I have heard so many good things about homeschool education that I would like to give it a try... My son just turn five and I'm willing to give him the best. Thanks for your helpful answers...
2006-10-30 01:56:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
You know you will get negative comments on here, but ignore them, and congrats on an awesome decision.I agree with the advice to check hslda, they can give you info on the requirements for your state.
At age five, it will be very easy and it is a good time to get going. You can look at unit studies, for example, taking something he is interested in and building a study around it: library books, field trips, printables from the net, things like that.
Also, if he's not reading, then a good reading program, like Teaching Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons is great.
Number, letter recognition, lots of printables from the internet.
Let's see, some geography, learning about your state.
The key is to have fun at this stage. If your state allows it, you can just work on the essentials, and then add fun things to do in with it. Lots of field trips and hands on at this age. Goofy fun kitchen science experiments are always fun.
Good luck, dear!
2006-10-30 02:22:09 · answer #1 · answered by Terri 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hello!
I think that it's great that you have decided to homeschool your son! There really is some awesome benefits of homeschooling...
I was actually homeschooled K-12... I think that maybe I was sheltered for a while, but if your son gets out to play with other kids (play sports... whatever), he'll be just fine.
Um, you can actually start by going to walmart and buying just one or two of the little school books that they sell there (In my Walmart, they're in the aisle with the notebooks...) and set your son down everyday and let him do a page out of each... (don't let him just color, make sure he knows what he's doing...). :)
Once you get that going, you should start researching curriculum... My family used P.A.C.E.S from the School of Tomorrow... I think that this curriculum is good until probably the 5th or 6th grade and then you might try something else. Oh, this is also a Christian curriculum. I don't know if you would want that or not... But there's Saxxon curriculum. I think that is very good, though I never used it myself. I'd say just start researching schooling curriculum online, and I think you'll find one that you like. :)
I hope you enjoy being a teacher! God bless you!
2006-10-30 06:06:19 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ Cliff 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Congratulations! First (besides hslda) I would suggest that you find a local homeschool group. They will be your support system and your son's buddies. Contact your local BOE to get an information packet. It will tell you all the stuff like what subjects, how many days, how many hours a day etc. Also, there are many yahoo groups for homeschooling moms. Do a search for homeschool curriculums, go to websites and order catalogs for all of them so you can figure out which one you like. Rainbow Resource Center sells curriculum items at a discounted rate, and their catalog has reviews in it. Keep doing what you are doing right now. Good Luck and God Bless your homeschool adventures.
2006-10-30 10:54:23 · answer #3 · answered by Psalm91 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may not realize this but you are already giving your son an education at home. Everything that you do is teaching something to him. From the time he was born until now he has been learning!!!!
The next step is to teach him how to read. You can get any of many phonics programs, flashcards, or books to teach him. And/or you can use everyday things around you to show words and sounds to him.
Math is started by learning how to count and identify numbers.
Writing begins with recognizing and forming letters.
Some resources that I have used are the McGuffey Readers, The First Reader by Schlafly, math flashcards (with coins to help work out the equations), StartWrite.com has a downloadable trial handwriting program that is very good. You can get math-facts worksheet programs for free on the internet.
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/homeschoolanswers
2006-10-30 03:44:05 · answer #4 · answered by Barb 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since he's 5, just live and learn. Read books, point out letters and sounds they make now and then, describe pictures to build his vocabulary, have him write thank you notes when appropriate, help you with cooking for learning math. go to museums, art galleries, parks, just have fun. he'll learn a ton and be very happy. in the meantime, google homeschooling + your state and you will find state organizations that will tell you the rules for getting started. Until he's 6, nothing formal is required.
Stay away from HSLDA. They are a right-wing political group posing as a homeschool advocacy group. They have very definite and strange ideas about what consittutes legitimate homeschooling and our local group had to fight them to stop them from disrupting an agreement other homeschoolers had worked out with the school board.
go to naturalchild.org and search their site under unschooling.
2006-10-30 10:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pulled my daughter out within the core of third grade to homeschool her-- that was once nine years in the past. She had simply transferred and matters weren't figuring out good at her new tuition. I'm happy I did not wait until the tip of the yr; correctly, I'm sorry I waited till the core of the yr and want I had pulled her out that first week earlier than she needed to pass by way of a entire lot of obstacle and heartache. If you are observed to homeschool, turns out no factor in leaving him in tuition. When homeschooling, matters just like the tuition time table and time tables and grade stages and summer season excursion can start to variety of soften away, and lifestyles simply turns into a steady finding out journey and not using a certain beginnings or endings. Why hold him in tuition if it isn't a efficient finding out atmosphere for him and if he isn't going to be going again?
2016-09-01 04:41:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, One of the best is Calvert. It is a GREAT program for small children. Calvert goes all the way through 8th grade. They also have accredited if you do not want to grade things yourself.
Another great one is AOP (alpha omega publications). They have a great curriculums and lots of different options.
Here is a link:
aop.com
Those are the two that I have done so far. I think Calvert would be best though. Excellent choice with homeschooling.
2006-10-30 14:09:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homeschooling is not a very bright idea. Social skills and interpersonal co-operation cannot be established when a child is isolated in the home environment and if you think the dysfunctional atmosphere of some church will fill those gaps, you will be using the recipe for dysfunctionality.
2006-11-04 04:33:53 · answer #8 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the first place to go is http://www.hslda.org to look up your state law so you can be in compliance.
Kindergarten is so much fun. I am using Five In A Row by Jane Claire Lambert this year. We are really enjoying it. I have used Lifepac by Alpha Omega Publishing and liked that also.
A great place to go for encouragement and info is http://www.3Mom.com
To print off free worksheets:
http://www.crayola.com
http://www.schoolexpress.com
Enjoy and have a great time of learning and teaching!
2006-10-30 03:15:21 · answer #9 · answered by MomOfThree 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some great homeschool sites to check out:
www.homeschoolreviews.com
www.homeschooldiscount.com
www.hsadvisor.com
www.abeka.com
www.robinsoncurriculum.com
core-curriculum.com
www.k12.com
www.time4learning.com/homeschool-curriculum.htm
www.calvertschool.org
2006-11-01 08:51:19 · answer #10 · answered by Ms. K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋