my daughter wants to home school her daughter next year. they live in missouri. she is also trying to find out who to talk to and how much it is going to cost. the school in her town isn't that great . beleive me, i know. i also went to this school. please, can someone help her?
2006-11-12 14:06:48 · 8 answers · asked by jackie 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
The following link is to the Home School Legal Defense Association's website for Missouri. Also, I would contact both of the home school groups listed on the page and ask them if there is a local home school group near you or your daughter. When I first started home schooling, I found our local support group and the moms that were in it, a very valuable resource for information on curriculums and any questions I had. Good luck to you, your daughter, and your granddaughter in your home school adventure!
http://www.youcanhomeschool.org/starthere/info.asp?State=MO
2006-11-12 21:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by Laurie V 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A great resource is www.hslda.com. There is also a state group Families for Home Eduction http://www.fhe-mo.org/index.php Homeschooling in Missouri is not difficult and there are few requirements. The biggest one is the record keeping, but with the help of local support groups and FHE you will find that the record keeping is not too difficult.
As for the cost, that depends on what you decide to use to homeschool. You can buy curriculum or make your own. Two great resources that helped me are 1) 100 top picks for homeschool curriculum : choosing the right curriculum and approach for your child's learning style by Cathy Duffey and 2) Mary Pride's complete guide to getting started in homeschooling by Mary Pride.
2006-11-13 03:04:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If your daughter is serious about this, she must make certain that she complies with the state's curriculum. She will most likely have to give her daughter state tests. If your granddaughter is still very young, I recommend www.lakeshorelearning.com for teaching materials. Your daughter will find the learning resources organized by age group, grade level, and subject, with prices ranging from $10 (for individual items) to $400 or more (for complete single-subject learning packages). Additionally, there are tons of homeschooling ideas available online on just about any subject, including worksheets and activity ideas. Also, she might consider finding other moms in her area who feel the same way and see about teaming up. This way the cost is shared and the moms take turns teaching.
2006-11-12 14:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by nosleepthree 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are many homeschool families in Missouri. Follow the advice of others and go to www.hslda.org You will find scads of information. And the site has links to organizations and support groups in every state. I'm sure you can find one for her community or at least for one that is near to her.
She will definitely need to decide if she wants to maintain a private home-school or if she will have strings attached from the public school system. The gov't schools are getting into the "home-school" scene and are now offering umbrella-school type systems.
My personal opinion is that she will be better off making her own decisions. Getting locked in to a public-run program may become frustrating after a while. After all if the public system worked well she might not be choosing to home-school. We remain private in order to have complete freedom to choose material, plans, etc....
My children use a self-teaching program that works quite well. The parent supervises, encourages, and helps out when needed while the student manages to study and work towards mastery of all subjects. The cost for our method is minimal. The initial material is $195 once for all grades kinder thru 12th! Other than that we buy math texts at each level, paper, pencils, printer ink, etc...
Other homeschool programs can cost in the hundreds and thousands of dollars over the course of one year and much more in twelve years put together.
There are many internet support groups that can be found at Yahoo, Google, and other places. It is best to find home-school friendly sites because many at this answers-forum are only here to play and tend to be discouraging to home-schoolers.
There is a new yahoo group for people that are looking for friendly help about homeschooling:
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/homeschoolanswers
It is a place for home-school people to post links and helpful hints for others that would like to get started.--- and to chat about our students and our homes.
2006-11-13 03:52:33 · answer #4 · answered by Barb 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Please follow the advice of others and go to the Home school legal Defense Associations web site. And by all means join this association as they will help not only keep her informed but, protect her legally as she home schools. I be live you really must join this group! They have a wealth of information and can help you find others that home school near you. While it can be scary it is a great choice and you can control the quality of your child's education. Also go on line and there should be a home school organization for her state as well. As far as getting materials she can get a lot of free stuff on line and there are many home school curriculum supplies used and new. Many home school parents swap materials...if she were in my state I would be happy to give her a bunch of stuff we have used. Try the Rainbow Resource Center for stuff they have a ton and I mean a ton of stuff....All home school parents would be happy to help her in any way and it is great to have a support system but, she can do it without one...I was the only one in my town home-schooling for awhile but, we made it and I will never regret the choice. I know it is the right choice.....Hope things go well.
2006-11-13 05:02:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
look up HSLDA home school legal defence assos. or google home schooling in Missouri I looked it up I home school my daughter but we are in Tx, there are few requirements because we do not get government funds you don't have to be a teacher or have a degree moms can just teach at the age leval with books from the library or purchased and keep track of the work you have taught each state requires a little diff here we really only have to teach Reading,Math ,Grammer,And Civics it looks like there you may need a little more ! its alot of work for the mom but if the schools are bad its worth it to know your child is safe
2006-11-12 14:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by snaggles 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can find out the laws in your state by visiting www.hslda.org (I think, if that doesn't work just search for homeschool legal defence association). You can go all out and buy fancy expensive curriculum, or you can just wing it. I winged it and we did pretty darn well.
2006-11-12 14:11:05 · answer #7 · answered by Just Me 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
homeschooling is a great option. I'm homeschooled and I love it.
2006-11-13 05:46:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋