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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think one is only "homsechooling" when their kids are beyond 1st grade.

It's Kindergarten.

You can actually wait until the month before 1st grade if they are going to go to school in 1st and teach them all they need to know.  You don't even need a month really.  The curriculum will repeat in 1st and part way through second.[/quote]

But how can you go over handwriting, math concepts, writing, reading, learning about some famous Americans, etc...in under a month?  I'm just trying to see before I commit to do this if it is simple or more complex than I'm thinking it may be...[/quote]

It's pretty easy actually.

Handwriting would be the only thing it might take a child longer to master. It needs consistent work and good guidance. Handwriting without Tears.

Math concepts for K include fully grasping numbers up to 10, shape identification including intro of 3D shapes, maybe some very basic addition, introduction of numbers up to 100.

Reading concepts understanding that all letters have a sound and what that sound is, recognizing all letters, reading a basic list of sight words - I think it's 25 of them?

Famous Americans - introduced through book reading and maybe some follow up art when relevant holidays occur. There is no need for kids to master the info, it's an intro

But I know, your kid is a genius and can already multiply right? Yep, now that my kid is in 3rd, like I heard so many people say before, the number of kids who are truly genius is almost non existent. Also the same concepts repeat in the first 2 years of curriculum as children mature they are able to process and use the information not just memorize facts which is what many of the "gifted" K students have done.

I will never forget my friend bragging about her kids advanced Math skills before K. We get in an elevator and her mom tells her to push the number "20" and her kid can't identify 20. Of course she can't bc she only knew the number in the context of preK workbooks - that is the number in sequential order presented in the same format over and over. The kid couldn't extrapolate the info to real life and that's true for many kids that age still.

Kindergarten will also include learning to be part of a group, working with others, how to be social including how to introduce yourself,  to other kids without an adult hovering by. It gives kids some independence.
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