16 year old son is coming to live with me in San Diego. I am leary of public schools at this point, and would like to home school him myself.
2006-10-31 06:17:44 · 8 answers · asked by CYNTHIA S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Start by qualifying yourself to teach English, Math, Science, History, Government, a foreign language, speech and fine arts. If you can't do all these things, you shouldn't deprive your son of a proper education.
If he has a sister, the prom will be really weird.
2006-10-31 06:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by LoneStar 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I know many kids who were homeschooled, and I'm telling you, you do not want to do it. Not only is it a lot of time on your part, but your son will become rather anti-social if he doesn't get out there and mingle with kids his age, and learn with them.
If you still want to, you can go to a public school nearby, and they will give the paperwork.
~daweed~
2006-10-31 06:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by ~daweed~ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Read The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewelyn. It shows so many things, one of which is that the parent does not have to be the teacher.
2006-11-02 17:31:54 · answer #3 · answered by Kathe H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start out by finding an acredited program.
Here is a good one: http://www.aop.com
Then all he has to do is complete the bookwork turn it in and viola: High school diploma.
At this age you really will not need to homeschool with him.
2006-10-31 07:21:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should look into local/state associations of homeschool parents, I imagine there would be several in that area. They should be able to give you information about California law and resources you can use.
You can start here: http://www.californiahomeschool.net
2006-10-31 06:34:53 · answer #5 · answered by Nathan B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've been in both public school and home schooling. home schooling rocks. I am not anti social...I am more well adjested than alot of people!
2006-11-01 14:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by Rebekah A 2 · 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 08:48:53 · answer #7 · answered by Ms. K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find a curriculum that works well with both of you. That you and him can both get something out of it
2006-10-31 07:19:47 · answer #8 · answered by Jordan B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋