I'm a mother who works full time and I really want to home school my son who will be starting pre k next year. I can't afford to quit working. Do other home schooling mothers teach other children to.
Any info would be helpful.
2007-02-26 07:21:53 · 13 answers · asked by Veggiegirl 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
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2007-02-26 07:30:57 · update #1
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2007-02-26 07:31:49 · update #2
I live in NJ & my husband is self employed and very busy
2007-02-26 07:34:03 · update #3
Where is your son now while you are working? If he's only pre-k age, you really don't have to change much of what you're doing. I assume you read to him, play games, do crafts, sing songs, etc. These are all great learning activities for young children.
Compulsory school age in NJ is 6 years old, so that is when you would have to comply with the law. In NJ, the law does not refer to homeschooling per se, it refers to education that takes place "elsewhere than at school." The only requirement mentioned in the law is that the education be "equivalent" to that offered at public school. There is no requirement for days of attendance or teaching credentials, so you could have someone else do the teaching if you so desired.
However, you don't have to do that. The great thing about homeschooling is the flexibility it offers. You don't have to do your schooling during "normal" school hours. Weekends can be a great time to have school, along with some time spent after work hours. You could, theoretically, have school time at 3 am if you wanted. Not that you would choose to, but....
We don't have "school time" in our house. We learn all day long, from everyone we meet and everything we do. This is also our first year in a co-op, where my girls take classes offered by other parents, and perhaps one day I will offer a class myself.
2007-02-26 10:23:47 · answer #1 · answered by Silly Monkey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are some families who do this. What usually happens is that they pay for daycare during the day, or get a family member to watch, and then when they get home from work, spend an hour or two doing tutoring. During the day is when they could do a homework. It really does not take that much time to teach anything in elementary, most kids can pick it up naturally.
In addition, you could look into your states requirements, most states don't start mandatory education until age six or seven. So you don't even have to worry about homeschooling per se, just keep doing what you are doing now, but in your evenings, after work, emphasize fundamentals like reading and math.
In the long run, if you want to homeschool, you might have to look into alternatives, either your work hours, alternating work hours with hubby, or quitting altogether. it depends on your priorities.
2007-02-26 08:47:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is always best if the parents are deeply involved in homeschoolinging.
There are co-op options in many areas where you can have your child 'tutored' by other parents with a proclivity in an area like math, science, English, art, etc.
There are also satellite t.v. programs that can work for older students. They would not work for younger students home alone.
It may be possible to work an arrangement with another homeschool family where you teach some classes to their children at night and they do the same for your child during the day.
It may best to consider why it is you are considering homeschooling when you cannot be home for the schooling to take place.
2007-02-26 09:01:01 · answer #3 · answered by dkarnz3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know moms who have done that. Depending on where you live, it might be workable as though it were a home-daycare situation. You'll have to find out about the laws where you live (some specify that you can't have somebody else homeschool your children OR that the other person has to have certain credentials) and then try to spread the word through homeschooling support groups, your church (if you have one) and other places where you live which seem like they would be good to let others know what you're looking for.
2007-02-26 07:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by glurpy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes they!!! find out about the homeschooling group in your area....i know in phoenix (because schools are so bad) there were many....groups that would get together & maybe this mom was good at math so she'd lend math help, some would just do the homeschooling all together.
but you have to remember the point of home schooling....do you really want someone else raising your kid?
best of luck!
2007-02-26 07:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by Khall 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to quit your job. I'm brown belt in karate and im the only one in my class who isn't home schooled or go to a private school. So my best friend in our class, her mom home schools her, and my mom wants me to be 'privately educated' so her mom offered to homeschool me. Well to sum it all up, other people can homeschool your kid. But i would let him go to a public school for a couple of years so that he could be a bit more social.
Good luck *_^
2007-02-26 08:34:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Your son will be lacking the social skills he will learn by interacting with different personality types at school."
So activities/groups like cub scouts, boy scouts, 4-H, t-ball, little league, pee-wee football, volunteer work when he's older, etc. are only available to those kids in a traditional school?
2007-02-26 07:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by Catherine 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
If you send your child to someone else for schooling, then it won't be home schooling. The other parent will required to have licenses (good luck) so it will be private schooling.
2007-02-26 08:31:25 · answer #8 · answered by limendoz 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Put him in public school. If you work full time and want someone else to teach your child, you need to get an educated professional in this area. If you were to have him home-schooled, you wouldn't be able to help out because of your work. Public school is going to be as good (or bad) as YOU make it.
2007-02-26 07:42:32 · answer #9 · answered by mel 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I would not do it. Your son will be lacking the social skills he will learn by interacting with different personality types at school.
2007-02-26 07:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by ♥..It's Me..♥ 3 · 2⤊ 6⤋