This will be helpful to all those wanting to take their kids edu into their own hands, as so needed today.
This resource came from someone who never did it and had NO IDEA where to go to even begin. She is doing it now...her and the kids (early teens) love it and she still has time to help patriots. This is where she began....I hope this helps. Many want to home school and ask on this board where to begin. I reached out and they got back to me. Many thanks, and I hope this helps those who want to make this change.
Maybe pin this post for a while? 📚
Do any of yall do this while working? I work remotely and want to......but they'd get no instruction from me personally until evening. I have them in now for social aspects due to movi g around for 5 years so my 10 yr old has friends and so my 5 yr old can get speech therapy which is really helping him. I know the mask mandates will prob come back and that's where I draw the line. I will take them out at that point for sure. I also might be a single mom soon as my marriage is shit right now so it'd be be just me doing it and prob help from my mom if I move back to my home city. Basically, I can't quit working. Thanks for any advice frens and thanks OP for this!
I homeschool my own kids and sub in the public schools; it would be advisable to stop believing the lie that schools provide appropriate socialization.
I also work another part-time job besides subbing and still have time to homeschool.
Oh, and I'm working on a masters, so I'm in a class myself. It just takes prioritizing.
I homeschooled for 4.5 years while working full time, starting one in 7.5 and the other in 6th.
It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done as I am also a software engineer with a demanding job. But it was also the best thing. My younger daughter thanks me for not having had her go through the middle school crap that her friends did.
I NEVER thought I would homeschool. But crazy gymnastics schedules and stupid gifted level busy work changed my mind. I ended up writing 2 College Board syllabi so that my older daughter could get AP credit. She got a 5 on World History - on the old test that was so much harder than today’s. I had an AP teacher quiz me on how I was able to do that with her as it is apparently rare for US kids not in prestigious boating schools to ever get 5s. (I used my engineering mind to focus on maximizing the points for the essays.) She also lucked out and got questions on topics that we had really studied.
Of course now, I know what we learned together is utter bullshit.Ah well. 🤷♀️
Man, I admire you. Working this hard to do what's right for your kids while your marriage is in trouble. Lord, please wrap your arms around this amazing woman. God bless you.
Homeschool mom. If you think about it, most of the school day is spent on herding the group, so when you make it 1:1, the work really can be done quick. With your 10-year old, it'll probably be 2-hours per day with it mostly being him reading the material and asking you if he doesn't understand it, so mostly self-taught. With your 5-year old, it'll probably be less time, like 1 - 1.5 hours per day, but more intensive time since you'll be teaching him/her to read.
The luxury of homeschool is you can do it when it is the best time of day for you. We usually start early (7:00 am) when my son is fresh and full of energy and are done by 9:00.
We joined a homeschool network and do something with them pretty much every day. It is quality socialization with activities that the parents pick. What schools call "socialization" is an inaccurate word -- the better word is conformity.
The parents in our network all help one another out, ie taking turns hosting kids so the parents get a break.
there is nothing that says in the non-existent homeschool manual that your kids need to be schooled during the day. Take an hour in the evening and that's good. Learning happens 24/7/365 so don't worry about sitting down and recreating school. Addition and subtraction can happen on the playground, grocery store, or wherever you are. Division can happen at Hobby Lobby for sure! History happens at a museum, listening to podcasts while cleaning house, or watching documentaries. Geography happens watching documentaries, when your kids look at the shower curtain with a map of the world on it, or planning a vacation or trip. I mean, homeschooling doesn't have to be public school at home.