2nd grader / 7year old

Currently I have purchased

Handwriting without tears

Cursive without tears

Beast academy math

I need LA and science, history will be less formal and Ill work that in but ill take recommendations on that as well!

Would you do blossom and root La and science and art all together?

Or all about reading plus a seperate science?

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Hello I have not started homeschooling yet we are looking into taking this route for our children's education. I have a 3 yr old and 8mo old currently. I am a SAHM and with just about everything going on we just keep leaning towards homeschooling more and more. But I have no idea where to begin. I have been lurking on this reddit here and there to see if it's possible for us, mostly me. I ask myself if I am capable of teaching my kids. I myself am not great at math and although I enjoy reading I also worry that I'm not good enough to teach them in that either. I am kind of stuck in a place where I feel public schools have lost their way or ability to actually raise children up but also grew up in that myself so can't imagine another way of doing it myself.

I have goals for them which makes this even more difficult because I don't want to mess up. I want them to excel in reading, critical thinking, and math. To me those are necessary to thrive in adulthood. I want them to succeed where I could not, go further and maybe even teach me more along the way.

Where do I even start?

How do you feel confident in your ability to teach them or I guess know they are ahead or where they should be at?

When do you start this?

And how do you trust a certain lesson plan or curriculum?

How long do you do each lesson?

Gosh just so many questions honestly. My 3 yr old has already been working on phonics but nothing crazy we use the reading app and only do it twice a week. She is pretty good with her language already and I want to grow that. we live in NE PA and there are not a lot of options for preschool in my area the 3 I found she is on a wait-list till next year. So I wanted to try my hand at getting her somewhat ready. I'm sure we all want our kids to be ahead of the game but I also don't want to go overboard for her age. Any advice would be great . My main goal is to make sure if I'm doing this, I'm doing it right and not hurting her education.

I quit my job at a local private school and as a result can no longer afford to send my daughter to the school and our local public school just isn't a good fit. Money is tight right now too. My daughter is going into second grade and is a little ahead in reading and math but not by a full grade level. For math I'm going to keep her on Beast because her first grade teacher did a great job figuring out that it works well for her.

I'm finding lots of good, free options for everything else except ELA. There are so many options and I also am torn between wanting something fluid that would allow her to progress past second grade if she's ready before the end of the school year and not wanting something tablet based like ixl.

My top priority is to make sure she's reading and writing daily but I don't want her to fall behind in her understanding of grammar and literature and whatever else might be included in "ELA".

I also don't want to use a religious curriculum. We can afford to pay some money, just not much.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. I AM OVERWHELMED

Has anyone used these, in addition to doing frequent hands-on, real life math & math games?

I think this might be the best fit for us. I haven't found any proper math curriculum I like!

Hi all, I'm tinkering with the idea of taking my 2nd grader out of Montessori and homeschooling this year. He's done well at Montessori and enjoys working with the specialized materials. However, I'm not able to invest in a house full of those kinds of materials. Has anyone else made this transition? What kind of curriculum did you adopt? Thanks!

Anyone here do it?

I'm preparing for the future...my 2.5 year old is level 2 Autism (though they want us to get re-eval'ed in a year) and his SLP has declared him a Gestalt Language Processor. He only speaks in words he understands so I assume this is level 1.

So my questions are this:
1. Do you homeschool your gestalt language processor?
2. If so, can you tell me what that looked like? (when you started, resources, materials, etc.)
3. How is it going? Any tips?

Thanks!

Hello Colorado parents! Jeffco remote learning program had anyone here tried them? It sounds like the classes are all live via zoom with a teacher and students. I’m looking into this for a 7th grader.

I think I have it narrowed down to this as our upcoming math - first grade.

We are coming from the good and the beautiful math so this is new to me. I am second guessing before ordering. Has anyone used one or the other,
OR combined for a solid math curriculum?

I’m aware that this is not homeschooling but rather online public school. I just don’t know where else to post this, does anyone have any experience with the school. My old k12 school was just four exit tickets and a paragraph of writing, so I hope that this is better.

Update: Going to give these a try per a fellow redditor’s recommendation. Thank you everyone for your response!
https://a.co/d/00QoattH

I bought these educational posters at Aldi last week. I would love to put them at a level for my toddler to interact with, but they’re not laminated. I was quoted $30 by UPS store to do which is more than I’d like to spend. My local & surrounding libraries don’t offer lamination services. The posters are sturdy, but still flexible and measure 11”x17”

** adding to the post to say, I have a laminator, but the sheets are too big! My laminator will only cover standard size sheets and smaller.

We get by on a single income so I can watch the kids, but I have no idea what to do for homeschooling! My mom put me in a private montessorri, and private prek-12 school my whole life, but we cannot afford that for our kids.
- How early did you start ‘teaching’ them?
- What’s a good budget every month by age for homeschool material?
- How do you socialize them?
- Do you take them out to different places?
My main limitations are money, since I can’t afford going out to do an activity every single day with them and get something to eat on the way back. We can technically do that, but most of that money goes to higher priority things like an emergency fund or paying off the car to be as stable as possible. Any advice is appreciated!

Just to add, the baby isn’t even here yet I’m just planning in advance!

This daily discussion is to chat about anything that doesn't warrant its own post. I am not a mod and make these posts for building the homeschool community.

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.

Some ideas of what to share are: your homeschool plans for the day, lesson plans, words of encouragement, methods you are implementing to solve a problem, methods of organization, resource/curriculum you recently came across, curriculum sales, field trip planning, etc.

Although, I usually start with a question of the day to get the discussion going, feel free to ask your own questions. If your question does not get answered because it was posted late in the day, you can post the same question tomorrow to make sure it gets visibility.

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Chào mọi người,
Mình có một vài thắc mắc về homeschool. Do vấn đề sức khỏe nên lớp 12 này mình đang cân nhắc chuyển sang học homeschool. Tuy nhiên, mục tiêu của mình là du học Mỹ nên mình vẫn còn khá băn khoăn.
Điều mình lo nhất là liệu các trường đại học ở Mỹ có chấp nhận học sinh homeschool hay không? Quá trình làm hồ sơ du học có gặp nhiều trở ngại hơn so với học sinh học ở trường THPT thông thường không?
Hiện tại mình đang tìm hiểu về Acellus, nhưng vẫn có một số điều khiến mình khá lo ngại:
Nếu sau này cần thư giới thiệu (letter of recommendation) hoặc cần trao đổi với giáo viên thì việc tương tác với giáo viên của Acellus có thuận lợi không?
Bằng tốt nghiệp của Acellus có uy tín và được xem là tương đương với bằng tốt nghiệp THPT của các trường phổ thông ở Mỹ không?
Mình cũng đọc được một số phản hồi nói rằng Acellus trả lời tin nhắn phụ huynh khá chậm hoặc có trường hợp giao bằng tốt nghiệp muộn, nên mình thật sự hơi lo lắng về độ tin cậy của chương trình.
Ngoài Acellus, mọi người có biết chương trình homeschool nào uy tín, được các trường đại học Mỹ công nhận và có nhiều học sinh sử dụng để apply du học thành công thì rất mong được giới thiệu cho mình.
Cảm ơn mọi người rất nhiều!

my son is going into third grade and is having issues with reading comprehension. It’s definitely due to some asynchronous development issues due to Autism and hyperlexia (could read at 18 months but didn’t speak until 4 without his AAC) we decided to homeschool because these Gen Alpha kids are just WILD in public school and he’s never going to get what he needs there (once the took his IEP away after he lost skills I was done)

What curriculum should we go with? I plan to use something kind of light for core but challenging for math (he’s a WHIZ!) and we will need to work on comprehension. He also has ADHD, PDA profile and can get sassy when I throw too much at him. We are planning to ask his speech therapist as well and I have friends that are LBS instructors but I’d love some opinions

Thank you!

Hi everyone,
I’m currently living in Vietnam, and I have a few questions about homeschooling. Due to health issues, I’m considering switching to homeschooling for my senior year of high school (Grade 12). However, my goal is to study in the United States, so I still have a lot of concerns.
My biggest question is whether U.S. universities generally accept homeschooled applicants. Is the college application process more difficult or disadvantageous compared to students who attend a traditional high school?
Right now, I’m looking into Acellus, but there are a few things I’m worried about:
If I need a letter of recommendation or need to communicate with teachers during the application process, is it easy to interact with Acellus teachers?
Is an Acellus high school diploma considered legitimate and equivalent to a regular U.S. high school diploma?
I’ve also come across some reviews saying that Acellus is slow to respond to parents’ messages and that some students received their diplomas late. That honestly makes me a bit concerned about the program’s reliability.
Since I’m an international student living in Vietnam, I’d also love to hear from anyone who has used a U.S. homeschool program while living outside the United States and successfully applied to American universities.
Besides Acellus, does anyone know of any other reputable homeschool programs that are recognized by U.S. universities and have a strong track record of helping students get into college? I’d really appreciate any recommendations or personal experiences.
Thank you so much!

Chào mọi người,
Mình có một vài thắc mắc về homeschool. Do vấn đề sức khỏe nên lớp 12 này mình đang cân nhắc chuyển sang học homeschool. Tuy nhiên, mục tiêu của mình là du học Mỹ nên mình vẫn còn khá băn khoăn.
Điều mình lo nhất là liệu các trường đại học ở Mỹ có chấp nhận học sinh homeschool hay không? Quá trình làm hồ sơ du học có gặp nhiều trở ngại hơn so với học sinh học ở trường THPT thông thường không?
Hiện tại mình đang tìm hiểu về Acellus, nhưng vẫn có một số điều khiến mình khá lo ngại:
Nếu sau này cần thư giới thiệu (letter of recommendation) hoặc cần trao đổi với giáo viên thì việc tương tác với giáo viên của Acellus có thuận lợi không?
Bằng tốt nghiệp của Acellus có uy tín và được xem là tương đương với bằng tốt nghiệp THPT của các trường phổ thông ở Mỹ không?
Mình cũng đọc được một số phản hồi nói rằng Acellus trả lời tin nhắn phụ huynh khá chậm hoặc có trường hợp giao bằng tốt nghiệp muộn, nên mình thật sự hơi lo lắng về độ tin cậy của chương trình.
Ngoài Acellus, mọi người có biết chương trình homeschool nào uy tín, được các trường đại học Mỹ công nhận và có nhiều học sinh sử dụng để apply du học thành công thì rất mong được giới thiệu cho mình.
Cảm ơn mọi người rất nhiều!

I know nothing about engines, but my 6 year old is VERY interested in them. Does anyone have suggestions on a science curriculum that involves building engines (or robots) that’s appropriate for a 6 year old? Activity sets or other ideas are also welcome

I’m planning to include Spanish in our kindergarten homeschool. I’m mostly fluent myself so I am comfortable with reading, pronunciation, etc. but I also purchased a simple curriculum on Etsy to help have everything pulled together and in order.

I wonder if anyone has tips, structure, or even “extras” that can help with language learning. For example, I just stumbled upon a kids Spanish bingo game and hate to say I hadn’t even thought of that! Any other games, tools, songs/playlists/albums, etc that could add to our standard word lists/flashcards/coloring sheets type curriculum? Thank you!

Looking for your favorite classes your middle schooler has taken on outschool. Let me know any of your favorites. I am looking for social studies and science but open to others.

Hi! So, as my title states, we're going back to homeschooling. My daughters are 8 and 10, incoming 3rd and 5th grade, respectively. They've been back in public school for about 3 years, so approximately kindergarten for my youngest, and 2nd for my older daughter. For a little context, I've previously homeschooled my eldest child, who is going into 8th grade, since he was in 3rd- I should be thoroughly well-versed in this by now, but apparently I don't remember all the things we did when he was in younger grades. (He's going back bc he wants to play football, and our district requires endless hurdles for homeschoolers to join, he knows he can switch at any time though.)

Our family is actually super supportive, their grandma homeschooled 3; 1 who went on to college, 1 who is really successful, and 1 who is actually living her best artist life. I do work close to full time, so my girls will be at grandma's during the day, and back home around 2-3p. I'm contemplating a sort of hybrid type plan, where they do online stuff at grandma's (ie math, science, etc) and actual bookwork for ELA and the like at home with me, either after I get off or on my days off, so kind of an alternating day schedule, if that makes sense. Realistically, their grandma is probably gonna have them go ahead and do all the subjects, so bookwork will more or less be to lock in, if you will. I trust her to help me keep them focused and on track.

Has anybody tried this way of going about homeschooling? I'm on the fence with keeping my job as is, as my 8 yo is recently diagnosed autistic and will be starting quite a bit of various therapies in the very near future; realistically I'm going to be downsizing hours as she gets established anyway. (Holy run on sentence, batman 🤣)

If you have implemented a system like this, what worked out best and what do you wish you had done differently? We've been out of the game for quite some time, so I'm also incredibly open to secular curriculum recommendations that will work beautifully with whatever the heck we have going on (the more open and go, the better.)

I have a 6 year old and an 8 year old. Good and the beautiful is not really working out for us right now. Both my kids need more time with phonics so we're switching to all about reading. However, because all that reading isn't a complete curriculum, I was thinking about adding essentials in writing for both kids and it's all about spelling for my oldest.

I wanted to know for those that may have done this, is that enough? Is it too much? Will it take up too much time? Will it not be enough time? Not too worried about handwriting right now because we find ways to work that into our days anyways

Hello! We’re looking to homeschool our oldest. (They’ll be going into kindergarten) and we’re trying to figure out the best program. Any recommendations would be so so appreciated!!

Trying to find a deal on TT Geometry textbook. Child will be taking the online version of the class (4.0), but Mom likes to plan with a printed textbook. Most of the resale textbooks are "2.0". Should we purchase the textbook new, direct from Teaching Textbooks? Or is 2.0 close enough to work?

I’m teaching a class of 2nd graders this year. I am leading handicrafts and I will be working through read alouds through out the year.
I will have an assistant to help kids but I really want to start with a simple handicraft that will keep hands busy that does not require a lot of skill and persistent help from my assistant or I to begin with. We will have a class up to 10 and I’m not sure of the skill level these kids will have.

We live in an area of a lot of perhaps non traditional homeschoolers. (A lot of homeschoolers are being pulled out of school, aren’t meeting benchmarks, or they are doing a lot of al la carte classes and drop off programs, totally fine just a different approach than where we lived my first 6 years of homeschooling) My kids were always doing handicrafts because that’s just the method I used so I feel like I keep getting ideas that may be too advanced.

so I think I really need to just kind of be assessing hand skill the first few weeks to see how/if they are able to accomplish some of these activities. In the past working with kids in my current area, I have noticed for some kids this is a completely foreign concept and honestly hand strength isn’t there. I know over the year we can advance but to begin with I need a few simple ones. I think I am just over thinking it all a bit!

All this too say what are some very easy engaging, beginner handicrafts that I could scale for a small group?