Homeschoolers

[swasch]

is that the star something or another? I can never remember the name of that program

Click-N-Kids.com

Pretty cool... My son saw it advertised on one of the cartoon channels, lol.

[Leialoha]

I have three I'm homeschooling, one early elementary, one upper elementary and one middle school.

We are finishing up our 5th year at it!

[wife]

Click-N-Kids.com

Pretty cool... My son saw it advertised on one of the cartoon channels, lol.

I never heard of that one. The one that i know of is star something or another.com

I am going to have to check it out

[wife]

I never heard of that one. The one that i know of is star something or another.com

I am going to have to check it out

Got it is is called starfall.com

[King's Daughter]

We have four kids and have been homeschooling for 14 year. The 19 year old is now in college, the 16 year old is doing some algebra, some economics and lots of art/computer graphics and reading/writing of his own accord. He is very much an unschooler. The girls, ages 13 and 11, are doing Singapore math, Winston grammar, a daily geography program, Writing Strands, What in the World is Going on Here history by Diana Ware which I supplement with great literature, Bible devotional material, and Rosetta Stone Spanish....oh...also English from the Roots Up. They mostly teach themselves and ask me for help occasionally....oh yeah, and Switched on Schoolhouse Science.


Jennie, this coming year will be my first year to homeschool high school! I have homeschooled all my kids from the get-go (they are 14, 13, and 10). My 14 year old will be in high school next year, and I am afraid I am going to blow it big time!

Any advice you can give me before I start? I am looking at doing some Sonlight, and some Abeka, and my DH will teach him the sciences, since he is a biology teacher. :) I'm just afraid of leaving something out or totally leaving him in the dust! :faint

[funmudder]

5 kiddos, all homeschooled. 13, 12, 9, 4 and 2

We are all about the Charlotte Mason method, but use a wide assortment of materials. AcceleratedChristianEducation is our foundation work, meaning they get worked on daily. We have piles of reading materials that are out and in which ever kids room at any given time. The homeschool group we are a part of meets up twice a week to give the kids time to hang out, but it really helps keep me sane and grounded to have the other parents when I start to feel flustered. Yes, I know, sanity is over rated, and how would I recognize it anyway?

Time sheets are a life saver when homeschooling multiple kids, I am learning. I'm new to making them, but this is how they work: I make each child their task sheet for the week based on what they learned and grasped the week before. If they are ready to move forward or keep working on understanding something clearly, its reflected in what they need to do the following week. The child checks off what they have done, and it teaches them time management and personal responsibility. This is what we have already been doing, just without the actual piece of paper for them (and me) to use for accountability. I think its rather brilliant and thank the homeschoolin queen of everything for tipping me off to the idea.

The individual sheets list each subject and chore they are responsible for, and its up to them to get everything done by 5PM.
My oldest has already learned to get all his school work done early in the morning so he has the rest of the day to do what he wants, which lately involves teaching himself art techniques. His chores he procrastinates a bit on :-P
12 year old is a huge procrastinator and day dreamer, so some days will take hours to do 20 minutes worth of work. This hurts no one but himself, and he is starting to learn better focus and time management. His chores he can do in record time, but man can he stretch out an English lesson like its a quantum physics master thesis hehehehehehe.
9 year old watched his brothers and gets his work done right after breakfast, but breaks his chores up into 15 minutes here and there. Everything gets done and he gets to live stress free. I swear he was born with that knack. <3
4 year old is a coloring fool, but is just not interested in times, schedules or anything remotely calm and quiet. For now that's just dandy. He is mostly polite, full of smiles and can be most accommodating when not demanding the world bend to his formidable will. Love it.
2 year old is my best student. She claims to know how to best detail sewing projects, and requests a tiara to wear while she plays in mud. She is a very good momma, keeping all her babies wrapped in blankies and dances to anything that carries a beat for more than 4 seconds.
Clearly my daughter.

Some concerns I have heard are how do I ensure each kid is getting what they need? Its really not that hard. Because our school day is spread out all day, no child is sitting around waiting for his turn with me. They just move on to the next thing on their list if I'm not available right that second. No big deal. When questions arise, I'm here....unless its math, then they gotta wait for dad LOL
Some families have the formal school time scheduled into their day, and I salute them! It's just not what works for our family, and one of the perks of homeschooling is doing what works for your individual, unique family, right? :-D

Thats it in a nut shell :)

[soonhereturns]

Where do the other kids go (public/private)?

I don't know how people with many kids homeschool all of them -- I struggle with giving the two the instruction they need. While one is waiting for me to explain a math concept, the other is waiting for their next "assignment". Back and forth all morning and I don't feel that either is really getting good instruction.



Right now my elementary kids are in public school. Seemed like the lesser of 2 evils right now. Meaning elementary vs. middle school. I'm thinking about pulling the 4 younger ones out as well, but haven't worked up the nerve to do it yet. :rolleyes

There are times when I feel like the ones I teach aren't getting all they need either, but I try not to worry about that too much. For me, my biggest struggle is juggling my teaching day with getting household chores done. My kids are expected to help out, but it isn't always easy to get them to do it. At nearly 34 weeks pregnant I get tired easily. It's tough at times.

[wife]

mudder-- I am using ACE for a few things. Like Bible for the older ones and math for the little one. We are also going to use the Lit/CW for the two older ones.

CLE is math for the olders and reading for the younger

[funmudder]

Wife :thumbup

each kid is unique right? ;)

soonhereturns bless your heart! You know, kids are sponges and will learn plenty if you have the material available to them. My full respect that you've made the choice and sacrafice to come this far with it, and my prayers that you will feel refreshed by what some would think should deplete you. :love:

[wife]

Wife :thumbup

each kid is unique right? ;)

soonhereturns bless your heart! You know, kids are sponges and will learn plenty if you have the material available to them. My full respect that you've made the choice and sacrafice to come this far with it, and my prayers that you will feel refreshed by what some would think should deplete you. :love:

AMEN!! That is a prayer we all need daily!!


I agree about each kids being different. I tried what worked with the boys on dd and she just got frustrated. So I think ACE mastery program will be better for her.