Hi everyone!
I have an 8yr old and a 6yr old (3rd and K) and I'm going to start homeschooling this summer/fall. I need a bit of direction where curriculum is concerned. I've researched a lot of programs but I can't decide where to begin.
My 6yr old is easy - she loves doing anything you give her.
My son, who will be 9 next month, loves to learn, but he is a reluctant reader (still loves books with pictures and says he doesn't like reading chapter books). He does like being read to, however, and has great retention. He is also fairly ADD (but I think this is based on the fact that his current school is not teaching to his style of learning). He's really into science and history.
I'm not sure what the best method of teaching is for him. If he's not interested in something, then he has a really hard time doing it and I worry that with homeschooling, he is going to complain a lot if the curriculum is boring for him.
I am very spiritual but not specifically religious, so I don't need a religious curriculum. I don't mind references as long as it's not too dominant of a feature. I love all the values instilled, we just aren't affiliated with any specific denomination.
I'm intruiged by Sonlight. Would love thoughts on this.
Thank you all so much for your feedback! I'm so excited, but also slightly terrified. Right now, I have a good amount of time for myself and I'm worried that will disappear and that I'll feel stressed out all the time. :) My husband is also worried about this.
Finally (sorry, this is a long post!), do you have any good internet articles about the benefit of homeschooling that I can send my husband? I am convinced that this is the right thing to do for my kids, but he is still considering it for himself. I'd love to get him some information that he can read through to help him decide. He's not exactly proactive about researching this himself, so I'm trying to find some articles, etc. that would be good to send him.
Thank you!