We have been trying to educate my eldest child at home. We passed up a great charter school to educate her at home. However, my wife feels like she cannot go on doing this.
First is the difficulty. If my daughter grows bored, she just pretends like she can't do the work and cries. For example, she didn't want to do math, so she pretended that she couldn't count objects and say the correct number (six objects, and she insisted that there are seven). She cries during her lessons because she doesn't want to do the work.
Second is that my daughter is bored all day. She literally has been begging "to go to a government school" like her friends so she can "see them on the bus and at recess." We're having a hard time finding anyone locally for her to play with during the day. She won't do additional lessons or activities and just whines non-stop about playing with other girls.
My wife is at her wits end and tells me that she hates doing this, even though she was the one who made the final decision to homeschool!
When I've had to take over lessons during the day, my no-nonsense attitude seems to get us through lessons smoothly, but her boredom and constant whining is a real point of contention.
What do we do? She's already in four extra-curricular activities. Local clubs fill up fast, so she can't join those. There should be dozens of nearby families doing homeschool, but apparently not?
I have a bored child and an exasperated wife. Help!
Age? Grade level??
Join a sportsman club (gun range, archery)
4H is kinda woke with some stuff but get a kid chickens so they get up in the morning with responsibility (purpose to get un the morning before school) forced routine to get up get dressed and they will probably focus more for lessons.
Screen do have an impact on attitude and behavior. Blue light with head aches. Limit screens... Hard to do as adults with these .win pages 🤣
Karate or somethign of that nature teaches respect self defense and emotional control along with burning energy.
She... might be just her age. School could make it even harder with being a new girl in the class. Couldn't believe the drama with just first grade girls to high school.
Also chapter books Rush Limbaugh series
https://officialrushlimbaugh.com/rush-revere/
Prodigy for math game. Free online... really neat (u set the grade level)
IXL. Online neat setup to change math up.
Education fun break learning series buy liberty kids and School house rock
But the more serious stuff for older kids and young that can help you....
Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
https://hslda.org
HSLDA’s leaders, directors, and employees are Christians who seek to honor God by providing the very highest levels of service in defending homeschool freedom and equipping homeschoolers.
How to Get Started (Interactive Explainer)
https://hslda.org/get-started
Homeschool Laws by State (interactive map)
https://hslda.org/legal
List of other homeschool organizations (each State has them)
https://hslda.org/content/orgs/
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FIND HOMESCHOOL GROUPS NEAR ME -- US, CANADA, PUERTO RICO
https://www.homeschool.com/supportgroups
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Hillsdale College
K-12 at Home: An American Classical Education
https://k12athome.hillsdale.edu
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National Home School Association (NHSA, appears to be membership/dues-based)
https://nationalhomeschoolassociation.com
About:
About Us Aside from our many advisors and associates, we are a dedicated team of seasoned homeschoolers that are determined to maintain the NHSA's position as the epicenter of the home schooling movement. With a wide variety of talents and experience our team is uniquely positioned and qualified to take on the challenges to unify the millions of widely diverse and fiercely independent homeschool families across the country into a single voice to protect everyones right to homeschool.
Free E-Book
Terra Scholar - A Complete Handbook for Today’s Homeschooler E-book https://nationalhomeschoolassociation.com/terra-scholar-homeschool-ebook.php
What are Homeschool Pods and Co-Ops? (explainer)
https://www.homeschoolingsc.org/resources-page/homeschool-associations/
Other Resources, Activities, and Curriculum available on site.
Material.... Younger kids and free Math/english game prodigy online (simple search pops it right up)
BetterWorldBooks
Great source for older / out of print Textbooks.
https://www.betterworldbooks.com ....................
Ron Paul Curriculum
https://www.ronpaulcurriculum.com
"Absolutely the best CONTENT I have seen anywhere for subjects of Literature and History. My 4th grader loves it and is learning things I didn't know about until college and beyond. PhD level professors teaching in prerecorded course (180 lessons per subject per semester). Also have courses in science, math, etc and adult courses. By 4th grade students can work almost entirely independently with the curriculum (but you'll want to learn it too!) which is a big help especially for families with multiple kids."
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ABEKA (Christian Homeschooling Program)
https://www.abeka.com/homeschool
About:
In 1954, Dr. Arlin Horton and his wife, Beka, started a Christian school in Pensacola, Florida. But they soon discovered a problem. Textbooks and curriculum based on biblical educational philosophy were starting to disappear. Burdened to give their students the best education possible, they stood in the gap and began producing their own materials.
"my daughter taught piano to 3 boys who were using the christian homeschool ABEKA program and there all in college now! Both my daughters were raised on this program in private christian school."
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Seton Home Study School (Catholic)
https://www.setonhome.org
Seton Home Study School is a nationally accredited, faithfully Catholic private PreK-12 distance school located in the state of Virginia. We serve an enrollment of approximately 20,000 homeschooled students, and several thousand more families through book sales and by furnishing materials to small Catholic schools.
"Seton Catholic homeschooling is excellent. The program handles all the paperwork for the state or country of residence. They send a box of real books, computer use is minimal. We set up a fast pace with provided math course, so we can add Singapore US edition afterwards."
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Saxton math (but always check word problems... it's popular and used in private schools... always worried things could get snuck in and switched up. Never had this problem but always check)
Finally for your wife... try looking for a mom's for liberty group (might help her meet like minded moms and play dates hangouts)