Has anyone homeschooled only one of the kids?

[Anonymous]

My middle child has some behavioral issues and learns better at home. He's 6. I want to homeschool or at least do virtual private school. My oldest is in a gifted program in public school and my youngest is in an in person private school. I worry my middle son will feel left out. Has anyone done this? How did you explain your decision to the child who stayed home?

[Anonymous]

Why does your youngest get private and not the middle one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does your youngest get private and not the middle one?

"My middle child has some behavioral issues and learns better at home".

[Anonymous]

I home school my SN child. Truth is we ended up paying out of pocket for private therapists to come to home. Zoom was useless waste of tax dollars.

[Anonymous]

Pp. He has an hour of daily therapy, an hour of schooling from me using a curriculum (he does not absorb most) and I put him in a small group for social interaction 2-3x a week.

He is progressing much better than with school based therapy. Maybe because they are directly responsible to me they are really good at following up and giving me clear plans and they dont waste time because I'm right there.

[Anonymous]

Also pp, my oldest is in a regular private and doing wonderfully with in person learning

[Anonymous]

I'm homeschooling only one. I know a number of families that mix up how they educate their children, because they're trying to respond to individual needs as much as possible. In our case, the one that is homeschooled doesn't feel left out, he really appreciates the extra time with me. He's by far the easiest of the kids. The others tend to demand a lot of space, so the focused one on one time is really special and great.

[Anonymous]

I homeschooled seven. Then all the kids were in public (choice and necessity). After 2 years, we withdrew two who wanted/needed to be homeschooled again. Fast forward another year, and all the kids wanted to do homeschool again. We respond to necessity first, choice second, but everyone is always welcome to voice their opinion.

[Anonymous]

I homeschool one of my three. She has learning differences ( dyslexia, dyscalculia) She has specialized reading and math tutors and. It works great. The other two know public school “ doesn’t teach the way she learns” so it’s fine. We also take Friday as fun activity/ field trip days. She loves one on one and it makes her feel special. I never thought I would homeschool but feel confident it’s the best decision for my daughter.

[Anonymous]

Homeschooling one of 3. This one views it as a privilege, and WAAAYYYYY better than MCPS DL. No special needs. Just not engaged via Zoom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I homeschool one of my three. She has learning differences ( dyslexia, dyscalculia) She has specialized reading and math tutors and. It works great. The other two know public school “ doesn’t teach the way she learns” so it’s fine. We also take Friday as fun activity/ field trip days. She loves one on one and it makes her feel special. I never thought I would homeschool but feel confident it’s the best decision for my daughter.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I homeschooled seven. Then all the kids were in public (choice and necessity). After 2 years, we withdrew two who wanted/needed to be homeschooled again. Fast forward another year, and all the kids wanted to do homeschool again. We respond to necessity first, choice second, but everyone is always welcome to voice their opinion.

Thanks for this. How did you explain your decision to the one who needed homeschooling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I homeschooled seven. Then all the kids were in public (choice and necessity). After 2 years, we withdrew two who wanted/needed to be homeschooled again. Fast forward another year, and all the kids wanted to do homeschool again. We respond to necessity first, choice second, but everyone is always welcome to voice their opinion.

Thanks for this. How did you explain your decision to the one who needed homeschooling?

Two. First, they wanted it. Second, they were losing ability instead of progressing. Third, the school wanted to blame poor ability instead of poor teaching, and wanted them retained. We withdrew, switched to online public for one semester, then switched back to homeschool because the schedule was easier (teachers were great online, but neither was heavily invested in online classes, so most learning was offline anyway).