Home Schooling

[Guest guest]

I am interested in home schooling my son. He is only 1 1/2 at the

moment, but I decided to start researching it now. Can anyone give me

any ideas on where to start? I live in Virginia. I have research home

schooling on the net, but I am still confused.

 

thanks

Samathia

[Guest guest]

We considered home schooling when our daughter was small, and rejected it for a

number of reasons. 

 

Once you are clear on your reasons for homeschooling, I suggest that you look

for a group of homeschoolers in your area who have the same reasons that you

do.  For example, if your primary reason is quality of education, a religious

based group may not be a good fit for you.  Chances are there is a or

Google group of homeschoolers near you that would be a good fit.

 

Robin

 

--- On Sun, 11/23/08, samathiathewriter <samathiathewriter wrote:

 

samathiathewriter <samathiathewriter

Home Schooling

 

Sunday, November 23, 2008, 7:11 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am interested in home schooling my son. He is only 1 1/2 at the

moment, but I decided to start researching it now. Can anyone give me

any ideas on where to start? I live in Virginia. I have research home

schooling on the net, but I am still confused.

 

thanks

Samathia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Here are two sources http://www.vahomeschoolers.org/ and

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/Virginia.htm

 

Also search . You'll probably find a local group in your

area.

 

, " samathiathewriter "

<samathiathewriter wrote:

>

> I am interested in home schooling my son. He is only 1 1/2 at the

> moment, but I decided to start researching it now. Can anyone give me

> any ideas on where to start? I live in Virginia. I have research home

> schooling on the net, but I am still confused.

>

> thanks

> Samathia

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Samanthia,

 

I have been homeschooling off and on since 1998. You can email me privately

if you'd like.

 

But here are a few websites that I find most helpful.

 

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/directory/Legalities.htm

 

http://www.hslda.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1

 

Laws for Virginia can be found here: http://www.hslda

org/laws/analysis/Virginia.pdf

 

http://www.homeschool.com/

 

 



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samathiathewriter

11/23/2008 6:16:50 PM

 

Home Schooling

 

I am interested in home schooling my son. He is only 1 1/2 at the

moment, but I decided to start researching it now. Can anyone give me

any ideas on where to start? I live in Virginia. I have research home

schooling on the net, but I am still confused.

 

thanks

Samathia

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I started researching homeschooling when my oldest was 1 year old too and felt

so overwhelmed at the time. The most helpful resource that I found on

homeschooling is the Home School Legal Defense Association's website. The link

is www.hslda.org. Also, it has been so helpful to be a member of this

association. HSLDA is also located in VA!

 

 

[Guest guest]

 

Samathia,

 

Hi there.  Good for you for getting a head start and researching home school

early!  I would start with these two great home school sites:

 

 http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/ and http://www.homeschooldiner.com/   

 

The more research you do now, the more prepared you will feel.  There are so

many different styles of homeschooling, read about them and see how you can use

them to fit your beliefs, your child's learning style and your teaching style.

 

Also join a home school .  There is a lot of wisdom and experience in

this group in particular: 

secular_homeschoolers

 

Also google your state's homeschool laws and be well informed with these laws.

 

Good luck in your search,

Lisa

 

 

 

Imagination is more important than knowledge...

 

                                       Albert Einstein

                                                  

 

--- On Sun, 11/23/08, samathiathewriter <samathiathewriter wrote:

 

samathiathewriter <samathiathewriter

Home Schooling

 

Sunday, November 23, 2008, 8:11 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am interested in home schooling my son. He is only 1 1/2 at the

moment, but I decided to start researching it now. Can anyone give me

any ideas on where to start? I live in Virginia. I have research home

schooling on the net, but I am still confused.

 

thanks

Samathia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My best friend homeschools her daughter, and this year they started a

homeschool co-op (a one day enrichment day where they all pool their

strengths together and do things that are more fun in a group setting

or something that you might not do like some pretty awesome science

labs and writers workshops).

 

I know the main thing that she did was that she joined 2 different

support groups when she started, one that was religious based and one

that was not. She's since found her own style, but really there are a

bunch of ways to do it.

 

The main thing that you need to do is to comply with your state's laws

regarding homeschooling (I think she said we were lucky because

Illinois really only mandates so many days of school a year, but some

require you keep detailed records and so on, but it varies by state).

The rest is finding what works for your family, and joining some of

your local groups will help you figure out what kind of curriculum is

right for you (My friend was in both a secular and a religious group,

she picked what she wanted to gain from their meetings, and left

anything else she didn't agree with alone). Oh, I don't know if it's

everywhere, but there is also this K-12 online education, it's sort of

more directed homeschooling, they supply the curriculum, and you track

or do the lessons online, I think. There is also the series of The

Well Trained Mind which is more of a classical education -

www.welltrainedmind.com and I know she followed that for a while, but

now it's so much of a blend of different things - It's pretty neat.

 

My friend's daughter is also part of a girlscouts troop that is all

homeschooled girls, they're an amazing bunch of girls, too. They just

did a coat drive last week for the homeless with the Chicago Bears,

which was pretty cool. And she takes violin lessons one day a week.

 

Good luck, it is a lot to digest, but there are resources out

there,and different kinds of local HS groups -they should be able to

help you through it, as they all went through it before, no matter

what the style.

Take care,

Missie

 

 

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 7:11 PM, samathiathewriter

<samathiathewriter wrote:

> I am interested in home schooling my son. He is only 1 1/2 at the

> moment, but I decided to start researching it now. Can anyone give me

> any ideas on where to start? I live in Virginia. I have research home

> schooling on the net, but I am still confused.

>

> thanks

> Samathia

>

>

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have been homeschooling my 10 year old for 2 years now and I just started

homeschooling my almost 3 year old the basics.  You have so many choices of how

you can do it.  My suggestion is to look in to the laws in your current state. 

I personally chose the k12 program for my daughter. www.k12.com , and that is a

program that is completely free because we agree to do the end of the year state

testing.  We are provided a resource teacher that we can call anytime for help. 

I have only had to call her 2 times, once for geometry and the second for

Algebra.  We meet with her every 2 months to assess any questions we have.  Many

people choose to un-school as they call it and wing it.  You can buy your own

resources and asses your child's progress on your own.  That is what I am

currently doing for my preschooler.  It was one of the hardest decisions that I

ever made and I researched it for over a year before we made our ultimate

decision.  I was

scared at first about weather it was the right decision.  But I can say now

without at doubt this was the best decision that I have made regarding what is

best for my children.  It does take A LOT of effort on your part, not only to

commit to teach your child. But to also keep them actively social.  We are into

scouts and Jazz.  We are involved in homeschooling playgroups and it is

fantastic.  Also check out cafe mom at www.cafemom.com and join one of their

many homeschooling groups.  They always have fantastic advice and you know

everyone there is in the same boat as you.  One of the groups is a homeschooling

preschool group and that would probably be a good one for you.  Good luck with

your ultimate decision.

 

Tanya

 

--- On Sun, 11/23/08, robin koloms <rkoloms wrote:

 

robin koloms <rkoloms

Re: Home Schooling

 

Sunday, November 23, 2008, 5:47 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

We considered home schooling when our daughter was small, and rejected it for a

number of reasons. 

 

Once you are clear on your reasons for homeschooling, I suggest that you look

for a group of homeschoolers in your area who have the same reasons that you

do.  For example, if your primary reason is quality of education, a religious

based group may not be a good fit for you.  Chances are there is a or

Google group of homeschoolers near you that would be a good fit.

 

Robin

 

--- On Sun, 11/23/08, samathiathewriter <samathiathewriter@ > wrote:

 

samathiathewriter <samathiathewriter@ >

Home Schooling

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Sunday, November 23, 2008, 7:11 PM

 

I am interested in home schooling my son. He is only 1 1/2 at the

moment, but I decided to start researching it now. Can anyone give me

any ideas on where to start? I live in Virginia. I have research home

schooling on the net, but I am still confused.

 

thanks

Samathia