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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sadly I don't believe FCPS will be 5 days a week come fall. We are a bright 2nd grader who is bored with DL and over learning via a computer. So I think the best course of action for her would be to homeschool her for 3rd grade. However, knowing me and my DD there is no way I can be her teacher. For those of you who outsourced your homeschooling to tutors/teachers where did you find them? How days during the week and for how long each day? Did you provide the curriculum yourself or just tell the teacher what you wanted to cover? I'm new to whole idea of homeschooling so any advice, secular resources etc would be helpful. TIA[/quote] OP - All parents say this about their children before beginning homeschool. Think this through. If your child is done with computers, please don't get an on-line curriculum. Do you really think a babysitter is going to do a better job than you? How about taking a month or so and just doing fun projects together... cooking, science experiments, crafts, etc. on topics that your child enjoys. Slowly re-introduce more challenging topics by reading the same books and discussing, writing journals back and forth about the book, etc. Suddenly you will be your child's teacher and you and your child will be used to it. Re-introduce math (also as something interesting - for a bright child, they are often fascinated by the history of math, which leads to calculations, etc.), spelling and grammar. Hire out the subjects you can't do, like art and foreign language. Make sure to find a group of homeschoolers to socialize with. I assume that they will be meeting in-person by the fall.[/quote] I echo this poster re: being unable to teach your child. I have a very difficult child. I always thought that homeschooling would the the end our our relationship. 3rd grade and we're done :) BUT, it turns out that homeschooling is awesome. Drawing her close, spending that time with her, has done wonders for our relationship. She's bright and wants to be challenged to learn in different ways. Being able to adapt has been amazing, and being in charge of my own assignments (rather than just trying to pull her through school assignments) helped. [/quote]
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