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.
I started with a curriculum but soon realized we could cover a LOT more material (and more quickly) than they did in the schools. So I started picking and choosing usually something sorta standard plus then a really cool supplement for each subject. It does NOT take 7 hours a day to homeschool your child. Probably 1-2 hours at your daughter's age. 2-3 by middle school. and they're more self-directed in high school. And we did LOTS of field trips with our homeschooling group.
there are a lot of great resources out there. Also homeschoolbuyers co-op.
We supplemented the kids socially with groups and teams.
They both had full tuition scholarships to college.