Homeschooling Parents: what are your days like?
By eden32
@eden32 (3973)
United States
March 4, 2007 10:12am CST
Just wondering how other homeschooling families spend their days. Do you stick to a schedule? Do you feel you need X amount of time per subject? And if you do, on days that fall short of how you planned, do you carry it over to the next day so it balances out? Or if you are of the un-schooling variety,do you hope to spend each day doing fun & creative projects- involving glue, clay, paint but not much mess? Are you disappointed when your child just isn't into it or the day's "must get done list" takes you away from what you had hoped to do?
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@momwatittude (542)
• United States
4 Mar 07
I have been homeschooling my son since he was in third grade. First through 2 grade I used book curriculum through alpha omega and spent alot of time teaching him. We did 1 hour on each subject. but for grades 3-8 his current grade I have used switched in school house curriculum which is outstanding in my oppinion for it relieves me of alot of work. You can read up on it at www.familycow.com with this curriculum I only answer a few questions he may have and I onl7y grade his projects. The curricul does all the lesson planning and grading for me. He has a lot of fun with this schoolwork and only schools now for about 4 hours a day. The rest of the day is ours for fun and volunter work.
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@momwatittude (542)
• United States
4 Mar 07
Sorry I meant I have been homeschooling since first grade. I pulled him out of public school after Kindergarden.
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@hurricanekw (97)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I HS my 3 kids. I write my own curriculums which has led me to start my own educational company called Rowin' Through Education.
I posted a discussion about a geography challenge I have started that will turn into a large geography expo.
If anyone is interested...let me know.
We love HSing and I can't imagine doing anything else.
@lillake (1630)
• United States
9 Mar 07
Eh, we just have fun. ;) Which is easy to do when your kids are babies. When they're older I plan on mostly unschooling, but arranging the home in an Enki fashion and using th4ir guide books.
http://enkieducation.org
http://momisteaching.com
