In case you were on the fence about homeschool
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This is just 1 page out of our 5th graders curriculum. (Abeka).
I will never regret homeschooling our kids. 😊
We currently use Abeka for math and Rainbow Resource for history. Seeing this, we may switch to Abeka next year for history, too.😉
We have been using it for 5 years now 🤷🏼♀️ Its definitely tedious because it's so in depth but they do learn.
Which history curriculum would you recommend? I like Rainbow Resource, but it’s a lot of reading and I have to walk my son through it slowly or it’s hard to comprehend, too. We tried Khan Academy, but their curriculum mirrored more of what was taught in public school.
Curious, couldn’t learning style differ by subject, too? Thank you! I’ll check out the book.
I’ll be 30 on Friday and I still remember using Abeka curriculum!! It’s probably the one I remember most (:
What do homeschooled kids do for socializing? Do you meet up with other homeschool families? Any good resources you'd recommend?
Great points. It's amazing how many things kids are willing to do once they're out of the classroom. I finally understand what my parents meant by asking, "What do you mean there's nothing to do?" Homeschooling really seems like the best option at this point.
Go camping for 1 month a year at KOAs around the country. Let your children go to the playground. They will have it organized in 5 minutes and everyone will be playing "their game". I mean that's what we did with our homeschooled children. Now they run circles around all the BA and BS idiots they work with who are on Ativan, Buspar and Zoloft, are always late to work, call in sick and have anxiety attacks when customers come in without a face mask.
Or you can continue to buy into the "homeschooled children are not social-ized" myth. Of course they are not socialized. (aka-indoctrinated) But social, amazing and a wide peer group (2 months to 99 years) and confident, informed, logical, ....... yeah Def worry about socializing.
We homeschooled all 4 of our kids from kindergarten through high school. We used the Robinson Curriculum. Our kids weren't too fond of it at the time, however now they love it, and are so appreciative that we used it. Robinson doesn't have math, so we used Saxon Math. Whenever I get the question about 'socialization' from some ill informed concerned adult, I tell them, I can take my kids behind the wood shed and teach them all the curse word they will learn in school. You should see the looks-hilarious.
I took the kids to work for one of those 'take your kids to work days'. My kids were 6, 8, and 10. I got called into a meeting so I asked one of the "concerned adults' to keep an eye on the kids. I expected to be a few minutes and it became 30 minutes. When I got back, my 3 kids were having full conversations with 2 adult ladies. They ladies were convinced my kids were better socialized than many of the adults they worked with.
Home schooling is awesome!
That sounds awesome. Camping, leadership skills, and success as grown ups.
I'm getting started researching local home school options and wanted to get some perspective from those with experience.
What I’m skeptical about are the more advanced high school classes. No discussions about novels, etc.
Or even more, science. No dissection, lab work, etc. A science teacher walking you through the details of an experiment to demonstrate entropy and enthalpy can’t be reproduced with self taught YouTube videos.
Home Science Tools has all your lab needs. Once I taught a dissection class at my homeschool co-op. We did 11 species.
There was also a hands on Shakespeare class taught by an Oxford PhD who studied at the Globe Theater. Reading and discussing literature is what we do as a family.
Many homeschool kids just do dual enrollment for the last two years. Go to a local community college and take Chemistry, Literature, etc.
Oh, and the floor of the kids bedrooms demonstrates entropy pretty well if you ask me!
Yeah, so homeschoolers are generally not kind about the socialization question these days, especially in light of the ways public schools are seeking to indoctrinate children. Homeschooling is not abnormal...government schools are.
My kids play soccer, basketball, piano, drums, guitar, play in the worship band, sing in the homeschool choir, dance with a local team, skateboard, and attend youth group/confirmation classes, youth retreats, as well as a homeschool community on a weekly basis. Basically, we live life just like everyone else without the institutionalized education.
Our homeschool curriculum has them presenting in front of peers constantly in the form of team policy debates, Lincoln-Douglass debates, science fairs, art grant proposals, performing Shakespeare, leading seminars themselves, and defending a senior thesis. This is socialization.
Check out your local homeschool group supports. Do a search for your town and homeschool. I advise homeschooling with other families like yourself. Community is important.
Thank you very much. I will check out our local homeschool support groups.
Not even prison lol
Join local community sports teams or activities. Join homeschool groups and do joint field trips.
Good on you. Prolly one of the most important things you could have done for your kid and the world imho.
Why does the lower right say page "91" then? 😊
It's one page. Not page one.
You realize the smiley face means its meant to be light humor and a joke. Smile and people will smile back. It seems I have to repeat myself on this though. Hey cracking a smile doesn't mean bleeding. Lighten up and inhale some helium (another pun).
Thank you I appreciate it very much. Now, on to my next act..... Watch me pull a rabbit out my hat.
Because OP doesn't have a Common Core education and knows the different between 1 page and page 1.
You realize the smiley face means its meant to be light humor and a joke. Smile and people will smile back.
Might want to add one here. Your repeated explanation isn't getting much traction.
That's because several responses occurred at once. It's sad that people are so negative. Love is the answer for keeping demons away. There's lot's of vessels for possession.
No, I don't realize this because that's not the common use for a smiley face emoji.
The upside down smiley face can denote sarcasm- 🙃
This emoji with the tongue sticking out can be used to symbolize joking- 😜
Redditors often type /s for sarcasm and can't function without it.
Also, a joke is supposed to be funny.
You better pray about it. Your response was facetious.
You realize the smiley face means its meant to be light humor and a joke. Smile and people will smile back. It seems I have to repeat myself though.
Where's your smiley face?
My fiance and I decided that she should leave her job to homeschool while I provide the only income. Best decision we've made in the last three years.
Is this supposed to be some kind of back-handed comment?
Same here but opposite genders. We are just at the beginning of the journey though. Quit a very intellectual career that required almost a decade of education and professional development. None of it compares to developing a human brain.
I shit myself a little when I saw the thumb nail because I thought it was going to be one of those filthy propaganda curriculums from public schools praising communism and you were using it as a reason to home-school. Pleasantly surprised. Or as communists would say: peasantry surprised.
That's great. But also, every American, as well as every homeschool, should also go over the "1776 Report: The President's Advisory 1776 Commission", dated January 2021. The following link opens the PDF file on: https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Presidents-Advisory-1776-Commission-Final-Report.pdf
I would also add to take your time and really let this sink in. POTUS Trump and his commission were speaking directly to us all. Get the messages!
I had that sucker printed and bound when it came out. My son is using it as a source for his senior thesis.
I can't wait until your kids learn the truth about WW2!!!
"Can't wait until your kids learn the truth about WWII"
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That book would never be allowed in a public school.
In Christian school, we had to sing it every morning.
Homeschool is legit.
I remember all the down time and bullshit from public school, and how worthless half the lessons were. A lot of it was arbitrary bullshit that limited my potential. Plus the wasted summer vacation time? That 36 months has better uses. I’d rather my kids get more holiday time for family.
My children will be in college by 16, if that’s what they want. A very solid grounding in the Trivium, Computer Science, Latin, Physics/Astronomy, Biology, Geography, and the Arts at a young age will set them up for any life they want and is cheap and easy to deliver. Most of the material is FREE. Computers and dry/erase boards are cheap. Field trips every week. Learn on the job with me as they grow up. Give them a wood/metal/auto shop to play with.
I’m preparing a classroom in my house for my kids right now. Fuck teacher’s unions. Most public school teachers are MORONS lol. They just repeat what they’re told to, and make your children stupid.
"Communist control all newspapers, televisions, and radios in the counties they rule." Sounds familiar !
It's crazy that a 5th grade curriculum is all we need to understand to be successful. Yet somehow, these basic ideas are actually debated, as if it's a hard decision to figure which system is more free and appealing to all humans.
Sounds exactly like Covid Coup-19
My brother is studying using Abeka hehe
We tired home school. Didn't work for us. We're now considering moving to Tennessee to avoid state income taxes. The saving on taxes will be more enough to pay for private schools for our kids, which oddly enough, most of our state income taxes goes to public schools.
Have you considered Texas as well?
I have. Too far from family.
The Chattanooga Tennessee area would be an 2 hour drive to my family.
Tell your family to come to Texas too! No, I understand though. My family is in Texas with us but 5 hours away. It sucks.
Thanks for posting that OP.
Questions ?
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Its why they do not teach about communism in schools. If they did the last few generations would recognize the danger, because they know the signs.
" Gain the youth, Gain the Future " - Hitler.
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it ” Churchill.
Well that is interesting, but it is also sideways.
I'm finding very little difference in the jewish hegemonic rule of the USA and communist countries.
I loved that Abeka program when we used it last year. It is Christian based but not overbearingly so. We had so many wonderful conversations especially during science and history. The kids learned so much that year and it was a lot of fun.
I grew up on A Beka curriculum as a private Christian school student then went on to teach it for years in the same private Christian school. We also used a lot of Bob Jones curriculum. So you can still send your kids to a school for a good education (just not public) but it isn’t cheap. I totally understand why many parents feel that homeschooling is best for their family. Some of my best friends are doing it.
Our Catholic school books say freedom of religion is heresy, same with Americanism. It’s hard to live in this world...
Did your kid say "uh does this mean America is communist?" Because the left column does not describe America
Even if they did, the answer to that is simple, anon, "yes, if we do nothing. It has encroached on our freedoms, and this is why we are home schooling you. Our fight against the forces that would try enslave us forever is fought on many fronts, and one front is teaching you to identify and stand against them too."
Sure, and, awesome. I was just curious if they already experience and notice the squeeze despite having no memory of relatively free America
The same way people born after JFK's death can still learn about and gain shared memories of a relatively free America: history.
I didn't say they cant, i was just curious if they noticed the disparity.
yes, and i was just pointing out that even if they did there's always an intelligent way out of it.