When you do homeschooling do yo have to register to do it? if you do do you have to pay to register?

Question

I've never done homeschooling before so i don't know if i'm going to be enough help for my doughter(she's in 10th grade) She doesn't want a tutor eaither. How do I know what to teach her?

Answer 1

Every state is different, where I live you do not have to register. My advice is to check out the Home School Legal Defense Association:
www.hslda.org
they can advise you as to the particular requirements for your state.

Answer 2

To find out about registration, check the HSLDA website for the laws and requirements in your state (homeschooling is legal in all 50 states, but the requirements vary greatly from state-to-state). You shouldn't have to pay to "register" as a homeschooler. That's usually only if you're using an online or boxed curriculum.

As far as what to teach, that's up to you and your daughter. As I said, you could go with an online curriculum, or a boxed set with everything you need for the whole year, but both of these can be quite expensive. You could design your own curriculum, based on her interests and abilities (check out, "The Teenage Liberation Handbook" by Grace Llewellyn). You could go the more classical route and have her read great books, then discuss them.

There are as many options as there are homeschooling families. You just need to find what works well for your family. If you need more info, check out, "Mary Pride's Complete Guide to Getting Started in Homeschooling".

Best wishes!

Answer 3

There is so many students learning on line with a computer.
The children have learned so much they are out of the bullys and sports and all the politics of boy and girl stuff.
We got together and had a teacher who wanted to home school her daughter and had been a teachers aide. converted a two car garage into a class room. With tables and computers you can get information on how to home school by computer. When they can pass a GED they are done with High School. Then can go on to VOTECH and in less than two years be trained for a good job. Some of the lessons are interactive so the children respond immediately to the questions. They loved it and the class size was 6 girls who became very close. The five other children paid the teacher to train them all while she trained her daughter.
They bought their own computers and printers and equipment.
But it was definitely worth it to get them out of public school.
As more people go this way it makes learning much more effective and If you do or don't want prayer in school the parents get together and decide. If one becomes disruptive and doesn't want to learn they can be voted out of the class. Fowl language isn't allowed or dirty jokes. They can't chat on line and are warned about the dangers of doing so. It is the only way to go.
You might consider taking in other students and train them with your child. Working parents would flock to your door.
They make them use good english and teach them computers and make them use spell check which I am having a hard time getting to work. So forgive my writing

Answer 4

Hey! :) Well, I don't think you HAVE to register. To see what you can teach her, try the Home Study International website (now called Griggs Academy) at www.hsi.edu. You can put your daughter through accredited High School programmes by the University of Indiana Online High School (http://scs.indiana.edu/hs/highschooldiploma.html), Penn Foster High School (www.pennfoster.edu), University of Missouri High School (http://cdis.missouri.edu/MUHighSchool/HShome.htm), University of California College Prep (http://www.uccp.org/), Brigham Young University Independent High School (http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/select.cfm?type=hs), etc. Of these, Penn Foster's the cheapest (a regionally and nationally accredited programme at $995 for the whole course), but I strongly recommend one of the University's high school courses (for example, BYU's) so that your daughter can transfer credit with peace of mind, and so that she'll be guaranteed a rigorous, accredited, trustable curriculum. Course materials are normally shipped to your doorstep.

I hope I answered your question, and all the best!

Answer 5

It depends on where you live. I reside in Texas and all we have to do is declare our Home school a private school. We are required however to teach certain core subjects "in a bonafide manor" fairly open to interpretation.

Here is a link with various state laws:
http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp

Answer 6

THey have online schools you can call high school the,ll tell more information