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.
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? 😊
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.
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.
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).
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.