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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]13:04 again.  Thank you so much.  Do you (or anyone else reading) have any experience going from public school to homeschool back to public school in a short time?  (We are in MCPS.)

Normal public school works okay for my kid, and *much* better on the whole for our family/relationships.  So I'm really only looking at homeschooling alternatives to the MCPS-provided distance learning, which were disastrous for us.  I can probably swing a full year of homeschool if necessary, but I'd be planning to go back when schools are back to "normal".

So I'm wondering how to make sure my kids cover the same material (roughly) that they would in regular school, so when they go back, they are not completely out of sync.  Even better if there's a way to do that if school returns mid-year.  Would MCPS give me enough curriculum info to make sure we cover all the main things? (I'm mostly concerned with math and ELA, and history to a lesser extent.)

And if the county does a part time system where kids are in class some of the days and on DL other days, is there any chance I could send my kids on the in-person days for social reasons, but do my own curriculum on the DL days?  That seems like a stretch, but maybe? Is part-time homeschooling an accepted thing?

Thanks again![/quote]

The only subject you will really need to worry about tracking with the public schools is in math and that's only if you are planning to go back halfway through the year. My suggestion for you would be to find a friend that will let you know which part of math they are covering in the part of the year that you pull your child. You don't want to be teaching geometry when they are teaching fractions and then return when they start teaching geometry for example. In general, the expectations are someone grade level consistent, but the sequencing and sometimes the algorithms are different depending on if you use a math book published overseas or not.

For ELA, it will be more a question of if they continue to build skills. If they are young, get some phonics materials to make sure that is settled. Maybe get an appropriate spelling book. Have them write. If they are doing American history, do the same, but the specific books won't matter as much. If you are only homeschooling for a couple of months, it really won't make much difference. I do not recommend, putting a child in and out of school though so I'd say commit to one for a couple of months before switching. There are lots of parents deciding to temporarily homeschool because it's easier to manage on your own when you are available rather than a preprogrammed time during the work day.

Kids move from state to state during normal school years and content wise there are always differences.[/quote]

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