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>> We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE homeschooling. Our kids have been homeschooled since kindergarten. They love it. It's a lifestyle, not just teaching your kids academics. It's allowed us to vacation during off-season, which we really enjoy. No regrets, ever. It's not always easy for mom, or dad, if he's the one in charge of homeschooling/job/household. Whatever you do, DO NOT try to replicate "school" at home. One of the most miserable homeschooled kids I ever knew was a little boy whose mom had just started homeschooling him. He sat at the dining table with a mountain of textbooks next to him! Ugh. Homeschooling allows for so much freedom when it comes to learning. My kids didn't even know what a textbook was until they were maybe 12 or 13! They were reading actual, real books -- like the original Mary Poppins and Peter Pan, Shakespeare, poetry -- no need to dumb anything down.
Check out www.amblesideonline.com After trying a handful of different curricula, we settled on this and absolutely love it. The schedule, list of books, etc. is all free on the website. You just need to gather together the required books, and many of those are very cheap or free on Kindle.
Because the kids can learn at their own pace and are not slowed down by classroom discipline problems, among other issues, they almost always have had loads of extra time for: riding lessons, archery, drama classes, dance, music lessons, all kinds of sports, homeschool park days, homeschool field trips, volunteer work, various clubs, etc. They've spent their school years with kids of all ages, never confined to a room with 25-30 other humans their own age -- in what other reality does that ever happen?
I can't recommend homeschooling enough. Get your kids out of the public school matrix and back into the real world where they belong.
LMK if I can give you any more help or information.
@HollyHobby:
So, my question... How do kids adjust to the "real world", with real "8-5" jobs?
Not being snarky / genuinely curious. My SIL homeschooled, and my 5-yr old's handwriting is equal to her 16-yr old's...
@ctl74:
Very easily....infact they do a great job at communicating because they were not educated in a room with their age only. Instead they were socialized amoung all ages like you work around all ages. You dont have to sit at a desk for 8 hours from age 6 to learn how to work for 8 hours at age 16.
Most recent studies show homeschool kids of the 90s and more recent not only are doing better in college they are landing very good jobs and usually in leadership positions because they have not been forced to sit and follow but have been taught to respect and lead.
I think we produce wonderful future kids from both public school AND homeschool but public school only teaches from two main forms of learning when there are 4 main forms. So over half the childrens needs are not being met by public school and fall between the cracks.
These kids thrive in homeschool where they got lost in public school. Not because they are slow, have disabilities or are trouble makers but because now they are allowed to lead, learn the way their brain works and thrive in confidence.
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