Homeschool?

[Anonymous]

If schools don't start as normal in the fall, is anyone thinking of buying a home school curriculum?

Our public school district's distance learning has been abysmal. I'm guess it won't be any better in the fall. My children attended private school and I just don't see the point of paying $$$$ in tuition for distance learning that is only mediocre. So far, we have abandoned distance learning and have been doing a good job pieces together work from various sites and resources.

In the fall I hope to be more organized. If we will all be home anyway, it seems to make more sense to buy a comprehensive homeschool curriculum that more accuratly meets each child's academic needs and do it at our own pace. Is anyone else thinking of doing this? If so, what programs are you considering purchasing?

[Anonymous]

Following. I’m not even sure DC’s tiny private school will survive this. We are still employed but I imagine many families have already lost income.

[Anonymous]

We'd already had various math, reading, and writing curricula to supplement. Leaning on them more and more, and now have added art with the latest order.

[Anonymous]

We're at a public where they are making a good effort to do distance learning, but I will probably hire an online tutor if school doesn't start in the fall.

[Anonymous]

I am definitely considering it. (With a 3rd and a 6th grader) I can deal with a 2-3 month disruption in their learning, but don’t want to see them go through next year without being actively taught by a live person. I am confident in my ability to teach the material, but not at all confident that they will be happy about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We'd already had various math, reading, and writing curricula to supplement. Leaning on them more and more, and now have added art with the latest order.

From where?

[Anonymous]

How old are your kids? Secular or religious?

My impression so far is that if you want secular curriculum there aren't too many complete ones. More choices if you buy subjects individually. It also matters if you want online, workbooks, or more literature based.

I joined SEA Homeschoolers on Facebook and have learned so much by reading posts. I would start by reading through some old posts and asking questions.

FWIW, we've started using Math Mammoth for math and love it. It's very popular on SEA. We also use Growing with Grammar and Winning with Writing, but my kid has dysgraphia. It's not a special needs curriculum but I get the sense people with kids who like to write and/or are good at it use something called BraveWriter.

Real Science Odyssey at Pandia Press is also talked about a lot, but I haven't purchased anythign yet because I'm waiting for the new edition of the lower level bio curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? Secular or religious?

My impression so far is that if you want secular curriculum there aren't too many complete ones. More choices if you buy subjects individually. It also matters if you want online, workbooks, or more literature based.

I joined SEA Homeschoolers on Facebook and have learned so much by reading posts. I would start by reading through some old posts and asking questions.

FWIW, we've started using Math Mammoth for math and love it. It's very popular on SEA. We also use Growing with Grammar and Winning with Writing, but my kid has dysgraphia. It's not a special needs curriculum but I get the sense people with kids who like to write and/or are good at it use something called BraveWriter.

Real Science Odyssey at Pandia Press is also talked about a lot, but I haven't purchased anythign yet because I'm waiting for the new edition of the lower level bio curriculum.

OP here. Children are 3,8, 10. It would be secular. I am seeing too a lot of the curriculums are religious. Thank you for the suggestions!

[Anonymous]

There are secular curricula. Here's one package, which includes a lot of inter-disciplinary project prompts as well: https://try.prendahome.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? Secular or religious?

My impression so far is that if you want secular curriculum there aren't too many complete ones. More choices if you buy subjects individually. It also matters if you want online, workbooks, or more literature based.

I joined SEA Homeschoolers on Facebook and have learned so much by reading posts. I would start by reading through some old posts and asking questions.

FWIW, we've started using Math Mammoth for math and love it. It's very popular on SEA. We also use Growing with Grammar and Winning with Writing, but my kid has dysgraphia. It's not a special needs curriculum but I get the sense people with kids who like to write and/or are good at it use something called BraveWriter.

Real Science Odyssey at Pandia Press is also talked about a lot, but I haven't purchased anythign yet because I'm waiting for the new edition of the lower level bio curriculum.

OP here. Children are 3,8, 10. It would be secular. I am seeing too a lot of the curriculums are religious. Thank you for the suggestions!

What grades will they be in next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We'd already had various math, reading, and writing curricula to supplement. Leaning on them more and more, and now have added art with the latest order.

From where?

My three major sources for new material are christianbook.com , rainbowresource.com , and milestonebooks.com . All of them sell both secular and Christian resources for noticeably cheaper than you would find them at e.g. Amazon.

[Anonymous]

I like looking for various resources, and don't use just one curriculum.

If I was going to use just one I'd use Oak Meadow, which is secular, although I've only really looked at their 5th - 8th grade levels, because that's where my kids are.

I'd probably choose separate math for each kid, because it's a subject that's really important to me. Right now, I'm planning to have one kid doing a combination of Beast Academy and Math in Focus, one kid doing Art of Problem Solving, and one kid doing the "Key to" series for preAlgebra.

[Anonymous]

In my home state (not VA or MD) there’s a popular online charter school Witt good quality free homeschooling materials. Does that exist around here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my home state (not VA or MD) there’s a popular online charter school Witt good quality free homeschooling materials. Does that exist around here?

Not in MD. In DC there is an online charter but they use the K12 curriculum which I don't care for. I think they also have a waiting list.

I don't now about VA.

[Anonymous]

No. I’m sticking with my public. Their distance learning program is SO CRUMMY. Worthless. But, I don’t want to leave the district and I can do homeschooling on the side.