So I'm not crazy? It takes 5 to 8 hours in high school, right? I was beginning to doubt myself because I'm fairly new, homeschooling 7 years now, and literally every person I meet is using an online academy that takes an hour a day. I want to be welcoming to all, but when people brag about how they don't have to teach their kids because they do online for an hour a day, I'm just not seeing that as homeschooling, or giving a good education in general.

I asked a mom in our local group who was very vocal about only doing an hour per day, via MiaAcademy. She said her 6th and 7th graders do math every day. Then one subject per day. So Language Arts is one day, Reading another, Social Studies another, and Science. And that's it. And that they are testing to 9th to 11th grade levels. I'm mind blown. In all honesty, if that works, it's awesome. But is that possible? I'm slogging through seven subjects a day and my kid doesn't mind, she's used to it. But is it possible to do one hour a day and be college ready? Just math takes us 45 minutes!

Cle!!!!!!!!!! Not biased at all. Lol. We love it and have tried both! Cle hands down!!!

It blows my mind, the posts in our area's homeschool group. Most are "what online academy are you using?" Or, "does some well known curriculum offer video lessons for kindergarten, because I can't teach my child," to my all time most frustrating phrase, "I just pulled my kid from 10th grade and we are getting it done in sixty minutes a day! Go homeschool!"

CLE!!!!!!!! ❤️😆❤️😆 We love it!

Nothing to add, just hugs. I was so stressed out with one, just one kid, and being pregnant, that I sent my daughter to the fanciest private school around, because I was overwhelmed with thinking I wasn't doing enough. Turned out that highly rated super advanced private school was about two years behind what we were doing. My expectations were so high with my first! Be gentle with yourself and kids, find systems to work with, and give yourself grace.

We used Cle for language arts and reading from first to 5th. Next year we are taking a year off and just reading. I'm glad I did it but with my second, we'll probably just read and discuss till 6th. I didn't have the confidence our discussions would have been enough with my first. That comes after a while.

TGTB is also crazy! We use Cle Math and I joined a Cle Facebook group. 90% of posts are asking how to switch from TGTB to Cle! I had no idea it was that popular. The ones that worry me most are parents who put zero thinking into homeschool, then wonder why their kids are behind. Will that lead to more regulations for people that actually homeschool? I did "homebound" for a year in high school before the internet, for medical reasons, and a sweet lady showed up and handed me 20 worksheets a week, and I got all A's and learned nothing. The online academies seem to be on par with my experience.

This exactly! This forum is what gave me the tools to, after seven years of homeschooling, and two years of reading and prepping before I even jumped in, homeschool my child. It worries me that some parents are unaware they have options aside from Facebook ad academies. One mom in our local group said she'd been homeschooling for three years and was unaware our state requires a NOI and yearly evidence of progress. She pulled her kids from school and was giving the advice that you don't have to do anything after that. She was shocked when I sent her our states homeschool laws.

Exactly. I was called "privileged " to make my daughter do Math, Literature, Writing, History, Science, Latin, Spelling, etc. They were hostile, and said it's basically child abuse because their child does Mia Academy for 1.5 hours a day and is 16 years old. I just can't process. I spent years on here learning from Rosie, Lori D., Wendy Roo....and then be told I'm the crazy one who uses paper curriculum, like I'm the village idiot. It's nuts. Gonna go unfollow some Facebook groups. It worries me for the kids.

I had to unfollow a group on Facebook because it made me so crazy to hear "the average amount of work in high school is 1 to 1.5 hours!" I would reply to them asking for ideas and would be told I'm abusing my child for demanding she do four hours in 5th grade! I just don't understand how you could choose to homeschool your child and not even have the idea to Google "homeschool curriculum." I'm 43, started homeschooling in 2018, and learned so much from the ladies that share on here and guided me. Now I feel like an old lady in my denim jumper for even suggesting they not use an online "academy." There was a lady selling "magical readinh worksheets" for $4.50 A PAGE on our local group, and the post was littered with misspellings, and people were buying it. It boggles my mind.

In our homeschool Facebook group for our area, a woman asked what everyone was using for the year. When I listed our curriculum she said she had no idea these options existed. That she saw an ad for an online academy, signed her kid up, and that was it. She had no idea there was such a thing as curriculum you use in your home with your kids. This isn't the first time I've heard stories like this. In another Facebook group, I have heard similar stories about parents not knowing how or where to find curriculum. Is this because people who had to homeschool during Covid didn't have time to research options? And just went with the first thing that Google suggested? It boggles my mind! But, I started looking at these boards when my baby was two, in 2015, so I had lots of time to familiarize myself with homeschooling. Any ideas?

This is exactly what I think we'll do! Thank you for replying!

Long time lurker here. My daughter is going into 6th grade, and loves CLE. She loves the "get it done" workbook style. I am convinced though, that she loves it because it's short and efficient and doesn't require her do much beyond read it, do the workbook, and nothing else. We are going into Cle History 7, a one year tour of world history, and I'm worried it's a tad dry. I'd like to flesh it out, but don't want to create my own plan. Has anyone done Cle and added Notgrass From Adam to US as additional reading, or Sonlight novels, as additional reading? We are slowing down Cle Language Arts to do over 1.5 years, so her schedule is a bit more open. I don't want to overload her, but I want her to broaden her horizons instead of just doing the "easy, get it done, workbook" style.