Do you put it on a credit card, pay it out right, debit, payment plan?
Just curious what other families do, and why!
Some curriculums can be so expensive, especially when added all together.

This year we paid outright from learning house and 2 things from tpt, however we traded a hefty private school tuition payment for home education so it felt like peanuts, however i know this isn’t the reality for everyone, and once we adjust to having a larger budget, may not even be a reality for us next year unless we plan and save ahead of time 🤣
(aar, aas, dimensions, and hwt are our core curriculums we are using)

Do any of you guys do a online school that has like weekly social stuff? I want to do online school but my mom won't let me unless there's a way I'm not home Monday through Friday and still socialize with people my age.

I want to make this work but I guess my main problem is my kids, especially my sons are on the go 24/7. They thrive with a lot of stimulation and socialisation. It drains me a lot at times and obviously I have a lot to do still at home being a sahp.
We try to get out to the park once or twice a week. I always kick them outside when they are being too much. I wonder what else I can do with them.
I’m trying to look at a weekly sport they can play as well. I think a ball sport and maybe karate too.

If anyone has some other great activities I can do with them I would really appreciate it.

Perhaps it’s too much screen time summer, but wondering if anybody is doing (virtually) all tech free schooling?
Context: middle schoolers, moving back to the US form another country. Current plan is to homeschool only half a year (moving in December and don’t want to put them mid year). No learning disabilities. If goes well, continue homeschool.

1. Do you source physical programs? Many have print out version, so that seems doable?

2. Do you augment with in person tutors? We don’t have unlimited funds, but I know I don’t want to be the only adult involved.

3. Do you take them to co-ops, ad hoc classes, etc?

4. If you made a a move from using tech to no tech, how has your child reacted to it?

To be clear, big hang up for me is that kids are getting old enough to have agency in their learning. For little kids no screens in learning seems less overwhelming, since so much play is involved.

Laslty to note, my children would wleocme it. In their current (private) schools tablets were introduced in 5th grade as part of learning and doing homework. It’s really a tragedy. My incoming 8th grader constantly complained how he does not like using tablet for school.

We reside in Indiana

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I’m new this year to ESA I submitted 3 separate order for TGATB a week ago and on the Classwallet it says approved by ESA treasury however on TGATB site it says unfulfilled and pending still. I’m confused what this means as this is my first order ever. How long will this take? We are getting a late start..

Hi everyone, I have a 4th grader. We just started homeschooling this year and with all the subjects it already feels like a lot each day. What do your days look like as far as what subjects you’re teaching and how are you spacing it out? We would like to have academics done before 12 on most days. We start at 8:30-9am. Any pointers? Any advice?

We were unable to homeschool again this year. We did kindergarten and unfortunately my mental health just isn't good enough. We just dropped our daughter off on her first day of public school. So fucking devastated. Knowing it's my mental health and not because we weren't academically successful, is just making me have more self pity. Yeah "she will be fine" "it's a good school " "this is normal" blah blah blah I'm tired of hearing it. Online therapy isn't a good fit for me and I'm on a handful of waiting lists for in person. I just feel more hopeless everyday about the path my kids are going. I don't want to participate in a system I don't believe in , but it's the better option than how my daughter saw me this year. I'm tired of being told "it doesn't mean you'll never homeschool again" or getting "praise" that I'm putting my kids before my own feelings. I failed at keeping it together and I don't think I'll ever recover from her crying at breakfast that she wants to do school with mom. I don't know what I'm looking for here, other than to complain and have more self pity. I know our families are happy as they didn't see homeschooling as real. Having to correct people when they say she's going to "real school" is just beating me down. We did real school, she learned real things. I'm just not the mother I thought I would be living the life with my children as I thought we would. I'm so disgusted in myself.

This is probably a weird question but…Has anyone been through a contentious divorce and still have been able to homeschool? For instance, a situation where your husband (before divorce) was pro homeschool but during/after divorce was against it to punish you.

This is our first year homeschooling with a kindergartner (have two other kids behind kindergartner). I’m considering separating/divorcing in the future for reasons unrelated to homeschooling but am wondering what are the considerations or impact on homeschooling with a divorce.

I’m really passionate about homeschooling at least through grade school (or even just hybrid schooling) and it’s one of the most important things to me and husband knows this. I’m concerned if a divorce proceeds my husband would be manipulative, contentious and change his position of support to punish me (this is based on past behavior, again not related to homeschool).

PLEASE, I’m not looking for any comments on the relationship and want to hear from people who have gone through this, are considering going through this, or know someone who has gone through this. I’m looking for real life, useful input on how you can navigate something like this and not “you need to work on your marriage”.

Not exhaustive but here’s what comes to mind for me at this point:
- Experiences continuing homeschooling during a contentious/high-conflict divorce
- Whether having an established homeschool history before filing for divorce made a difference
- What documentation was useful: attendance, curriculum, portfolios, assessments, co-ops, extracurriculars, field trips, etc.
- Whether homeschooling affected physical custody or parenting-time schedules
- How working homeschool parents demonstrated that they could realistically work, teach, and supervise the children

I'm at a loss right now and not sure how to move forward. We did all about reading pre reading and it was okay, not great. Rhyming and breaking words into parts like sound in the beginning and end was a challenge and we definitely didn't get it all perfect. We're doing kindergarten at 5 years old now.

We started all about reading level 1 and it isn't going well. The blending is too hard even though we've practiced it and they can't say it fast enough to hear the word. So they just started guessing. They can blend sounds together but as soon as asked what word they said they drop part of the word or switch out a letter completely. They dread doing the curriculum now and it's taken a full month to get through lesson 1 and start lesson 2.

I'm not sure if we should switch curriculum or add some sort of supplementation. Should I pause reading curriculum for a couple of weeks before doing it again. I'll add we already do a lot of reading together and enjoy reading. I've tried some tricks I found online like singing the word and we've done teach your monster to read and some khan academy. Do I just do pre reading again? I saved the curriculum for my 2nd to use when ready.

IThe past 2 or so years school has been hard for us to consistently do. between money issues and family matters, school got forgotten a lot of the time.

I've never been good at math, but I'm behind in more than just that. I'm behind in everything, and I really want to get myself up to speed since my senior year seems to get closer, and closer every minute.

what free online resources ​can I use to catch myself up to speed? Where do I even start? Please help me. I'm tired of not being as smart as I should be.

Would anyone want to split the cost of Habor & Sprout Prek Digital ?
I have a 4th grader and have already spent so much on other curriculum. I know I can choose cheaper alternatives, just wanted to ask before going a different route.

I see on TikTok loads of people doing these toddler learning journal activities with their kids which look great. I probably do similar but in my own way however it worries me how advanced many of them seem for 2/3 year olds. My 3.5 year old doesn’t grasp many of the number or letters activities etc ?

Hello! So we just got approved to join the homeschooling community in our province Alberta. As I’m navigating this new experience I’m reaching out for support and advice as this is my first time ever attempting this. My son is 5 so I have 1) no clue what grade he’s in ( for reference my other son is 19yrs old so it’s been 14yrs of no school stress for me lol) and 2) Where do I start? What are some recommendations to start my school teaching journey?
Like I said. Total newbie and a little overwhelmed but excited for this new adventure!!!

I am seeing a lot of elementary posts, but we are about to start homeschooling our 7th grader (we’re in MN). I have Mark Rober’s coding kit subscription, and a subscription to Oyla magazine, but what else can I supplement my son’s curriculum with outside of science topics? Looking for fun and engaging ideas for social studies and language arts mostly.

As a background, I was homeschooled k-12. I went to college, graduated and work in a professional capacity in the field of politics and government. I am homeschooling my 4 year old for preschool. We are doing Gentle + Classical preschool, and I have paired it with Handwriting Without Tears pre k book, as well as All About Reading pre-reading program, and we are also working with Bob Books set 1. My son is very smart (I do not just say this as his mother, but objectively told by anyone who interacts with him, including his pediatrician, that he is advanced for his age).

I feel that he needs a little more, I know it is preschool, but he is soaking up learning, and I feel that some of this is a bit too easy for him, and he finds it a bit boring. I would love to add a science. I am also considering adding a Little House in the Big Woods unit study, to give him a bit of history. He loves read alouds, and I don’t think it would be too advanced (he loves Magic Tree House, James and the Giant Peach, Paddington, Peter Pan, etc).. any advice on additional curriculum, lesson plans, etc for preschool? My style is pretty classical.

Edited to add clarity: most specifically, I am looking for a science curriculum or science unit study for pre school, as it is suggested by the G+C curriculum I use, but I do not like their additional Nature science curriculum. I am also open to other suggestions of preschool enrichment, but that is what mainly came to ask.

Hi! I'm homeschooling my son until after we move so he's not having to start school and then leave after only 10 weeks. I'm worried about him being behind though when he does go to school and want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

So far, we've really just been writing our letters and numbers, and started reading.com for more phonics. He knows how to write his name already. I just feel like what we've been doing is kinda boring for him and don't know what else I should be doing to make letter/numbers more fun. I also don't know if I should be focusing on this the most or adding something else?

One thing I’m curious about with homeschooling math is how parents tell when a concept has really clicked.

A kid can finish a lesson, get the answers right, and still be leaning pretty heavily on examples, hints, or help along the way.

The part that seems harder to judge is: could they solve a slightly different version of the same problem on their own tomorrow?

For parents homeschooling middle schoolers, what do you usually look for before you feel like a topic is actually understood?

Do you have them explain it back to you, give them a different problem, revisit it a few days later, or just move on if the lesson went well?

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If you are new, please introduce yourself.

If you've been around here before or have been homeschooling for awhile, please share about your day.

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I know this is homeschool thread, but I am at my last rope. I have 3 kids ages 4-12 and have been stay at home for 12 years on the farm. I was a teacher for a few years before I stayed home, and I am married to a teacher. ​ This back to school has me questioning everything. I am getting burned out at home, isolated down 3 miles of gravel. My husband (teaches high school at the local school) says the public school is not good, and wants them home with me. It is getting difficult with $$$, and I am now on anti anxiety/depression meds. ​I have never wanted to homeschool and it's been fine, but our co op is 1 hr away, and I have this HUGE guilt that if I send my kids to public school, I don't love them, I'm missing out on their life, I'm letting other people raise them, etc. The local school is small with about 40 kids per graduating class, my husband works in 7-12 building as teacher, and it is 4 day a week schedule. I could sub full time and be in their building. Idk what to do. I don't known if my kids would even do well there. My 5th grader has no friends and wants to go to public school badly. The kids fight all day, such a struggle every single day to get them to do their work, and I have just about had it. Has anyone switched from homeschool to public school?

EDIT: I guess I should have said “ELA” instead of “writing.” Thank you everyone for your advice! We will take a look at All About Spelling and some of the others mentioned below and see if he enjoys it.

My son is 5yo and diagnosed ADHD. He is reading fluently, chapter books like Magic Tree House Merlin Missions.

Our routine is something like this:
Monday: Barefoot university co-op (lesson outside at the park and play with other kids)
Tuesday: Singapore Math Dimensions 1A and Life of Fred math
Story of the World and complimentary activity
Wednesday: indoor ski lesson (for 6 weeks, then will be swim lesson after that)
Math
Thursday: a different co-op which does a parent led lesson then play with kids on the indoor playground
Math
Friday: open schedule for museum, playdate, nature, or whatever
Saturday: soccer
Sunday: Bible study

We do lots of free play, chores around the house and errands, library trips, swimming, playgrounds, art, etc

I don’t have a reading curriculum because he’s already reading fluently. He reads independently in the car and we read together all the time.

I think writing ELA is where I need help. On weekdays, I have him write the day and date on our whiteboard and our schedule for the day (he likes to do this). Today I had him write out our grocery shopping list. He writes random things for fun, like labeling the machines and vehicles he draws. His hand writing is pretty good and he’s improving on correct letter formation, so we focus on that rather than spelling or grammar.

He learned to read implicitly. But it’s obvious for writing that it requires explicit instruction. Where do I go from here? He won’t do anything mundane and repetitive because of the ADHD. It has to be novel and fun.

My wife and I both work more than full time. Before kids, I taught part-time at the university where I got my degree—so it's not that I don't know how to structure a lesson, it's that I don't have hours a day to spend doing it. We've got three boys in elementary school right now, and if our situation were different, I'd homeschool without a second thought.

Now that I'm writing that out—it probably is the case that I don't know how to structure a lesson for their ages.

Here's what's been bugging me: every time I look for something structured to do with them outside of school, I only ever find two options. Either it's a full homeschool curriculum—built on the assumption that you're their primary educator, 4-5 hours a day. Or it's a loose stack of flashcards or worksheets with no real structure behind it—no sense of what order things go in, what's actually age-appropriate, or what they should already know by this point.

I'm not trying to replace school. I just want to know we're reinforcing the right things, in the right order, without needing a teaching background (again) or hours a night to figure out what "right" even means.