Guest Lanney P Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I have 2 boys, the first one is 7 and the second one is 5. I am thinking to home school my 5 year old, so he will be in Kindergarten. My first one will be stay in school and my second one, I haven't re enrolled him at the same school he went to. He went to Pre K, he has achieved certificate awards for reading, phonic and numbers. I have been researching the curriculum out there but its so many option, not sure which one i can choose. I think Kindergarten is pretty easy to teach, so maybe i will be able to teach him myself. The problem i think will be- how to make my child feel excited and enjoy to learn at home?. It will be difficult transition for him since he used to stay in class around with his class mates and his teacher. Secondly, he will be counting the clock, bored waiting when its time to pick up his brother from school whenever done teaching him for few hours. I saw some curriculum charges the tuition, registration and supply fee like regular school plus the curriculum books. What is the different with other curriculum that don't have those charges?. How much usually need to spend for the curriculum to cover the whole semesters. Thank you very much for taking time to read my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I had my 4/5 yo home this year. The first question I asked myself each day was "how can I teach this with movement?" Seriously. How can I introduce writing....with movement? How can I introduce math...with movement? What should our goal be this year? I settled on a year of exploration. We discovered new places to visit (what child wouldn't want to have a picnic and read about Linnea in a water lily garden?), new things to do, and writing and math worked themselves in through strewing, intentional exercises (like washing the table or drawing with a spirograph), and answering questions. We explored other countries and cultures. I spent about $30/mo averaged out - the bulk of that on Little Passports with some on reusable supplies (manipulatives, puzzles, tools) My now 5yo doesn't believe we did school, btw. He though we were playing all day. :) He reads, writes, and does math quite well for his age after that.You have looked at two different types of support - one, where you are enrolling in a school and they keep records for you. The other where you follow your state's laws and use the curriculum however you want. In kindy you probably don't need the first. It can be helpful in high school when transcripts become necessary, but even then you can choose to do without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Hi, Lanney. I recommend that you consider what would be good field trips to take in your area, and plan them often--I think once a week is ideal. That will be fun for your child, and allow you to connect what you read about in books to something real, and then that also offers something to write about. I also sometimes made sure to have DS's toys out that related to what we were doing, if he had any. So if we went to a farm, for example, I would have out his farm-related books and toys. You could also make related copywork, word problems for math, etc. Some places to look: museums, farm tours/"U-pick" places, library programs, homeschool groups, Meetup.com groups, stores that offer behind-the-scenes tours, farmers' markets, astronomy or geology clubs, parks (city, state, national), concert venues, transit stations, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lanney P Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Hello, Sorry i haven't got chanced to visit this forum for few days. Thanks all for giving your advices and recommendation, i feel overwhelm for being new this homeschooling program. I will start looking for local homeschool mom in my area to find out more about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara.I Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Are you sure he'll be bored at home? Many small children are THRILLED to be allowed hours to play with their cars or legos or whatever, and not required to "behave" in a classroom setting. He might like it. Also, whatever curriculum you're looking at, remember that he's 5. In my area, at least, kindergarten isn't mandatory. So try not to pick something that's too intensive. A common rule of thumb is one hour per day per grade. So a Grade 1 should be doing one hour per day of work. Kindergarten might be less. Field trips are excellent, though! How much to spend for curriculum--well, that varies a LOT. You can find very cheap ways to do things, or very expensive ways to do things. I'm with a charter school, I guess they're called most places, and I get funding to use. So I spend quite a lot, because the money is there to be used. I could do it much more cheaply if I needed to. But that means that nobody can tell you what it will cost, because it can vary so widely. Do you want to use a math curriculum with lots of manipulatives? It'll be more costly. Or you can do math in daily life, for free. You see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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