Hey, so I was homeschooled my entire school life.(very grateful for it, tbh) But as a Christian, 29f adult, I’ve found it hard to to really find things to do to go meet people. I’m a bartender, so being social isn’t the problem really, it’s just hard to find things to do that don’t involve sitting at a bar. I have a couple of homeschooler friends in my age group, and they all agree that’s been a bit of a tough part. Any ideas?

My child is at the stage of really enjoying sitting down with the addition and subtraction worksheets I made for her and just working through them. (single digit operands).

I don't remember if I taught myself various mental math tricks or if they were explicitly taught.

Things like: "13+8 is the same as 1+12+8 and the '2'+8 magically turns into 10, so 13+8=10+10+1=21." (in my head, my brain just "poofs" the 8 and 12 together and tosses a 1 on there).

or: "5 times any number is that number divided by 2, with a zero tossed on the end. Plus 5 if it was an odd number to start".

Should I be TEACHING these sorts of math tricks? If so, how? Is there some curriculum that works well to help with this? Or are these sorts of things something that each kid needs to internalize in their own way?

She's definitely naturally right-brained: a visual learner, creative, great at English, visual arts, etc. A slower learner who needs LOTS of repetition, and visuals or other hands on things to make sense of the material and demonstrate it. She's very easily distracted and has trouble focusing especiallyif she's bored, she isn't motivated to just sit and learn new concepts like some kids are... so it has to be fun, engaging, etc. Which curriculum would fit that criteria? Currently the only curriculum we're doing is good and beautiful pre-k, only 1 lesson a day bc that's the only amount of time she can sit through .. so 20 minutes ish. I know they have a math curriculum but I've heard it's not as complete as some others so I'm looking to see if there's anything else out there. I know at this age she is still quite young but I would like to just add in some math work to introduce it.

Thank you in advance!

So, my second grader is NOT into Singapore dimensions. The pages from the textbook are super busy, colorful and over stimulating for her. She really does not enjoy it and we've been trying it for 3 months now... With that being said, I'm looking into Math-U-See (beta). Anyone out there switch from Singapore dimensions to Math-U-See? I'm also open to any suggestions as well! I really wished we loved dimensions since so many people do!

I'm not a homeschooler, but I want to help my daughter catch up as she's 8 Months delayed and about to start year 2 in Feb next year and I don't want her to get further behind.

Long story short is that she is delayed due to learning challanges and I want to support her in catching up to the rest of the kids. I've been looking at the curriculum website and can't really find resources, or what she is getting assessed on to be able to design a curriculum for her. - I work full time and a solo parent so i'm time short to find and design the curriculum effectively from scratch.

I'm keen to work on English and Match specifically. Is there resources that are tried and tested, or a list of words she gets assessed on?

So... am posting this here because a few things are intersecting, and the piece that other people don't understand is that we homeschool. I went on antidepressants 2.5 years ago postpartum because I was not doing well mentally. My kids were in school at the time having a terrible experience because even during pregnancy I was fairly depressed and knew I couldn't keep homeschooling with a newborn with my mental state, and I'm glad I made that decision. I went back to homeschooling first my younger kid who was starting 1st grade, then in the second semester I brought my 3rd grader back home to homeschool. I was feeling a lot better with medication and I remember thinking, nothing can be worse than their school experience. I decided to go off of all of my medication last month to see where I am. I'm not postpartum anymore, I'm getting therapy and my kids are older. So as I've come off of the medication I am yelling more and more. The medication definitely had a sedating effect on me, so I kind of ended up just doing everything for everyone because trying to get them to do it was too exhausting. This is where homeschooling comes in and this is the part my therapist doesn't get. I need to have my kids do many, many things every day. Not just chores or a few pages of homework. Like my whole day is getting them to do things they basically don't want to do. When I ask them they say they definitely want to keep homeschooling, but when I ask them to do their schoolwork they resist. Every. Single. Thing. It's mostly just the one kid. So I yell. I feel like I yelled all day today. I have a headache, my kid is super angry with me, and we STILL haven't finished her schoolwork for the day. I heard the public school kids walking home an hour ago. I feel like I need to go back on medication to stop the yelling, but also, can't I expect more from my family? How do I go unmedicated and not yell at my kids? Has anyone been in the same boat? All my therapist says is "take a break, step away, do it later." I would be taking an indefinite break and stepping away so much that I would be down to the park by lunchtime. I can't do everything later because I'm following curriculum that needs to be done on a schedule. It's important for me for my kids to stay basically on grade level, and I know I can expect a little pushback, but this is ridiculous. My oldest also has ADHD, so I feel extra defeated and inadequate. I've switched up curriculum probably 10 times. It's not the curriculum. I've tried adding online classes to give us a break from each other. Nothing is working and I am yelling. Anyone?

Hi! I'm selling some digital prints, designed to be flashcards. I currently have colors, shapes, fruits and vegetables. I am also in the process of translating my materials to French and Swedish as well. I have worked for six years in child protective services and I love children. Education and lifelong learning are near to my heart. If anyone is interested in checking out these resources I'm selling them for a good value and I currently have them on sale. If not, that's okay too! My store is https://organizedbyangel.etsy.com . 🥰 Have a great day and thanks for reading !

Hey, all! My kiddo was getting KiwiCo Yummy crates as a way to learn about science and cooking in one go. They've recently discontinued this line and are not replacing it with another cooking one.

Two questions - 1. Did anyone else use the Yummy crates and know how many total there were offered? (Kiddo only got 10 before it auto cancelled.) 2. Does anyone use a subscription cooking box specifically aimed at kids aged 5+ that you recommend?

Thanks!

We have recently taken in my girlfriends 12 year old (year 9) sister for a month, whilst some home family issues are dealt with. We live in a different city so schooling isn’t an option for the short time. So to save her sitting here all day playing fortnite, we want to put some sort of education program in place, but struggling to find a good website or app that has great reviews.

Can anyone recommend anything that she can do a little bit of learning through, and we can get a few hours of education in? UK based preferably as I understand curriculum in other countries is different, but anything is good if it explains the basics.

Also any advice that would get her into a little routine, no tele, time for food etc would be more than welcome.

Hello, I want to homeschool but I’m also a bit overwhelmed by the constant nature of it and I am curious if anyone does hybrid and enjoys it? There are 2 options near us that do 3 days a week at school and 2 at home. It feels like the best of both worlds in a way. But I do wonder if I’d miss the actual picking of the curriculum and fully being in charge of my kids education. Appreciate insight.

Hey there! I'm a full time working mom who is incredibly disenchanted with the "system". It wasn't bad until this year when my 2nd grader had to change schools due to rezoning as well as the slow creep of standardized testing (which I'm against).

I know we'd have more freedom homeschooling, I know she'd get a better and more efficient education, my hang ups are A.) I don't know where to start/how to create a curiculum/plan to follow to ensure she meets the basics and B.) I work a relatively stressful job from home with a traveling husband, and frankly the sending her to school gives me the coverage to take on-site meetings and get a break.

Anyone else start off in similar circumstances?

I am wondering how much input to give an 8yr old in the decision to be homeschooled. I am all for it, but they are saying they want to finish ES at their school and begin in MS. I want to begin immediately at the end of this school year. Do I owe them a say? Thoughts?

What's the best 5th grade math conceptual learning curriculum for homeschooling? Torn between the digital ability of MyMath (McGrawHill) and the straightforward conceptual style of MathMammoth?

Has anyone been able to successfully set up a counselor account for their homeschool student taking PSATs or SATs on college board?

Hi everyone,

I’m homeschooling my preschoolers, so I’m pretty new to the homeschooling community. I also run a German language school, and we’re launching daytime German classes for homeschoolers (ages 5-12). We’re really excited to get these classes going but need a few more students to make it happen next week (offering 30% intro discount).

I’ve found a few Facebook groups, but most are geared toward general support rather than specific class advertising. Do you know of any groups or online communities that might allow us to share these classes? TIA

I was given the great honor of homeschooling my grandson this year. I was extremely excited to teach 6th grade in an unschooling nature based way. I live semi-off grid on 8 acres of beauty. Well my guy showed up with a lap top, a desk top, 2 large monitors and an abundance of cords. Got a "thanks mom, you're his support person for online school. See ya later." I didn't have a lot of faith this would go well. Several months in and online school is a bust. So now I get my chance! I homeschooled 3 of my kiddos (3 different grades) at the same time. So I'm not a complete novice. However, I need something I can pick up and go with ASAP at this moment. I don't have the extra time I would have had in July to do lesson plans. Religion is a no no by his mom's decree. I purchased Oak Meadow's digital package and the format doesn't work for us because I need the open and go at this moment. Suggestions???

I'm looking for recommendations on good chapter books with short chapters. I have tried different books from my personal collection... Lemony snicker books, Narnia, and even spiderwick chronicles are too long for my 7 year old to start with. We have a TON of books that we picked up and used books stores over the years and I created a small library for my kids of all of our fiction books. There are so many books, I'm not even sure what all is there, especially because my husband picked out a lot of them...

Anyway, I stumbled across "The tale of Despereaux" as I was tidying up and the chapter length in it is perfect! She read Chapter 1 and is excited to read chapter 2.

I might try Spiderwick Chronicles again after we finish this book, but I would love to hear some other good chapter books that we can try

I was wondering whether there'd be any chance the Wiki got another look? I don't have anything to contribute myself, but I could really use the resources.

Help!!! I am currently homeschooling my kindergartner and 2nd grader and I feel like a complete failure!! I have adhd and I’m really struggling to plan curriculum . I need pre made lesson plans that tell me exactly what to teach and when/what order to do it in . Please someone tell me this exists?! I feel like my 2nd grader is falling behind and I really do not want to go back to public schooling .

Currently they are obssessed with these two podcasts but we definitely need more.

Deep Blue Sea - https://open.spotify.com/show/4vC6tDuTQTYSL1NV7vTPYS?si=63a77dd65a2041dd

Discovery Rangers - https://open.spotify.com/show/7I9Qy8D1FaTkR7qFLwtPm3?si=29193e6aea9e46c2

Any ideas on what to add to the list would be fantastic!

My daughter is 16 and has developed severe depression. Straight A student, honor society, top 5% in large high school but now can barely get out of bed. She gets terrible anxiety having to go back to school since her depression started and she is really falling behind. We are considering pulling her out of public school and homeschooling her the rest of the year. She is very open to the idea. There are so many homeschool options out there though. Any advice on homeschool programs to look at or stay away from? Any issue starting mid semester? Any other parents faced this type of situation before? Thank you.

Hello! Looking for insight from people who have done this or maybe have other insights to share.

It is our first year homeschooling, though I was a teacher for 10 years, so I’m well acquainted with how curriculum works, how you can take what works and leave what doesn’t behind (as this is what you pretty much have to do as a teacher since you don’t get control over the curriculum). So I have no problems modifying things as needed.

That said, I bought Apologia for our science and…it’s not for us.

I let my kids pick their own science topic to give them a say in their schooling since they weren’t happy to switch to homeschool. As a result, I have 2 different science curriculums. 5th grader wanted astronomy, 2nd grader wanted the chemistry/physics.

While I appreciate that there is a good amount of experiments/activities, we are so bored by how text heavy it is, and skimming the text and trying to make decisions on which parts are important enough to read or sections we can skip over is exhausting and just makes me feel disjointed, and even in the parts we do decide to read, I feel like there’s unnecessary fluff and the text is over their head (definitely over my 2nd graders head, but my 5th grader understands the astronomy well enough).

I’m starting to think I need to explore other options. Rather than go on a wild goose chase for the perfect curriculum that doesn’t exist, I’m wondering about just getting library books to go along with the topics we are studying that are written in a more kid-friendly way, find experiments or projects to do, and work in some writing practice along the way.

I guess I’m just looking for feedback from families who have tried this: how it went, did you end up going back to a regular curriculum, do you feel like it did a good job covering the bases, was it more work than you anticipated, etc.

I’ve definitely done my share of creating my own resources for teaching, but I’ve always more or less had some sort of curriculum to fall back on as needed, and I’d use it as a guide to make sure I covered all important topics, so that’s the part that has me a bit nervous.

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the community but really need some advice and perspective from fellow homeschooling parents.

This is my 6th year homeschooling my two kids, and I'm not sure if I should carry on homeschooling or not.

My situation in a nutshell: my kids have severe emotional regulation issues from ADHD that have been assessed by psychologists and pediatricians and our family dr and they are both getting the help they need medically. Despite the treatments, they are unmanageable at home with endless tantrums, meltdowns and not listening to me. I'm tired, and I feel that I am missing out on contributing financially and socially by not working outside the home. The kids do well at their homeschool activities and other sports and lessons outside the home. They are well socialized and are cooperative with coaches and instructors, but with me and my partner, their behavior falls apart.

I'm tired of feeling like I'm being taken advantage of by being screamed at and yelled at during their tantrums, while I am giving up a career and my own independence by homeschooling them.

My goals in homeschooling them is to make sure that they get lots of time outside, that they have the freedom to play and have time with each other as siblings, and to learn in a way that works for them. But what I'm starting to wonder if homeschooling is doing them a disservice.

How much do you expect the world to bend to your child's needs and remove them from situations that are too stressful (like bullying, etc) and how much does your child need to recognize that sometimes you just have to do things because that's the way the world works (majority of children attending school and not being homeschooled.)

How do you decide to homeschool while balancing the needs of both yourself and your kids? Do you keep homeschooling your kids even when they are uncooperative with you and generally disrespectful despite all attempts to teach them to be respectful to you as their parent? Do you keep homeschooling them when you're exhausted?

I am friends with lots of working moms and it is no less exhausting for them even when their kids are in school. Is this just a grass is greener situation?

Would love your thoughts and advice.

PS: I'm not looking for opinions on ADHD medication or medical advice.

Curriculum or living books. Any age range. I tend to read them and condense it to my child's level.

No negative comments

Please don’t shame me, I have already beaten myself up enough. Sorry if it’s a little discombobulated…I am in tears trying to get this all off my chest.

We decided to start homeschooling this year. In August we were doing so good, but I have fallen into a rut and it’s taken a toll on my kid’s education. I have been having my own mental and physical health issues and I HATE to see the way it’s impacting everything around me. I feel so much guilt for not being able to homeschool after only ever wanting to. My youngest will be eligible for pre-K next year and my oldest should be heading to first grade, however…I don’t think he’s ready. It’s causing me a lot of anxiety, because we aren’t financially stable enough to homeschool. We need two incomes. We don’t qualify for any assistance. They also have no friends. We moved away from family and they only have me and each other. There is one co-op that aligns with our values but it’s 45 minutes away and we only have 1 car. My husband works an hour in the opposite direction. My heart is really breaking. I’m so scared of sending my kids to public school but I’m even more scared of failing them. I know I can be a good mom and I hope that I can teach them beyond what they learn in school. I’m also hoping that this isn’t the end all be all for us….i hope we find our way back to hs eventually. We are moving in a few months and once we get there, I’m hoping to find a school that I can trust. I know if I continue down this path my kids will fall behind and that’s not fair to them. I don’t mean fall behind by “society’s standards” I mean falling behind their peers and making their lives more difficult. I think my plan of action now is to try to get my child up to school level standards so he has a greater chance of being placed with kids his age. I guess I’m just looking for things that I should really focus on to get him on a comparable level to public school first grade. This is never what I wanted but I think it’s what’s best for everyone right now.

Has anyone taken this route? state funding for homeschooling in California sounds great! i would love to have funds for tutoring my child and also putting her in a sport, how does this work exactly? is it as easy and convenient as it seems? ive been doing research on this for a few months now and im still a bit lost on how to go about it and if its just that simple. Your experienced advice is much appreciated!

3rd grade girl next fall. ADHD/Dyslexia (issues with phonetic awareness, but getting past it) with maybe a touch of her mom's 'tisim.

She LOVES science, being outdoors, animals, and just big, loud, fun in general. I've found something I think we can make work for every subject except ELA:

Math - Beast Academy/Prodigy

Science - Elemental Science and seasonal animal studies

Art/Music - Studio in a school/Piano and Voice Lessons

History/SS - Core Knowledge with a mix of role play (ex. pretending to be a Viking for a day)

I need something for ELA. Blossom and Root was really flowery, and it moved too slowly. BookShark was torture for the both of us. She didn't like AAR. We can work on the dyslexia separate from the ELA. I don't mind reading and helping her transcribe if she gets to do something that interests her, but I can't find anything. I think spelling tests while homeschooling are completely ridiculous.

I almost feel like something that adds movement into the lesson would work well, but I'm not sure what that would look like for a 3rd grader.

Maybe I'm just looking for a unicorn.

Help!

Hello, friends!

I am freshly making the decision to homeschool for several reasons both personal and political.

I have 3 kids but will only be homeschooling the 7 and 4 year old right now.

Starting feels incredibly overwhelming because I almost feel too stupid to homeschool- like I am going to irrevocably fuck them up somehow. I did well in school (other than math omg), but my brain is still telling me that I will not be good enough.

I am in GA, USA and am lower income. Any tips or tricks on starting? Any free resources? I’m open to online curriculum, but definitely want to be more hands on.

My 7 year old tested for gifted in kindergarten and she’s incredibly bright. She can already read, but I’d still appreciate tips on how to teach reading to my 4 year old who isn’t as keen on learning her letters.

Thanks in advance :)

Hi everyone! We’re planning to start homeschooling for kindergarten in Arkansas, and we’re looking for non-religious curriculum recommendations. We’re especially interested in nature-based and play-focused programs that allow lots of outdoor exploration and hands-on learning. We’d love a well-rounded curriculum that keeps things flexible and fun.

Thanks in advance for any help!

I want to teach my kid to read, i introduced him to 2 alphabet sounds and he point those 2 sounds when he see them, i feel he is ready to learn to read. But i dont know how to start where to start, what resources to use, i saw those bob books at library but i felt he doesnt know all these sound and how to put them together. He is very interested in reading books, he would pick a book up and try to remember and say what was it i read to him on that page. (he havent had any screen time so he hasnt watched ABC videos, just me trying to tell him at times that this alphabet have this sound as in this word)

Any guidance on how to start, what to teach him first and what next and the resources is highly appreciated.