best homeschooling program avaliable?

Question

i am military and we move a lot (like every 1 to 2 years at a duty station) of the time and i want to know the best homeschool program because i am not sure if year round schooling or track is for my child

Answer 1

There is really no "best" curriculum. I find one of the most reasonably priced is Alpha Omega. I also feel it is one of the easiest to teach. But there are many choices or you can make your own. You will have to check with each state you move to because each state has different laws for home schooling. Good luck in home schooling and THANK YOU for being in the military!

Answer 2

You can create your own. Get some textbooks and use them as guides for what your child should know. We did homeschool through the public library and maxed out our check out limit every two weeks. My mom made sure we were learning the same things schooled kids were learning, but we had SO much more fun. We made crafts and projects and did awesome field trips.

Check into local homeschool co-ops, they always have great ideas for teaching kids and getting connected to one is a surefire way to lay to rest any concerns you may have about socializing your child. I was homeschooled in a California co-op for a few years that had 300 kids in it, and they had to break off and form new co-ops because it just kept growing. Even when I homeschooled in Maryland, and our co-op was only 5 families and about 10 kids large, we formed great friendships and had a lot of fun together. We got involved in a lot of volunteer and community projects and we NEVER had a problem socializing.

Answer 3

Alpha Omega is a good affordable program, it is Christian which may or may not be a problem. The subjects come in what they call Lifepacs which are consumable books where the text book and work book are combined. This also makes for easy storage and moving. They have 5 core subjects and some wonderful electives. The course kit also comes with the teachers guide.

Answer 4

We don't move, but we school year-'round just so the kids don't have the summer brain drain. I try to schedule four weeks on and then one week off, with two weeks off for Christmas (we end up with about 40 weeks each year, but we only school 4 days per week, so it's 160 days). I also try to coordinate our schedule with the local public school schedule, since several of their friends go to the public schools.

I (loosely) follow the classical model which is described in detail in a book called, "The Well-Trained Mind". We create our own curriculum from everything that's available. I've never known one publisher to meet all of our needs so we pick and choose.

Not sure if this answers your question or not. If you'd like to follow-up on anything I've said, feel free to email me.

Best wishes!

Answer 5

There is no best program. It depends entirely on what you want. You can have an online program, CD-based programs, one of the many workbook-based programs, Sonlight, you could follow a homeschooling method that doesn't use any set books, you could create your own program based on what you want your child to learn.

Try searching online for homeschool curriculum or homeschooling methods. That will give you a starting point to see what you would feel most comfortable with.

Answer 6

Make a curriculum choice that can go where you go. Portable and easy. Adjust your year in accordance with your schedule. When you are stationary, do school. Have vacation around your moves. Involve your children in preparing with sorting and boxing, as well as with unpacking and organizing your new home. Keep the remainder of your homeschool as regular and organized as possible. This will be a stabilizing force for your family, that wherever you are, your homeschool will be the "same". It is less disruptive than regular schooling would be.

Answer 7

We use the Robinson Curriculum. It is a method of learning that teaches the student to self-teach. It really works. It is portable and inexpensive. The 22 CD program costs $195; a one-time purchase for ALL of the students in your home -- K-12. It is not a computer-interactive program. It contains everything you need to learn how to implement self-teaching in your home-school. The only other thing to buy is Saxon math and a good printer.

Answer 8

I homeschool 2 kids but we don't move alot.Anyway I like Alpha Omega Publications which is www.aop.com and I like the lifepac curriculum there are lots of other things they offer they offer online learning as well.

Answer 9

for information on making your own "school" like having an affidavit for teaching your child and not having to be with any private group ( what my mom did with me ) go to www.hslda.com (homeschool legal defense of america) but pick a curriculum theres many out there, bob jones university is what my mom used, also abecka is a good one

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