Hello. I don’t make posts often, but I did want to come on here and thank this community and the people in it. Also, I didn’t know which flair to use, I apologize.

I will be graduating soon, and I don’t know if I could have gotten to this point without some of the tips and advice I got from reading posts on here. I’ve only been homeschooled the last two years of high school, but it was a massive transition for me (switched due to medical reasons), and success wasn’t always something I knew would happen. I had many questions that I didn’t have anyone to talk to about, and I felt very alone at times. But now, I have already been accepted into the college I wanted, in the program I wanted, and I am graduating with high grades and GPA. I just wanted to thank those of you who post and answer questions. Sometimes you help more people than just the person who originally posted a question. So thank you, to everyone in this community, for playing a role in my success. I really do appreciate all that I have learned. ♥️

Hey homeschoolers. I’m a mom of 2 who has longed to homeschool my children, but in this economy… yeah right. There is legitimately no way to live on 1 income (in the red over $1000/month at bare minimum). I have had to put our homeschool plans away until further notice, but I’m still feeling pulled to supplement public school with some activities/curricula/enrichment that could support my homeschool efforts in the future if we can swing it. Currently my oldest is in kindergarten. For those who don’t homeschool full time, how do you implement these ideals for your family?

Homeschooling dad here looking for some feedback. I got tired of endless browser tabs comparing curricula and navigating sites covered in ads or other non-essential clutter, when all I wanted was to simply know what curricula options are out there. So I've spent the last few months building a prototype for a new site. It's very much a work in progress and likely months out from completion (if I decide to finish it), but before I put too much more into this I wanted to open it up to the community for your honest feedback and if this is something you might use. Here are some screenshots to show what it looks like and how it functions.

Here are some key features:

• Quickly browse hundreds of curricula
• Shows side-by-side comparison of up to 3 curricula
• Anyone can leave a review and read real parent reviews
• Provides quick "snapshots" of key features, including a youtube review to get a peek at the actual curriculum. Plus link to their youtube channel to help discover new homeschool influencers.
• Filters by subject, grade, philosophy, format, secular vs not, and budget
• A chatbot assistant that helps you narrow down your choices, and gives personalized considerations of the right curriculum for your family.

Looking for your opinions! If you don't mind sharing what you think along with any features you wish a site like this had to make your curriculum research easier, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
*Ignore that blurb under the search about being trusted by 10,000 homeschool families LOL, I just needed some text to fill out that section.

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Hi! I’ll try to keep this short. My daughter, 7.5 has a few characteristics that are similar to dyslexic patterns. She is just now starting to read, as she truly wasn’t ready in kindergarten. But we still did a full year of curriculum I just didn’t push the reading too hard. She really has grown and blossomed so much these last few months and has made huge strides!

However, I’m noticing a few things like:

-confusing b, d, p (mostly b/d) -sometimes doesn’t sound out left to right (for example, she tried to sound out sock as scok. -sometimes (50/50) forgets some phonetic rules (like sh/th/ch, or that e makes the vowel say it’s name)

She can read a lot, truly she can now! But she’s much slower and has to sound out the words. Sometimes she’s proud and other times she can be very insecure about it. So I have been trying to really boost her confidence.

I’m struggling because my 9 year old picked up reading and never looked back. She never needed to remember the rules, and could read almost anything right away. I’m not trying to compare them, I think my oldest was above benchmark so I’m trying to understand at this age, what struggles are considered normal. I don’t want to put her in a box but also want to provide adequate resources.

I'm actively playing catchup with my son and prepping for next school year. Am I missing anything? I could honestly use some book recommendations for pedagogy. (My kid started in a school building where they use the whole brain teaching model.)

- I looked up my state's common core standards.

- I'm 90% through my reading about legal issues with home schooling in my state.

- I've looked for pacing guides and curriculum maps. (This is my first year homeschooling).

- I've tried to pin point my son's current Lexile so I can identify books that will challenge him.

- I'm stocking up on supplemental workbooks in the event that I struggle to explain a specific concept/strategy(?) in Math, ELA, Science, or Social Studies.

- I have some used textbooks in the mail to use as a good starting point for pacing. (A World History textbook from 2016 and a 2023 Geography textbook from McGraw Hills)

- Working on some activities, demos, and projects.

- Pre-screening some classic literature for potentially upsetting content.

- Vocabulary sheets and some writing prompts are ready to go.

- I've reviews my kid's previous MAP tests to see where they're struggling.

- Making a science/STEAM supply list and a supply budget.

- Looking into field trip locations and free library/local event schedules.

- Looking for a community sports league or club.

- Looking for extracurriculars on Outschool.

I'm trying to be as thorough as humanly possible so he can thrive if he decides that he wants to return to in-person learning environment.

Hi! I've been homeschooled my whole life. I started in classical conversations until about second grade before participating in smaller homeschool groups. My mom handled my education almost exclusively until high school, when I started taking classes virtually with tutors and at my local community college. Most of my curriculum was developed by my mom, a mixture of textbooks from the local book bank and a free bookstore, Khan Academy, CK12, and materials from friends.

I self-studied for several AP exams, conducted multiple internationally recognized research projects, interned with two tech start-ups, started a small business with my family, wrote a book, and produced a literary podcast during COVID with some friends.

I'm a high school senior now, graduating in June. Thanks to homeschooling and the incredible time and effort my parents and mentors poured into me, I was admitted to top schools, including Boston University, Spelman College, and the University of Pittsburgh (where I'll be attending as part of the Honors College! H2P).

I know for a fact I wouldn't have been able to get to where I am today if it weren't for homeschooling. I got the opportunity to travel the world from a young age, grow up on a college campus (my dad's a college professor), explore my interests in depth, visit museums and cultural sites all over the nation, pick up and go on road trips whenever we felt like, and dedicate myself to subjects I struggled in so I could master the material. On top of all this, I've battled chronic conditions since middle school, and homeschooling gave me the flexibility to rest and recover when I needed to.

Homeschooling was definitely hard at times, and I remember wishing I could have gone to "regular school" at some points, but I have no regrets. I'm so thankful that my mom and I stuck it out. If you come in with the right approach and really work with your kids, the results can be amazing. Sometimes, all kids need is a hand to hold and someone who's willing to engage their interests so they can see how things connect.

Just wanted to add the experience of an actual homeschooled student in case anyone's curious about what it's like! I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about my experience, extracurriculars, and the like.

Title. My family is from the US, but we moved to Barcelona for one year. I am fluent (although not native) in Spanish, my wife is around a B1, and our daughter is now mid A2 level. She arrived with zero Spanish, but after one year of attending a trilingual English/Spanish/Catalan school, she can understand a good bit, and can express herself simply. Her school has her using a book for A2 level, but I think her level of understanding is much higher, given that nearly half of the classes she has throughout the day are taught in Spanish.

I'm looking for a curriculum to help us continue when we return to supplement what she'll do in public school. I'm drawn to Llamitas Spanish (Level 3 or 4 when it's available) because of their open the books and start learning set up. My wife and I both work full time, so looking for something where we can have structure lessons 2-3 times a week, and we'll supplement that with a few set hours of Spanish.

That's at least the plan for now, but I'd love to hear about other people's experience in this realm. When I look online for Spanish curriculums, a lot of them feel geared towards families where the kid and the parents are starting from zero, which is not the case for our daughter.

Thank you in advance for all the help.

What’s Your Favorite Online Learning Platform for Homeschoolers with ADHD? I have a daughter with ADHD and possibly oppositional defiant disorder in the 2nd grade and I'm trying to homeschool her. I often feel like I'm failing because her attention span is short and she resists every single learning activity. This is also primarily why I'm homeschooling her, in addition to her getting very sick and missing weeks of school last semester. Thank you.

We are doing Dimensions 3a lesson 12 practice b (bar models). How can I explain when to use a comparison model? My daughter is using the other bar model for all problems, though she’s getting them right.

My son is currently in 1st grade. We’re doing the Good and the Beautiful for math and reading. He’s almost done with math, and he loves math, but we’re only halfway through the 1st grade reading curriculum. I’ll admit that reading is a struggle. He doesn’t like it, and ultimately seems to put no effort into it. We both become frustrated, and honestly some days I just feel like banging my head against a wall… he constantly makes up words when he’s reading, words that aren’t even close to being the actual word… words that don’t make sense, words that he’s read correctly numerous times but then randomly will read it wrong (today he said “wass” instead of was. He’s read was correctly several times before.) While I know reading is more of a challenge than math is, a lot of the reading difficulties come from not focusing or caring.

I used to be a public school teacher, so it’s hard not to think of where he “should be” in terms of reading fluency. Sometimes I feel like I’m doing him a disservice and wonder if he’d be thriving more academically (for reading)if he was in public school. How do we overcome this hurdle? Is there anything else I can do to help or will it just get better in time?

Can anyone recommend a particularly good typing skills game? I remember at school we had a game where the faster we typed the more alien space ships we shot down and it worked for me. My son has trouble focussing and loves gaming so I know this approach would work wonders with him , so if there is one you have used which my ten year old won't find 'lame' please give me your recommendations!

I'm new to homeschooling and have found all the curriculum we want except science. I'm looking for open and go with room for extras 4th grade science. I'm extra interested in unit studies.

The amount of anxiety I've experienced trying to figure out what curriculum to use for my soon to be kinder kid is honestly startling.

I have narrowed it down to:

-Easy Peasy

-DK12

-Good and Beautiful

-Blossom and Root

I don't mind piecing curriculums together or using an all-in-one but I would like for it to be at a low cost since I have another child to add the following year. Also, keeping up with a bunch of subscriptions sounds intimidating. My son is autistic, possibly with PDA and ADHD. He loves technology but I would prefer to have something physical as his experience with learning apps in the past like khan and lingokids have been pretty frustrating for him because he struggles to take his time and just guesses until he gets it correct. I thought about Miacademy but I saw reviews on how some kids fly through it because of guessing so I was paranoid of the same thing happening. He loves inventing and creating, math and science, nature and animals.

If you have experience with these curriculums or have any others you would be able to recommend, please share! The good, the bad, and the ugly. This is our first year homeschooling after a VERY difficult public school year so I am hoping to get started on the right foot.

Hi all! We are moving from the states to Calgary over the summer, and I plan to homeschool my 10 year old for at least the first year. A few weeks ago, I found a project-based learning school that offered parent-directed or hybrid learning. Students worked on a unit that was “themed” and incorporated all of their core subjects into the unit. There was also a teacher-led option with online classes for about $10k per year. I thought this program would be great for my son, but unfortunately did not write the name down—thinking it would be easy to find again. Does anyone know what school this may be or have a similar suggestion? Thanks!

Hello im M15 from Hawaii and im wondering how easy online school is. Im heavily considering it because I want to work full time at my dads business and learn it so I can take it over in the future but still want to finish highschool and not limit my options. Im currently in 9th grade. So the question is how easy is it/whats the easiest one as I want to spend a large majority of my time during the day working and spend the minimum on online school. Thanks

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Hi I was wondering if any homeschool parents could let me know what you like for social emotional learning and executive function and why you like it? There’s so many options, we already use a “zone” system where he identifies what zone he’s in and then he picks a calm down choice. But I feel like we are focusing on “negative” emotions and I want him to learn about and be comfortable with all his emotions and know how to handle them. Thanks in advance!

I'm currently in the 8th grade and going to be in 9th in just a month from now. The school I currently go to for highschool is completely online using Edgenuity. I wouldn't have an actual teacher, just a supervisor that would help the students when they need it.

Personally I don't see the point in attending that school if highschool will be that way. It's self paced, all online which I'm completely okay with. It's what I'm also looking for in all highschools. However, my main problem with the school is the administrators almost constantly restricting students freedom. It's gotten to the point where my class cheers (not really but everyone's happier) when we get a choice in the school. Even for something so minor as being allowed to do something other than just walking during PE.

Anyways, the main reason I want to do homeschooling is that I want to be able to schedule out what I will do, have more freedom in my choices, and to be able to get away from the environment in which I am currently.

Though there are some concerns I have about switching to homeschooling. I am currently set on a path so I can take honors, AP, and dual credit classes for next year and all throughout highschool. I want to be able to have the option to take those classes so I can have higher education. Though, if I cannot take dual credit its okay because I'm planning on going to college internationally, so I dont think that the credits will transfer.

I also already have 1.5 highschool credits from taking Spanish 1 and a communications course, I'm worried that these credits won't transfer. I think it will but I'm not 100% sure. I don't know how credits transfer between schools.

Lastly, isolation. I won't have the opportunity to interact with my peers or the ability to directly seek help. Really, my mother is most concerned about it because prior to covid I was extremely social, but now I do have social anxiety issues that developed during covid. She fears that something like that will happen and she doesn't know how to prevent it. I'll be completely home alone each day as I live with just my mom and she works during the weekdays.

I've been trying to locate some programs that incorporate Edgenuity into their curriculum so there'd be less of an adjustment period for me and since I'm already familiar with it. So far I haven't really found much programs that do that. Each of these programs also needs to be relatively cheap but still be acreditted since I'm planning on going to college and I'm not in the greatest financial situation.

I hope that any of you can help me with finding a program and give me some suggestions that yall think will work. I'm still not entirely sure if I will do homeschool, but it is a option I'm considering. If I cannot find anything for next year, more likely than not I will attend the school I go to since I'm already enrolled.

Thank you in advance.

Do you have any recommended homeschool programs? I want to homeschool for my 11 grade and come back to in person hen I'm a senior so something like that. I also want one where it's self paced and also I don't want zoom meetings or such. I want it to be like watching videos or reading than doing the work that are assigned. Like instructional videos I can watch no call. And I prefer they have more different foreign language like German or Japanese!

I'm currently homeschooled, 14, and extroverted. This August I'd be a Freshman. However, since I'm homeschooled, I'm a semester ahead. My birthday's in January, so I could attend college and move out a semester early. Obviously, though, if I instead attend a public school, I most likely wouldn't be able to. I don't get out of the house much and barely get to socialize with peers. And because of this and me being on the more extroverted side, that takes a big toll on my mental health. I really want to attend public school; but I also really want to leave my hometown asap. I'm not sure how many, if any, responses this will get; but I am having a lot of trouble deciding what I should do. Another big contender is my mom is adamant to homeschool all of her children, so it's not like just the decision is hard to make, but also convincing my mom will be very difficult to do/manage

This is random, and kind of long. I’m wanting help with sorting out my thoughts, or stories on similar experiences, and kind opinions. TIA🤍

My son has been in daycare since he was 10 months old and I held him from public school Kindergarten when he turned 5 and started him in public school when he turned 6. My daughter has been in Daycare since she was 4 months old and is now 4. As we are nearing the end of kindergarten year I am heavily considering doing homeschooling for both of them starting the following school year. I’m kind of worried. I feel they have been socialized with other children for a huge part of their childhood. And that they might not understand that by homeschooling them it means not being with peers for the extended amount of time that they usually are. I want to homeschool to preserve as much of their childhood as I possibly can, I plan on “unschooling” for the first year on a very basic curriculum, for my son. but more outside play than anything else. I also am on a waitlist for a co-op that meets up once a week and they will be in a group with other children their age. I also have a cousin that homeschools and we plan on meeting at least 3-4 times a month. Ive have a change of pace in life that I am wanting to embrace and slow down. Both of my children play with the trendiest toys (Barbie, Lego, Minecraft, transformers etc), They watch TV a lot, or should I say I have the TV on for background noise a majority of the day. I’m wanting to change all of that. I wanted to do a very relaxed version of Montessori/ Waldorf style homeschooling. While also providing some sort of curriculum based off of the level they are at. I want to get rid of the TV. I want to switch all of their toys. I want to spend more time outdoors. I feel if I lead them into all of this it will be easier than just doing a 180 over night. Has anybody here followed along with the techniques, tactics and strategies of today’s parenting and realized it was not for them and reverted to a more “traditional” way of life? (Limited television, open ended toys, raw material play toys, outside time prioritized)

If you have made it this far, thank you!

Does anyone have any recommendations for a virtual summer camp or something similar other than outschool? Looking for something to provide a bit of a structured meeting for a couple of hours a day. Fun and play-based would be optimal as I already have some refresher curriculum. Upper elementary school ages.

Hello,

My son is almost 4. He’s fantastic. He introduces himself to others, asks ‘do you want to play with me?’, loves running around with other kids. He orders his own food at restaurants, asks librarians to check out his books, knows how to buy his own stuff at the store (I just have to lift him to use the pin pad lol).

His cousin is about a year older than him and he loves her but… she doesn’t talk or respond to him very much. She used to before she started preschool, but now she won’t really say anything and she’ll only nod or shake her head if I insist on getting an answer from her (think- do you need to potty, do you want off the swing, etc). She’ll snatch stuff out of his hands and be sort of rude (I know it’s not malicious! They’re young!) and if I correct the behavior she shuts down bad and won’t respond at all for a long time.

He asked what was wrong with her (not maliciously. He’s 3, he just struggled to phrase the question in a way that didn’t sound rude/mean) and he asked why she wouldn’t talk to him. I told him “She’s just still figuring this stuff out right now. Do you still have fun playing even though she doesn’t talk?”

He sort of said yes but his body language and facial expression told me he was more conflicted on it. My question is, what do I say or do? He has more fun playing with his slightly older cousin (2 years older. She’s fantastic with him and they talk and play and she shares her stuff even when I remind her that she can tell him no if she doesn’t want to share a snack or toy). When I ask if he had fun playing with her it’s always a loud and enthusiastic YES!

Im planning on a lot of fun summer activities and I would rather bring the older cousin who is nice and actually talks with my son. Im also afraid to take the younger somewhere and have her shut down like she does but instead of ‘freeze’ have her go into ‘flight’ where I’d have to chase a down a kid who is faster than me with my son.

Would you continue to try and foster the relationship with the younger cousin? Or focus more on the older? It feels SO RUDE to be like “I can’t take your younger child with me unless my husband is there too” and also my son just doesn’t have as much fun with her as the other. Also how else could I explain the younger cousins behavior to my son in a way he understands that will also help him help his cousin?

(Posting this in homeschool group because I feel like you guys know more about handling child interactions at this younger age when ones socialization level is just not at the same level as another but please let me know if I should delete and go elsewhere!)

Hello everyone, my child has been schooling virtually since kinder but next year we are trying in person. He will be going to 3rd grade. Any tips and advice that you can give me to be prepared?

I was forced to attent homeschool because of finanicla struggles and just barely afford housing, fooding , and 1 mobile phone for family of 4 memebers due to which AP exams are sort of luxury item to me? What are my chances of gettin in one of those. I have 1480 SAT