead of the times. Good luck with it.
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Have you considered private school?? Not saying you or your wife are not capable but homeschooling takes tons of devotion to do it right. I understand that lots of public schools are terrible especially some large inner city schools. I am very fortunate that my kids public schools is a very good school. Do they get a Christian education? NO, but that is what me, my wife , and our church is for... Pray about it and I'm sure you and your wife will make the right choice.. Good luck..
 
InkJunkie.....I do not take ANY offence to your post. I do have to agree with some of the things you stated. Some parents home school becuz they dont want others teaching their kids or they want to keep their kids sheltered. That is NOT us!!!!! 3 out of our 4 girls wanted to either go to a christian school or be home schooled. My freshman daughter wants to remain in public high school and I have NO problem with that. My 7th grader is at a middle school with LOTS of problems with fighting and gang problems.She has told us that she dont feel safe being there anymore so we are granting her wish. My 5th grader who is going into 6th grade and middle school will ge eatin up at middle school and she also dont want to go into that middle school so we are pulling her out per her request.
Now Emma,our 2nd grader who the school is pushing her into 3rd grade needs to really stay in 2nd grade. She done really get enough one on one with a teacher or para like she did in Ct. She comes home with bad grades after REALLY studying and says shes dumb. Us as parents feel bad and heart broken to hear our 8 yr old saying shes dumb. So home schooling for her is essential.
Now..There are home school groups that we can join so that our kids can go on field trips together and also come together and be taught together and im sure theres alot more things out there that I dont even know about yet.

Thanks everyone!!!!
inkjunkie said:
Please keep in mind I am not a parent, I do have a daughter but she is a step daughter and was getting out of hs when I met my wife/her Mom. I have a neighbor that home schools, and frankly I do not really understand it. These kids are home with there Mom and her sister (Mom has an illness and the sister is there to help her out). Where will these kids learn to socialize? To a point, home schooling is sort of the ultimate in sheltering is it not? My parents kind of let me do what I wanted in regards to school functions. Which means I did not go on the class trips, never took place in field day or any of the other activities as a youngster. I ended up in therapy at the ripe old age of 15 or so because of my inability to deal with others. Granted, as an adult I was diagnosed with bi-polar, paranoia and a host of other mental troubles. A former co-worker home schooled, largely just because they did not want there kids being influenced by others. When his girls finally got out from under the blanket that Mom/Dad had them under it was a disaster. Within 2 years both were pregnant and were drunks/addicts. Please do not take any offence to what I have said......
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mikesduster, as a teacher for over 10 years I can undserstand that you want to home school your kids. One thing I would like to point out is that your school district cannot do anything with your youngest daughter with out your permission. I am assuming she has an IEP or a 504 plan. You need to talk to the school and find a person who is skilled in special education law to go with you and act as an advocate for you and your daughter. There are many programs in the community that can assist you with this.

Now about home schooling you must remember that you now have 3 different learners at three different levels that you are responsible for educating. This is a very daunting task and I hope you take it seriously. The curriculum for 2-3 grade 6 th grade and 7th grade are no where near the same. I caution you to consider this. I do not doubt your abilities or your passion for you daughters. I just want to play a little devil's advocate and warn you of some of the pit falls and difficulties of home schooling. I understand about the bullying, I've worked special ed from grade school to the high school and see it every day. I guess what I am saying is that this is a commitment and could be very difficult you have many regulations to live up to. Once again not doubting just a friendly bit of advice from a person who has seen both ends of this.

Dean

... any questions I might be able to help. PM me I will respond as best as I can or find someone who can help.
 
T-Fish said:
Being home-schooled won't allow them to properly socialize.
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That's the claim pushed by the NEA (teachers' union). I haven't seen any actual evidence to back up the claim, and personally I think it's bullѕhit. It's at least as valid -- possibly more so -- to say home schooling lets your kids focus on learning 'cause it spares them from the tyranny and cruelty of other kids and of incompetent teachers, and keeps them from having their creativity and thirst for knowledge crushed by the public schools (it's what they do best). NO, I am not saying all teachers are incompetent. I had a good number of excellent teachers, and I also had far too many stupid, ignorant, and/or incompetent ones.

Look, you just have to put thoughtful time and effort towards making sure your kids learn social skill. Make sure they get time with other kids, in small and large groups. Home-school support groups have scads of resources for this. It's no bigger deal than putting thoughtful time and effort towards making sure your kids learn to read, write, do math, and do science. The only real socialisation concern comes from those parents who home-school for reasons that can be called "questionable" if we're being far more polite than the situation deserves. I'm talking about the parents who wanna hammer their own values -- usually rigidly-held, bigoted ones -- into their kids' heads to the exclusion of all others, and so are home-schooling their kids to shield them from exposure to "unapproved" viewpoints. Such kids tend to be badly unprepared for the reality of life on a planet full of different people.
 
My two oldest go to school online. The school gives them all the supplies and a computer and printer each. The school also pays for the internet for them to go. It is harder for them than the local public school was. You can check them out using this link. http://www.k12.com/flvp/

This link should put you in touch with programs in your area. K-12 is a big organization and in the socialization aspect, the students have to attend functions and meet the other kids in their classrooms. All in all it is a very good program.
 
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