does anyone know how to go about home schooling your child?

Question

I dont know where to begin,who to talk to. I want to home school my 7th grader. What or who do iI talk to. I live in Clovis.
Thank-you so much
Karen

Answer 1

California has public schools that are called charter schools. They are for homeschooling your child. Call your school district office and ask if there is a charter school in your area. They will provide all the information, textbooks, assistance and support you need. I homeschooled my daughter for 2 years, for 7th and 8th grade. Charter schools have field trips, videos, and teachers to help you teach your child. And, it's all free. Your tax dollars at work. Good luck.

Answer 2

Our public library has these binders of homeschool groups and lists parents willing to trade skills. My best advice would be to get him involved in some sort of homeschool co-op. Usually there's a fee for this, and some teachers are hired to teach a few of the most technical subjects that parents would find difficult, or, sometimes, a parent steps up and does it. My friend was in one and even though she homeschooled she still got to do band, cheerleading, they had dances, sports, all the stuff that everyone will tell you you're making your child miss out on. He needn't miss out on any of it. Also, a lot of public schools these days offer satellite programs where your homeschooler can be involved in the public school for certain subjects or extracurricular activities. Go to your school district's website.

Get some books from the library on homeschooling, it well help you know where to start. I wouldn't get too attached to any one homeschool curriculum, as usually just one isn't varied enough or good enough to teach everything, look at different ones and pick the best features of each. Buy on eBay to save money. Make sure you know your state's requirements on what you have to document so he can get a state diploma when you graduate him. More important than curriculum is that you teach him through daily experiences. Make him calculate the gas mileage as you run errands, have him help you do the bills, even planning meals has lessons to teach. Choose books to read and how he'll do reports, you'll have to get creative for science projects and such.
Good luck and congrats on making a great choice for your child, homeschoolers excel in every area over kids in the public school system, mainly b/c they get daily one-on-one attention from their 'teacher'. And a child's parent is their first and most influential teacher.

Answer 3

My mom was the one who knew all that stuff, but I have a couple things that might be helpful. Don't know where Clovis is, but I'm in Michigan and my mom enrolled me in a program called Clonlara (not sure about the spelling) it had like seminars and things for people who were just starting to homeschool their kids (based in Michigan I think). Usually there are teaching stores that you can buy books from. Saxon are very good math books, and if you're Christian (or even if you're not) "A Beka Book" is a good company for social studies, health and science books. You can order those books, you can probably find out more about them by seaching on google. If all else fails, I'm sure somebody at your child's old school would know something about how to start home schooling.

Answer 4

Where is Clovis?

You need to start with www.hslda.org for information regarding the home-education law in your area.

They should have links to home-school organizations and support groups. Check out as many as you can.

Be sure to look into the Robinson Curriculum. It is what we use and it is very inexpensive and worthwhile.

You can send me a message with your email address and I will be glad to "talk" to you and answer any questions.

My children are now 23, 20, 17 and 15. They have been educated at home for kindergarten all the way through graduation from high school. (Well, th 17 yr old has one more year and the 15 yr old has 3 more years). They are all doing very well in their studies.

Home-schooling is so practical and helpful.

Answer 5

if you want to do "school in a box" you can use a curriculum but i am unschooling my child which means he is free to learn what he wants,when he wants, for as long as he wants.Children want to learn and they don't to be taught. It might be hard to make the paradigm shift from traditional parenting to unschooling but it is well worth it. Check out sandradodd.com. once you get over the fear of..oh, is he learning what he "should know?" you'll relax and realise children do learn what they need without it being forced on them.good luck!

Answer 6

hi i was in homeschool, my father tought me out of a book, it was called "my 7th grade year book" after 7th grade i went onto computer homeschool. i am in ohio and here you dont have to have any qualifications to homeschool your child, my father shur has none he is a painter lol

here we have programs online called VCS Ohio and one called ECOT, they give you a free computer and you do your work online it is safe and the only thing you can do on it is shcoolwork

i would contact board of education, for me my mother talked the my middle school guidance councelor and we all decided homeschool was best for me as i hated school,. they withdrew me and my dad tought me for about a year

-Maria good luck

Answer 7

Use Calvert, they're awesome and they continue to 8th grade. After that I would reccomend classes from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I've homeschooled my whole life so feel free to email if you want advice (my name is my yahoo ID).