Question by supergirl: How do I convince my mom to home school me?
I’ve looked up so many programs for online school.I’ve written paragraphs about the benefits. I’ve weighed the pros and cons. I have a lot of websites written down, but she still thinks she’ll have to get involved. I am terrified of public and private schools. So, I want to be home schooled. I think it would be best for me cause I get really anxious when I just think about school. I need answers to convincing her and fast!
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Answer by Sooo Happy Tell her about all the bad things that can happen in public or private schools. Only tell her the bad stuff though.
Question by Party Pooper: Can I start getting home schooled in the middle of the school year?
I have to attend a school which is very far away from my house and I’ve already missed a lot of days of school to make up for the work I’ve missed so it all seems a bit tedious. Can I just drop out of that school and start getting home schooled or online homeschooling?
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Answer by Lorelei C Your parents would need to discuss this with your school district.
Question by gerlawgoody1: Where can my 16 year old home school student take her GED?
In Illinois, a home school is considered a private school, so I may home school anyone. My student is a 16 year old, soon to be an emancipated minor. Illinois does not recognize emancipated minor status educationallly. My student would not be allowed to test for GED here until 2009! Even though she is legally an adult!
Please advise. Are there any states that will test her early?
Also, does anyone know how to get a pell grant with a home school diploma?
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Answer by Steven S Talk to your local school board or department of education of your state or any surrounding state.
Question by donnyandmelissa@att.net: How many hours do you home school your 1st or 2nd grader?
He is 7 and currently in a public school he is reading on a 3rd grade level and he loves math addition subtraction and multiplication!
I want to home school but need more info on other parents day. Is it scheduled?
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Answer by North My six year old is reading at about a grade 2 level. He schools four days a week from about 9:00-10:30. Sometimes we go a little later but we are rarely as late as 11:00. That’s more than enough time to cover all of the subjects. My kids do the same science and social but their L.A. and Math are geared to their age. If you’re worried about scheduling, look at this link:
http://www.sonlight.com/
My kids love this program. It’s especially great if your family loves literature.
After the “schooling” is done, we usually spend the afternoon outside or on outings. This week, we’ve gone on a hike, visited a senior’s home (we do that monthly, with a group of homeschoolers), and gone swimming at a hotel with a water slide. Tomorrow or Friday, we’re going to go to the woods to find things for the kids to put in their nature journals. They get to do so much more, and they are leaning so much more as well. I found out yesterday that my four year old can name almost twenty five different local birds! That alone makes it worth it for me.
EDIT: I just wanted to add…the only real negative I’ve experienced is that my housework sometimes suffers. Many people get their housework done while their kids are away at school. My kids are here with all of their glue and paint and glitter and leaves and pencil shavings and what not. We resolved that by having daily twenty minute tidy ups and mass cleaning on Saturday mornings. Everyone helps.
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Question by Mandy: What is the best high school home school program if I live out of the country?
I live out of the country (Mexico) and I want to home school. Im in 10th grade. What is the best homeschooling program?
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Answer by glurpy You live out of the country? Do you mean you live in the country? There are people in this forum from all over the world, so I’m not sure if you mean you don’t live in the US or if you mean you live in the country.
By program, do you mean a distance learning school or just a prepackaged set of books? I don’t know about anything for distance learning, but for books or computer-based programs, you could try A Beka, Alpha Omega, Sonlight and unfortunately I’ve forgotten some others. But those would be starting places.
Here are a few tips to help those new to home schooling or those who may be struggling with or just interested in home schooling.
1. You must have a plan: Figure out which direction you are going in with your home school education plan before you start. Do your research to see what is available and make a choice. Day 1 of home schooling is not the time to scramble around looking for school work for your child.
2. Have a scheduled time for school work: Yes homeschooling should be flexible when you need it to be for Doctor appointments, shopping or special occasions but try to keep to some type of schedule and stick to it. Pick a schedule that works best for you and your child and stick to it. It will be so much easier for you and your child if they know they have a set time to get their work done.
It will be much harder if every day you are trying to find the time to fit school in when it really should be a top priority.
When we decide to home school our children we make a commitment that we need to take seriously. It only hurts our child if we do not teach them as we set out to do. You only get out what you put into it. It is so easy to just put it off until tomorrow. Children can easily fall behind too, so scheduling is important.
3. Have a set bedtime: This is important in our house because children can easily get off track and if they are going to bed at a different time every night it is kind of hard to stay on a set schedule for school. Also children need to be well rested so they can have a easier time understanding and retaining the information that is taught to them.
4. Establish consequences: Home school is not the equivalent of no school at all and children must be made to understand that from the beginning. No child is perfect and at times they may not feel like doing their work. They have to made to understand that home schooling is real school and if they attended a brick and mortar school they would have to do the work presented to them by the teacher.
At times in the beginning of our home school journey a couple of my children have had what I refer to as a home school is no school, type day.
I swiftly let them know that home schooling is just as important as if they were sitting in a traditional classroom and that they would face consequences if they did not complete their work as I knew they could.
Once they realized that they would lose privileges such as viewing their favorite television programs, playing video games on the weekends or even playing with their favorite toys just the same as if they neglected to do their work in a traditional school the problem cleared right up.
My children knew I meant business and they eventually adapted to our home school schedule. It can be a little hard on them at first especially if they are used to attending a brick and mortar school. What you view as school time they may view as complete freedom and a long vacation until they get used to and fall in line with the schedule.
5. Have fun: Home schooling can be a fun and wondrous adventure if you choose to make it that way. Enjoy the time with your child.
Make the lessons fun with activities that go hand in hand with what you are teaching them. Do science experiments. Teach your child to prepare easy recipes. You could have themed parties or fun times with arts and crafts like painting, working with clay, making homemade cards or jewelry etc.
You can also take them on fun educational trips. Young children love these type of activities and you can enjoy them together.Make the most of your home schooling education plan. It can be a wonderful experience for you and your child.
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Question by Phaidrus: Can you transfer home school credits to public school?
I am from Farmington NM and was wondering what the laws regarding credit transfer are. I am part of an accredited home school program called Kolbe Academy, and I’m in 11th grade. I plan on going to public school for my senior year, but I don’t want to have to start high school over again (obviously). So will the credits that I’ve earned in home schooling count toward a public school diploma?
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Answer by Tara Yes they count. You will not have to repeat your classes.
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The Magic School Bus is a Canadian-American Saturday morning animated television series based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and combining entertainment with an educational show, according to an article in Animation World Magazine by Annemarie Moody incorporating an interview with Executive Producer Deborah Forte. Broadcasting & Cable said the show was “among the highest-rated PBS shows for school-age children.” In 1994, The Magic School Bus concept was made into an animated series of the same name by Ellipse (France), Nelvana (Canada), and Scholastic Studios (USA-Canada), and premiered on September 10, 1994. Forte says that adapting the books into an animated series was opportunity to help kids “learn about science in a fun way”. Around that time, Forte had been hearing concern from parents and teachers about how to improve science education for girls and minorities. Each episode of the show ran about 30 minutes. In the United States, the show originally aired on PBS, through South Carolina’s SCETV network; it was the first fully animated series to be aired on PBS. The last episode aired on December 6, 1997, when the series stopped production. The Fox network aired repeated from September 1998 to September 2002. Starting September 27, 2010, the Magic School Bus started a daily run on qubo (United States), and on Saturday mornings on NBC. The theme song is cut short for no known reason on qubo airings …
Question by Bob j: How do home school kids get graded and how do they take tests and do they get report cards and if yes how?
I’m curious.Can par rents grade their kids that they are teaching,or is there a home school teacher that grades them.Are all their tests open book?I’m really curious. I’m talking about grade school and high school.
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Answer by Shiori_hime If your parents are teaching you, then generally they are also the ones grading you (unless you’re using an online course, correspondence course, or you’re talking about the standardized tests that have to be returned to a specific place for grading). How families structure testing is almost entirely up to them, and in places where no testing is required by the state many homeschooling families choose not to test at all because they see it as an artificial and fairly useless way of measuring knowledge. For families who do test (either because they want to or because the law says they must) whether or not a test is open-book is usually up to them. I have never heard of homeschoolers getting report cards, though I suppose some families might do it and it might be on option with online or correspondence programs. But I think most homeschooling families look at report cards as pretty useless measures of learning and prefer to base their assessments of their children’s learning off of more concrete things, like whether or not Jimmy can read a book and whether or not Sarah can figure out how much carpet she would need to buy if she wanted wall-to-wall carpeting in her room.
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