New to homeschooling and overwhelmed
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Totally overwhelmed - Homeschool pros - what are your best tips for a new homeschooling family?
Children are elementary age. |
Anonymous
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Doesn't your religion or cult or whatever have guides?
First off find out what state curriculum requires. E.g., https://www.doe.virginia.gov/parents-students/for-parents/home-instruction Decide if you have enough kids or if you have to find Homelo suitably screened playmates. You can buy in. https://start.k12.com/national/va.html https://www.liberty.edu/lp/online-academy/middle/ |
Anonymous
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Look for a co-op like Classical Conversations.
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Anonymous
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Susan Wise Bauer's book, "The Well-Trained Mind" is excellent for laying out a classical framework. And other frameworks; if you decide to go down a different path, you'd be doing so with more knowledge. WTM has a reasonably active forum which has been around basically forever and is full of information.
Also, check out co-ops. |
Anonymous
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First and Foremost, know that it will get easier!!!
There are great virtual parent support groups on FaceBook, What's app, Meetup, etc!!! Even if you don't normally use FB, it's worth getting on to be part of the groups until you've made good connections. Depending where you are located, there might be co-ops that your child can attend part of the week. Some are drop off. Some aren't. Like the previous poster mentioned, WTM has forums. Good luck. It will get easier. |
Anonymous
Who do a-holes like you even post in this forum? You really have nothing better to do? |
Anonymous
The above advice is spot-on. Navigate yourself away from here and onto FB, even if you don't normally use it. One really good group to start is Secular, Eclectic, Academic (SEA) Homeschoolers. There are also many groups specific to local areas. The Well-Trained Mind Forums are also very helpful. |
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Another vote for joining FB homeschooling groups (there are secular and religious ones, ones local to Northern Virginia, etc.)
Resist the temptation to replicate public school at home. Definitely look into co-ops. There are some great ones! |
Anonymous
| k-12.com |
Anonymous
| You could also consider a microschool or learning pod in your local area. This would allow you to homeschool without having to manage every aspect of it yourself. Most programs are flexible with how many days a week your children can attend and it enables socialization in a smaller, personalized environment. I am not sure where you are located, but I am starting up a microschool in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and am open to virtual enrollment to interact with in-person students. I wish you the best of luck in your homeschooling journey. |
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| Don’t reinvent the wheel, and make sure to parallel high quality resources. Get the Core Knowledge books “What your (first, second etc) grader needs to know” for a comprehensive and valuable plan for each school year. Modify as you like. The Core Knowledge series for ELA is awesome and free. Beast academy is great for gifted kids in math. 60 minute blocks for both every day. That’s a huge portion, broken up or not, your choice. You can do it. The biggest parts are ELA and math. The rest is supplemental. Don’t skip science or history but it doesn’t have to be a massive focus like ELA and math at elementary age. Go nuts with art or whatever you like and keep it easy and low stress. Have the heavy courses covered for you so you can actually enjoy homeschooling. |
Anonymous
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I homeschooled 3rd grade because of Covid.
My answer would be different if you are homeschooling a year or two vs permanently. |
Anonymous
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Avoid this board. Lots of folks on here don't know anything about homeschooling but think they do (not the people who commented helpfully here).
Facebook has a lot of good groups. If you are a secular homeschooler, Secular Eclectic Academic Homeschoolers is a good place to start. |