My wife and I have talked about homeschooling our daughter. She is finishing kindergarten now. Currently goes to a private Christian school that we do like and is doing extremely well.
At first my wife was against it cause she thought she wouldn’t be able to do it and all of the typical negative thinking for it. Now she is really wanting to do it and is researching all different homeschool curriculums. My question is in regards to curriculums. Is there an actual beat curriculum? Is it a pick and choose from different ones? Is it a “don’t worry too much about curriculum” and more if a self pacing? I’ve just seen so many things about different approaches.
So if any out there that have homeschooled or are currently doing so could just give different pointers or tips for a family that is wanting to do it, I would greatly appreciate it.
Look into the Homeschool Legal Defense Association hslda.org for curriculum ideas as well as legal protection for their members. They know the laws in each state.
We adapted our curriculum to each child. One was a voracious reader who wanted American Lit in high school to be SciFi stories, so we found a list of American SciFi authors going back about 100 years and chose stories she had not read before. Our other child hated reading. I found an old set of books called something like Stories Children Love at a library book sale. They were from somewhere around 1920 and were compiled by a teacher. Paying attention to what stories did interest him, we then chose books that featured those interests and expanded into other areas later.
Have fun with homeschooling!!!