Anyone homeschooling young children?

[georgialee]

I just recently decided to homeschool my son - he would be starting kindergarten in the fall.

What curriculum do you use, etc?

 

[SourRoses]

Does my puppy count?
No? OK!

Well, I was homeschooled.. back, you know, in the previous decade, when dinosaurs walked the earth

I followed an Un-school curriculum... I liked it.

 

[georgialee]

That's good to know! I'm intrigued by the unschooling approach (though I'll be following a curriculum).

 

[equine623]

We school using an cyber school in our state however the curriculum they use is available to anyone. It's called Little Lincoln, its pretty cute...they have guides for parents for each quarter and have a wide variety of subjects covered, even in the kindergarten school year it is more than what public schools (at least those around here) cover.

www.littlelincoln.org

 

[sonjab314]

You are far braver than I!!!! I'd be bald if I home schooled my children lol

 

[cazyaniamllover]

i'm getting hom schooled but i'm propply older then your young kid but it may cost a little exta money

but in the long run you won't reget it beacause i was fouse out of puplie school beacause
a.) most kids in my school made really mean rummors about me(i would tell you but i'll get kick off of BYC froum beacause it was so bad

)
b.)i have some disalbty like my speech that they won't helping me like they should have
c.)most of the treachers in a school when my prantens come up thought they were better then my mom and dad and they mocked me a little beacause i shy and quient
d.)they won't teaching us good engong because if 50%-75% know it they move on and see my spelling they didn't help at all
e.)when they are going to have a kid (which i did not like) during the year (unless it was a P.E treacher) they are there for half a year then poof the subs. just give us a worksheet we have not even learn how to do it yet
f.)you can check to see if they get it or not if you do not know how to do it youself their are those leaning place
g.)the school broard do not care about you kid as long they make money for their pockets
h.)you know as i did (a.) the school broard nor the school did anything till it was to late thurs my dad theathing to sue and i wish he did

here are some reson they said why they can't stop it

:
they come from a bad faimly (they live in 3/2 story house thier mom and dads buy everything for them)
they don't have alot of money (thier prantents are brain suernys, docters, lawerys)
they don't have nice things (iphones4's are new phones each week ipads ipods, $50 bows 500 suff anaimls, wii's,x-boxs,DSI,DS,DSI3,DS3,DSIXL,DSXL,600$ worth of clothes,and alot more)
they don't want to cause cofenlens (because they are to lazy to fo it (a guy send these really mean to my older sister and my dad had to stop it))

my prantens do not have alot of money we live in my dad's old house next door to our grandma and grandpa (my dad's) we have alot of cats they not all ours-

i ammit they most are ours-but most were stary are drop off because people didn't ask it cost us money too

plus one had earmites tore up her ears free cat yet we pay over 1000 dollers on her one old lady ask if we take her walmart kittens

and they just sell fishs

but we took them such sweeties- i am not afaid to say that i got walmart schools because i like how they look and were on sale but i am to said i'm getting chicks and chickens

and a rabbit

and i have four dogs and 20+ cats that are almost all fix but the + is crounting stary i tame or sick kits we find and nurse back to heath are give it a good life till you know

(we do give some away to a person that have less cats/anaimls). that i wear hand-me-drouwn and the thing is most of them were they live off was once my faimly land

sorry about ranting and getting off subjet but schools are bad places but you can drop them off at daycare sometimes to let them met other kids but hey you should get a cat for them as a class pet we have one that use a tiolets

lol but if you want a cat we let you pick whick one/ones but you kid will thank you in the long run

i'm really sorry about the rabimling and getting off sujet but thats what i do best

 

[HeatherLynn]

I am homeschooling but did not do kindergarten. I have a 3 year old who will be my first attempt at preschool and then kindergarten. Honestly I have not found any curriculum that I have liked for those ages. Its an easy age thankfully and so much can be taught through play at that age. I think if you can get a really good phonics program then everything else will fall into line. One website that I like is learningthings.com. Its one of many places I order from. I would suggest finding a local teachers supply store and wander their aisles. I find what I want and then look for it online at a cheaper price. Those places are pricy but you can look through the books before you buy. Amazingly enough I have found a fair amount of preschool stuff cheap so far on amazon.

 

[StrictBaptist]

me and my wife and family are religious, and we are homeschooling all three of our kids... My oldest boy will be starting this fall in Kindergarden....

we are going to use K12.com it is certifeid, and many of their graduates have went on to Harvard, Princeton, etc.

They offer online and distance throughout the united states, and because they are affliated with most local schools through the program, you kidsare still able to participate in school sports, field trips, and after school events(YMCA etc...)

My county also offers free little league to homeschooled kids, so that is cool

we went to about 12 differant homeschool programs, but found K12 is probably our best bet. They actually send your kid a computer to use and many supplies...

www.k12.com

also you can check out this :http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/ - we almost went with it, but K12 fit our needs better....

God Bless

 

[Scoop]

I used the ACE curriculum for all 3 of my kids. The website is www.aceministries.com. Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I don't think I bought the ACE stuff for kindergarten. I just went out and got different workbooks that they sell at the bookstores and department stores. Kindergarten can be just kind of a hodge-podge thing. I made sure they knew their colors, letters, and numbers and were getting familiar with a clock. I also did little cooking projects that could help them get used to tablespoons, teaspoons, cups, and half a cup. Puzzles were also a big part of their lessons as I am convinced it helps with logic. We did bird watching and leaf collecting, too. Oh boy, their is so much you can do! I even taught them things in the grocery store. One time we did a project and they all had paper and pencil in hand as we compared prices in different stores! I'm sure people thought we were bizzaro but so what!

Good luck to you!

 

[danielle82]

My daughter is in kindergarten this year and we ar homeschooling. This fall my son will be in kindergarten and she will be first grade and I will homeschool them both.
We absolutely love it.
We are going through the outreach program at the school, so the school provides our curriculum and we meet with the teacher one hour a week for her to go over stuff with us and to give me little tricks and games to enhance the curriculum.