One of my friends is about to begin homeschooling. Her child has already been in school, so if you have experience pulling a child out of school and then beginning to homeschool that would be great! I know sometimes that is different than starting with a pre-K or kindergartner.
I suggested trying NOT to be overwhelmed with the gazillion choices for curriculum and joining HSLDA, but I am wondering what others might suggest!
Got any special nuggets of wisdom for my friend? I'll point her to this post if anyone decides to comment with suggestions.
Thanks!
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Hey Jen! We pulled our son out after K5 in public school. I think the best advice I got was to give us all a little time to get used to each other full-time, say about one month for each year away from home. So, since my son had been in private preschool for 3 years and then K5, we gave it about 4 months to just get used to each other. We did school, but concentrated more on the relationship building. We also took one subject for our first week and just did that. 2nd week, add another subject and so on and so forth until we had all the subjects covered. All in all, it worked fairly well. It was a good transition from school away from home to homeschool.
Thanks Aimee!
Hi Jen! I'm glad to see that you're all doing so well. I hope that our school years goes well--once we start, that is!
New Homeschoolers---I guess I would just tell them to RELAX. Especially someone with little ones. Everything will be fine. Kids will learn to read. Multiplication facts will be memorized. But you can't get back that time with them when they're little. I wish I had enjoyed mine more in their early grade school years. :)
We are starting fifth grade (year two at home). The biggest adjustment for us was in realizing that a school day at home can (and should) look very different from a school day at school. It is OK to be done by lunch time -- or to delve deeper into an interesing subject. Child-led learning is unique to each child, right? (Having said that, we do have a schedule and a list of things to accomplish each day. It helps us both stay organized.)
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