I'm thinking she's going to do Art-Draw Today Plus & Crafts w/ the 9th grader and Music- Voice Lessons and Choir (she's already in this but we figured we could count this too)

We're really nervous about homeschooling the high-schoolers, we dont want to mess up their eduaction 10th, She's the kid who throughly enjoys learning all about new things: My Fathers World Ancient History & Literature Apologia Biology Teaching Textbooks Algebra 2 Rosetta Stone Level 3 Spanish P.E- Swim Team,Indoor Soccer ACE Health 9th, She's the entertainer and she loves the spotlight: My Fathers World Ancient History & Literature Apologia Biology Math-U-See Algebra 1 Rosetta Stone Level 1 French P.E- Cheer-Leading, Dance Class, Indoor Soccer Drama-Performing Literature and Acting Class Art- Draw Today Plus, Crafts 9th, The smartie, she wants to graduate with A LOT of credits and good grades: My Fathers World Ancient History & Literature Apologia Biology Jacobs Geometry Seeing, Doing, Understanding Teaching Textbooks Algebra 2 Rosetta Stone Level Spanish 2 Logic-The Fallacy Detective Deluxe Bundle P.E- Swimming Group, Sports at YMCA (not teams, just for fun) Art History- Discovering Art History (Many kids take both Geometry & Algebra 2 in ps and she wants too, but if we think its not going well she'll drop the algebra 2) Thanks for Reading this, What do you think? :)

The 3 moms working part-time would still be a HUGE part in it too and people on here said as long as the parent is responsible for 50% of it Which the moms will DEFINITLY be doing. What we are going to do is use the same curriculums and do a co-op type thing, and come together (even when some of the moms are at work) and do it together. We figured yes each child's parent will be the main teacher we will just be going along together. Im not sure about the at the child's home thing, but im not *that* conserned b/c i know people homeschool other places besides the home. Before you say im not claiming whats really happening and that im giving "homeschoolers a bad name" i know i might of started out saying how 2 of us would teach etc. but now we were going to go about things changed and i said it in my posts, so please read what ive said before you post Also wanted to add it was in a question form i said we would be unless we had to be considered a non-public school, hence the question mark.

I know i just thought i would just for myself too, and see how many things i knew the answer too :P

Next year we will ask all the kids if they liked theyre school work and get their opinions, the kids who say the didnt like MFW will move something else hopefully in some form of groups. Like the kids who didnt like MFW this year we could do Mystery of History Volume 2 next year etc. This year the kids in the same grade will try to use the same curriculum, 3 of us are really good at math so we will take turns we are thinking everyday all the kids will go sit at a table we will have in our "school room" Some of the kids will have DVD curricula so they will have to go in a room with a tv/dvd player. We also think we'll let the elementary students watch some of the middle school and highschool do their lab experiments, and then they have their science in MFW Those are some of our ideas at making it work :)

Thank you so much for your support :D

We are going to start with this year, and the student who didnt like or do well with it will use something else the next year with them as a group too. Example it could be 6 of the kids dont like it, the next year 3 of them still didnt like it, then 2 of them didnt like it, then 1 of them didnt like it, etc. Until we find what they like, we all just want them to start together and we will branch out for each of them as it goes

Did want to mention i homeschooled my 9th grade twins when they were in 1st and 2nd grade, and then we couldnt continue for personal reasons and we didnt homeschool again until last year with my ds with ADHD and dyslexia who was in 4th grade

We do understand the laws and all the moms will be working part time now, the one who was working full time made in-spit of the moment decision and told them to cut her hours ,each one of the mom's will do 50% of their childs teaching, Everyone will just do it at my house a lot, and its sort-of like a co-op , when the kids mom isnt around which wont be that often it will be like a co-op? We will all be filing as homeschoolers :) And one of the moms has a Michigan teaching licence if thats what it has to comes down too.

I've also posted on another forum and someone suggested MFW and it is PERFECT! :D All the 3rd-8th graders will use Exploring Cultures and Countries Also my 9th grade twins will use AHL Maybe sonlight Core A for K-2? Looking for something for the 10th grader? I feel kinda bad b/c she will be doing most by herself so we decided we'd let her choose if she wants to go to an online school or she might do "reguluar homeschooling" and she can help with the younger ones :001_smile: Also looking for mostly independent math programs?:001_huh:

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I think it's hard to start out homeschooling, but to start off like you're suggesting would be really, really difficult. I agree that every single one of you would have to be on the same page on EVERY aspect. We do know this isnt going to be the easiest thing but we are going to try and make it work What homeschooling method would you follow? What curriculum would you use? We all agreed that we would like something Literature-Based Do you expect kids to work independently? For all subjects? For some subjects? The Highschoolers will work mostly independent from adults, they may work together though. Im thinking Every One will do their own independent math. Would they be required to complete work outside of the hours you are homeschooling them, like homework? I think to some extent if a majority of everyone finished most of the work for the day the kid/s who didnt would either get help from their parent, or me. Would their parents enforce the rules like they do in school? I mean, what if some of the kids show up without the work done while others do have the work done? We already agree on a lot of things, we ALL have the same rules in our households, pretty much, if anything im the least strict parent out of the 5 of us What happens when one or more of the kids aren't doing well with a particular type of curriculum? Do they suck it up like they have to do in public shool or can a change be made for them like many homeschoolers do? If they werent doing good, they could move to something independent? Would the majority of work fall on your shoulders? What if one of the other moms decides it's too much work and that you're doing such a good job that she'll just leave the decisions up to you? I do expect a lot of it will fall on me and the other mom who would stay home Could you set up a schedule based on their work schedules of who will teach what subject on what days? What happens if the person misses a day? Would you all be okay if you get off schedule? We figured out, that theyre would be 3 adults homeschooling them everyday, except Monday and Friday 11am-1pm What happens if the children who are not yours don't respond to your teaching? Would you all agree on some form of discipline? We discipline the same way, on most matters, we are all christian families and believe in the same things What happens when some of the kids are having a bad day and just generally do not cooperate? It could be like a public school classroom where the teacher spends so much time with the kids who aren't doing what they are supposed to do that the rest of the kids get off track because they are left on their own. Realizing their will be 3 adults, I think 1 of them can help the students who are not cooperating Would you have a place where the older kids could study without the very younger children making lots of noise? They could work in the den, its fairly big or the kitchen table maybe even the family room, with most of the day the younger kids will be in the basement they could be anywhere else in the house And those are just the ones off the top of my head. :) I guess it could possibly work, but you would have to be really, super structured. Your days would not be your own anymore. If you were homeschooling your own children, you could incorporate school stuff into your normal day. I would do some housework on breaks or while the kids were doing something independently. With 17 children in the house, I would imagine there would be no downtime at all. We all want it to work and are thinking we will try it for a year and see what happens :)

Me and 1 of the other moms would be the main people then the other moms would help when they dont have work. I do have a huge daylight basment for this all to happen in :) We are hopefully going to find something independent for the higschoolers, multi-level for Middle and Elementary and something for Kindergarten and Preschool (maybe combinding them). Hopefully we can *try* to study the same things more in depth the older they are :001_huh: I am extermely organized with having 5 kids of my own, but i know 17 is a lot more then that! We have been thinking about this FOREVER, I always thought i would homeschool my kids, i was homeschooled in highschool myself. Since we have been thinking about this that long we have a VERY reasonable amount of money saved for all the expenses

A little bit about us: Well me and my best friends (5 of us) from highschool all have always wanted to homeschool our kids, one way or another we never did. With the oldest who is about to finish 9th Grade and the youngest who hasnt started Preschool yet, we never thought we could do it. Our working sitituations are: Im already a stay at home mom, 3 of them work part-time, and 1 full time. All of our husbands work full time. 1 of them working part time said she would quit so she could help me homeschool them, the others said they could help when they dont have work. 1 has work M,W,F 9am-1pm The other has work M-F with Wednesday off from 11am-3pm The kids:We want to homeschool, but dont know if its practical, with 17 kids between us! (I have 5, one of them have 4, other has 3, other has 3 and the last has 2) ALL of them HATE school with a passion except 2 of the younger-ish ones. They do all attend the same elementary,middle and highschool in public school if you wanted to know :) Their Grades for this up coming year will be- 10th 9th Grade Twins 8th 2 in 6th 5th(he has ADHD,ps wanted him on Ritalin but we said no way!) 4th 2 in 3rd 2 in 2nd 2 in 1st 2 in Kindergarten Preschool Does this even seem practical or possible? We all feel its the best for them to be taken out of public school, but we've also considered private school Thanks for any help, advice, curriculum suggestions, anything :)

A little bit about us: Well me and my best friends (5 of us) from highschool all have always wanted to homeschool our kids, one way or another we never did. With the oldest who is about to finish 9th Grade and the youngest who hasnt started Preschool yet, we never thought we could do it. Our working sitituations are: Im already a stay at home mom, 3 of them work part-time, and 1 full time. All of our husbands work full time. 1 of them working part time said she would quit so she could help me homeschool them, the others said they could help when they dont have work. 1 has work M,W,F 9am-1pm The other has work M-F with Wednesday off from 11am-3pm The kids:We want to homeschool, but dont know if its practical, with 17 kids between us! (I have 5, one of them have 4, other has 3, other has 3 and the last has 2) ALL of them HATE school with a passion except 2 of the younger-ish ones. They do all attend the same elementary,middle and highschool in public school if you wanted to know :) Their Grades for this up coming year will be- 10th 9th Grade Twins 8th 2 in 6th 5th(he has ADHD,ps wanted him on Ritalin but we said no way!) 4th 2 in 3rd 2 in 2nd 2 in 1st 2 in Kindergarten Preschool Does this even seem practical or possible? We all feel its the best for them to be taken out of public school, but we've also considered private school Thanks for any help, advice, curriculum suggestions, anything :)