I live in Bronx NY
2006-12-14 11:04:23 · 7 answers · asked by jmike916 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Contact your local board of ed to find out policies and regulations, then follow them (many have a homeschool liason). Research home school curricula that are available and best match your state's standards and your personal needs, and join a home schooling support group (even if it is just an online group). If your child is older, find out what his or her colleges of choice will require in lieu of a traditional transcrips. Be prepared to do it well, or for your child's sake, don't do it at all.
2006-12-14 11:22:02 · answer #1 · answered by apbanpos 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First off, I was homeschooled for six years and it was great. So if you want to find out more info, the easiest way is to contact your local Board of Education. They can tell you the state specific regulations regarding homeschooling. For instance in Maryland, one must have an education of at least four years above the grade one will be teaching. It may be different in NY however. Calvert is an excellent homeschooling program. They provide you with the materials, books, and even let you chose differnet extra courses, such as Art History, Art, Foreign Language, etc. Then I would Google local homeschooling for your area, there are many groups that can help you to get started. We met with a few families that had or were homeschooling their children and they were the biggest source of information. Well so that's my very long winded approach to this....good luck!
2006-12-14 17:19:54 · answer #2 · answered by Irish girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I found out about the local homeschooling group in my area. Many homeschoolers are Christian families, so you could ask a pastor at the biggest church in your area for the name of a homeschooling group.
Then I asked permission to visit several families to see what and how they do it. Some had very structiured days, and some were freer. The children involved obviously had different needs and abilities. Some were self starters and some needed lots of dedicated attention by the parent. I took notes and thanked them for the privilege of visiting.
Then I chose curricular from online sites. And bingo! I was homeshcooling
2006-12-14 12:25:38 · answer #3 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd agree with preethi
you give no background info
are you talking about a toddler or a high schooler?
(it would be rather heartless to pull a high schooler out of school)
With all the different kinds of schools in NYC, I cannot imagine how NONE are better suited than home schooling, but hey, you're the parent
is your child too smart for their school?
Is the school telling you your kid has ADD or some other problem?
Has there been discipline problems and your kid cannot go back to school?
Is your kid sick with cancer?
is your religion mis-represented at school?
Homeschool appears to be a huge commitment and a huge gamble
Is English your second language? Are you planning for your child to go onto college?
you could fail at teaching your kid effectively, and it could be worse than sending your kid to school, you have both wasted your time
2006-12-15 05:46:22 · answer #4 · answered by mike c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do NOT go to your board of education. Ask the experts - homeschoolers.
Here's a bunch of links for NY Hsing info:
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/NewYork.htm
And join a yahoo groups email list for your state. You will gain an immense amount of knowledge there.
http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=new+york+homeschool
Good luck!
2006-12-14 16:51:30 · answer #5 · answered by TammyT 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Simple, pull your child out of school and educate him/her yourself at home. Very simple.
2006-12-14 11:12:05 · answer #6 · answered by Blank 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ls dont do this. yuor child would like it better at the school
2006-12-15 01:56:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋