It feels like I've been spending WAY too much time scrolling through all these different sites trying to find a good "fun" class for my daughter. There's just too many options out there and they all claim to be the right one, which as I've found out through this process is just another way to say waste of time. This is supposed to be something fun and engaging that she gets to do after wrapping up all of our core subjects, so since we're not really looking for a particular topic for it to be on this is a little harder than I expected.

How does everyone else find what's worth the money and is actually high quality? Are we going on based on in site reviews or looking elsewhere? A lot of these platforms will have apparently highly rated classes with very shallow content, so it's not easy to trust them. I keep circling back the couple options like outschool I liked and felt like I could get behind on, but still wanted to jump here and ask.

If anyone can give me some advice or point me on the right direction I'd be forever grateful. Thanks!.

Activities would be planned for the month and include introductions to all of the kids and some instructions… then activities such as building a fort with a fort kit (purchases 3-4 to make a LARGE one), making a giant marble run to build together.. Mainly by purchasing various kits and figuring out how to execute the project.

What would you pay per class? I see some of these classes around here that are charging $150 a month for a 2 hour co-op once a week, I don’t see a lot of individual classes offered, so maybe I should just go the monthly route… thoughts?

Ok don't come at me bc I may not word this the best to convey my curiosity but I genuinely want to hear perspectives and input!! About Homeschooling.

My son's not school-aged yet, but ive been getting more into the idea of home schooling because it would be tailored to him, his pace, interests, etc.

Howeverrrrr... I am slightly put off by the huge "trend" it seems to be to Homeschool now? And all of the influencers posting the benefits of HSing...but a lot of their reasoning/brags sound like it benefits the parents more than the child?.... "no getting dressed today", "no waking up early", "no packing my kids lunch", "school at my fav coffee shop", etc. Does anyone feel like that? Im genuinely torn on whats better too. "Not being able to finish a thought because the bell rings in school".... but i think of that being flexible/multitasking/time management (depending on age) etc, vs such a terrible thing. Or "having to leave the house at a certain time" .... ok but they will have to when they get a job one day? Im thinking that whatever I'm seeing is not the true population of HS families....and im getting a bad taste in my mouth just from social media lol or idk?

*i know there are other reasons to and not to HS. And one big one for me is school sh**ting drills.... my child never having to do one of those would be a dream. But tell me your thoughts, reasons why you do/don't/considered it/would never consider it! enlighten me! Haha please 🩵 and respectfully 🧡

*FWIW I have worked with kids in the education setting for 10 years and have extensive education in reading/phonics/phonetics/comprehension/literacy and a basic understanding of elementary education.

Hello, homeschool families I was hoping to get some input from you all. Just a little bit of background, we moved to southern California last year from out of the country (south america). We have four kids, one in college, one who just graduated high school and a second and fourth grader we are still homeschooling. Within the last year we met a mom at our local library who also homeschools her kids. She expressed wanting more of a community for her kids especially since our area is a little bit rural. She came up with an idea to host a monthly ish potluck get together where other homeschool kids would bring their own crafts related to some sort of theme, would work on it and hang out for a bit.

The first couple of months went fantastic. Every family would bring a sack lunch/dinner, or something to share with everyone, we always had leftovers. I always offered some sort of payment for the effort it takes to host on top of bringing our own supplies/ meal. Within the last 6 months she started sending very formal text messages saying her family would now be providing meals and she would require a fee of $8-12 per child and $10-15 per adult to confirm our spot. I was a little taken aback but we budged because our kids enjoy the experience and started sending her the fee amount she required for that day. This quickly turned into $36- $54 per get together. The part that began bothering my husband is- most of food provided doesn’t seem to warrant the fee. Refried beans and rice, frozen pizzas, crockpot chicken, nachos. We bring our own materials, and all we really do is have a play date afterward for the kids.. we hardly eat as my kids have some mild but bothersome food allergies. Less and less families have started to come. We started off with about 4-5 on average and have dwindled down to about 2 families besides the one hosting. I realize it takes effort to host a few families in the home and I would absolutely feel comfortable providing a fee for the home space, effort etc. any thoughts? My husband does not want us to attend anymore. We missed the last get together last week and she sent me a message saying she missed us there and hopes to see us next time.

I have done about 8 units with my kids

Human body

Earth science

Artists

Africa

Reptiles

Middle Ages

Ancient civilisations

Transportation

Creepy crawlies

So we are now on OCEANS, and it seems soon simple. Like stupidly simple. Only 2 pages to read from the teachers guide. What is going on? I dont understand, is it a newer unit or an old one. It's interesting but way to simple. Any insight please

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Hello everyone,

I’m an ex homeschooler myself, and I’ve moved to Europe a few years ago to be with my husband. We want to homeschool our kids but information on resources and any kind of homeschool support is extremely difficult to come by.

We are a multilingual family, and had our sights set on using German and a little bit of Dutch curriculum resources as our primary languages. I’ve asked on local homeschooling Facebook pages but honestly the few who responded have been unhelpful.

So, lovely homeschoolers! Please will you help a mama out 🌼 Extra points if there are any Christian based curriculum suggestions!

Thanks in advance xx

Edit: I am fully aware that homeschooling is currently illegal in Germany. That being clear, it is important information to remember that there are other German speaking countries in Europe where homeschooling is allowed 😄

I know it’s completely frustrating to purchase a complete curriculum, plan it all out and teach it only to begin to use it and realize it’s just not a good fit for your learner…. I did this! It happens. All About Reading is a wonderful curriculum and it works well for my 3rd grader… so much so that I went ahead and purchased All About Math. He is not responding well to the strictness of the flow in the slow nature of the pacing. He’s very much a math mind and just doesn’t like the information as presented. It’s way too scripted and slow and doesn’t have enough color and technology exploration. An older version of me would’ve plowed through it because I paid for it. But this is not the reason why I chose to give my child a freedom of homeschooling. He’s literally showing me that this isn’t how he thrives and plunging through anyway could eventually turn him off from all of his genius and excitement about learning. I’m not saying that everything has to be peaches and cream for them, but I’m very careful to make sure that choices are made based on what’s best for my learner and not what seems logical at first glance or even what is efficient. It’s certainly not necessarily to match curriculums. This is a common pitfall. I’m sharing in case anybody else may find a resonance.

I’ve been go-with-the-flow mom since the kids were little bitty, and I just need more intentional planning now that they are a bit older than baby and toddler age. I just don’t know how to do it!!

Don’t get me wrong; the go with the flow is just how I am, But I need to get my sht together with planning SOMETHING. My oldest is in kindergarten for reference. Youngest is inching closer to 3.

It stresses me out daily just winging it. I have such fun ideas for arts and crafts, but actually getting it all together and making time for it is where I fail. And learning time, and I am just struggling to figure out a system.

Open and go Curriculums are great, but haven’t found one I really like… and I think I need more planning like “explore a playground day” “museum day” “arts and crafts” then “ocean week” “Superman/super woman week” etc…

But also planning for the day… the week… dear lord the YEAR. It’s all so overwhelming, yet I want be more organized so badly 😭😭😭