how to go about homeschooling?
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well why would you or whoever go to home school there isn't any social skills in that? There wouldn't be any friends or anything to me that is boring
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I was home-schooled for two years when I was a kid. At that time, there was a company that actually sent you the books you needed based on your state's requirements. My mother never had to worry about keeping track of that.\n\nTry calling the superintendant's office of your local school district. They may have the name of that specific company (I, of course, do not remember - sorry).\n\nFor now, try this site. I found it through a search engine a second ago when I saw your question. It looks like a reputable, helpful site. http://www.homeschoolingbooks.com/
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Go to\nhttp://www.hslda.org/hs/state/default.asp\nand click on the graphic for the state you are interested in getting homeschool regulations on.\n\nTo get a really interesting inside look into what homeschooling is like go to www.homeschoolblogger.com. This si a very busy blogging site for homeschool families. Last I heard they had 3000 homeschooler blogs running. With a bit od browsing you should be able to locate many families homeschooling high schoolers and some even near you in Iowa. There is a search feature in the blog system there.
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I know what you mean! I had to start hs my 7 yr dd cause the school would not help with her learning problems.\nFirst, each state has a homeschool agency with a website. I guess google your state name and add 'homeschool agency' . This should have the laws listed, forms to download and copy, etc.\nSecond, NEVER have anything to do with the public schools ever again LOL\nNa, really, the law in my state is that the schools are not legally required to help anyone who homeschools, but they can at their discretion. Wouldn't hurt to ask.\nAnd, I don't have much money either. So here's what I have learned.\n1. There are SO MANY websites that you can use for every subject! I use the internet a LOT for school! The problem I have wiht this though, is it takes SO MUCH of my time searching and finding what to use. I guess this is what I have to do cause I don't have much money!!\n2. EBAY!! I buy books, workbooks, supplies, etc.\nI can't buy any kind of curriculum so I mix it up and use whatever.\n(you have to make sure of your state laws allow this)\n3.Do free field trips, grocery store outings, library, hospital tours, go to courthouse, post office, bank, etc. On your own and have field days at these places.\nUse chalk outside to do math, spelling words etc. Go outside for science nature walk and make collage with what you find.\n4. Join a local homeschool group. They are wonderful! You get together with other kids and have fun days, field trips, do classes together, PE, art, 4H, girl and boy scouts, etc.\nI thought public school had more to offer than homeschool, but NO WAY!!\n\nDoing all these things, I have spent less than $75 for a whole year, plus most of the things I bought can be used for years to come. (I know $75 is a LOT but I managed somehow?)\nsome people spend up in the thousands doing this.\n\nIf your children have learning problems, schools do NOT help with this. Oh they say they do but belive me they don't. Anyway, homeschool is so much better for learning problems IF you know what the problem is and if you KNOW WHAT to do for the problem.\nAnd, all children have their own 'learning style' and schools only cater to ONE style- reading and writing. What about the kids who learn better visually, verbally, auditory? \nThat's the problem my dd had, and now I can choose what, how, when, etc on teaching her to learn in the way she learns best.\nNow, she's doing so much better than she would EVER do in public school.
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i home school my daugther and find it alot better but it will be time consuming at times. there's a website for $8.95 a month etap.org  good curriculum. then theres also American school that will give him credits and graduate. if your children decide to stay in homeschool you will have to notify the school superintendent that you are establishing a bonafide school for ________ and it will be based at this address. also another book is Homeschool your child for free theres more than 1200 smart, effective and practical resources for home ed. on the internet and beyond. i wish you and your children the best of luck and feel free to email me.
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All you have to do is register her for it at collegeboard.com\nI'm homeschooled also and will probably take the SAT and ACT this year.
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Homeschooling is a growing market. Estimates of homeschool growth show it to be growing between 7 and 15 percent every year. \n\nI would recommend that you find out when and where your state's homeschool convention is going to be held this year. If you already have inventory, go ahead and try to set up a booth there. If you do not yet have inventory, go and see what other distributers of homeschool supplies are doing. Most distributors do the conventions, market through catalogues, and have webpage-based stores. A few will have local shops open to the public, but you will need to be in a large metropolitan area to have a large enough homeschool base to do this as your exclusive means of marketing.\n\nIf you do not know very much about homeschooling, you are taking a big risk in your selection of inventory. You will need to have a good feel for the current trends in homeschool materials to keep from getting stuck with inventory that will sit instead of sell. Two big names in homeschool product distributers are:\nLifetime Books and Gifts\nChristian Book Distributers has a homeschool division\n\nIf you are a homeschool product developer more than a distributor, a good way to begin to get the word out about your products is to send samples to the major distributors and to homeschoolers that are leaders in the movement. Stop in at http://homeschoolblogger.com and browse for homeschool blogs that have a big following. If you impress a mom with a busy blog, chances are she will blog about the product and share the discovery with other moms.
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Type home schooling in the search box over on the side of the yahoo!Answers home page.  There are 25 answers there.\n\nI homeschooled my children, and now my grandchildren.  It requires a lot of time and effort, but the results lead to children who actually know how to take care of themselves.  Instead of learning how to say what the teacher wants, they learn how to think for themselves.\n\nGood Luck
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Are you looking to start homeschooling? There are 8 "types" of homeschooling. I believe that unschooling is perhaps the best way for the younger kids - by younger I mean under 5. Unschooling is and unstructured way of learning - children learn naturally and follow their curiousity and interest. \nFor more info to make a decision based on what is best for your family and situation try the website www.fpea.com
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Go to your school district central office. Also, look around in your area for homeschooling parent organizations.
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You don't need to buy anything to homeschool a pre-schooler.  Just play with child, go exploring, have fun!  Kids at this age learn best by playing.
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Homeschool for sure.\n\n1)My kids get to socialize with all races, ages, religions and gender on a daily basis.  They don't spend 8 hours a day with ONLY people their own age.  \n\n2) They can go to the bathroom whenever they want, and they don't have to ask permission from a teacher who may or may not give it. (I had a teacher in second grade who wouldn't let me go to the bathroom because it was "rest time" and I peed all over myself.  I was known as pee-pee girl for the rest of my elementary years.  Funny, I had forgotten all about that until I read this question) What does all that have to do with schooling? Well, when I had finished my public school years, and entered the working world, I wasn't sure if I needed permission to go to the bathroom....\n\n3) A homeschooled child gets more social time than public schooled ones.  In public school, you get 5 minutes between classes, and if you're lucky, 20 minutes of recess.  Homeschooled children get most of any given day.\n\n4) You get more than 15 minutes to eat your meals when you are homeschooled, and you don't have to spend the rest of the day with indigestion.\n\n5) You don't have mountains of homework when you are homeschooled.  You learn everything set aside for you in a few hours, then your school day is done.\n\n6) You don't spend half of your day waiting when you are homeschooled.  You aren't waiting on 26 other kids to sit down and shut up so you can start learning.\n\n7)  You learn more when homeschooling.  You can take any given subject as far as you want, you don't have to stop when government mandated outlines say you do.\n\n8) You don't have to worry about "fitting in" when you are homeschooled.  If you don't have Tommy or Gap clothes, so what.  Whereas in public school, you get snubbed if your clothes come from Target.\n\n9) When you are homeschooled, you KNOW  your teacher cares about you.  \n\n10) The only real negative to homeschooling is having to listen to, and be snubbed by, public school advocates who don't have a clue what goes on in a home education environment.
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Contact the school board in your area they will have the procedures and guidleines in a packet for you.They will tell you what curriculums are acceptable for the state in which you live. Then ask yourself why do you want to home school? If it is for selfish reasons like you don't want your five yr old to leave you.Or you think they will learn bad habits, you need to think again. These things will happen anyway and your not really helping them. Ask yourself is your child already shy or outgoing? Keeping them home because they are shy is not good it only sets it in stone. I home schooled my youngest son it's not an easy task and it is a very big commitment. You just can't pick and choose when you feel like teaching and what you feel like teaching( although many do). You must teach even when you don't feel good or they are in a bad mood. What kind of relationship do you have with your child? Does he listen well? You'll only be hurting your child if you don't do it the correct way. Many home school children fall very far behind because mom is not very consistant or tough. My son is now in Public High School and in Honors programs but my friend who is home schooling her children do nothing but crafts and play games and seem very behind for their age in all their academic studies.She won't get out of bed until 9:30am and stops teaching at Lunchtime. They go shopping everyday. Is this teaching her children?? You also need some support people, parents  or friends who can lend a hand now and then to give your child a variety of teaching techniques. And you must absolutely get them involved in other activities in the outside world, such as soccer or ballet or some type of group sport. Not a homeschooling group. It keeps them too sheltered and they never learn how to put up with negative people. Which the world is full of. Hope this helps feel free to e-mail me if you have any problems and good luck.
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www.gethomeworkhelp.com\n\nor ask your counselor at school if any teachers tutor on the side\n\ngood for you for finding some extra help!  you should be proud.
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First, lets look at the educational opportunities. Homeschooling depends largely on the parent(s) doing the schooling. If the parents are knowledgable in all academic areas, then the child can get a very strong education, rivaling and exceeding public school in some areas and possibly coming close to the high-end private schools. However, most parents don't have that type of knowledge so the child ends up lacking. When a parent was trying to enroll her son into a charter school, the principal was asking how the child did in math, specifically multiplying and dividing fractions (very fundamental for junior high and high school-level math classes). The parent responded "Oh, I couldn't remember how to do fractions so we just skipped over that chapter," a move that caused her child to be placed in a remedial math class to get him caught up with his peers.\n\nThe second type of education received is the social education. Picture two people with the same IQ, same reading levels, same math skills, etc. One was homeschooled and the other traditional schooled. They both enroll in college at the same time and end up in the same freshman composition class. Who has a better chance of surviving the class? The traditionally schooled student would, simply because he was used to the traditional classroom with various teachers, where the homeschooled student was used to only a handful of teachers (parents and other people the parents got to help) and was never in a classroom. \n\nHomeschooling can work, but the parents that decide to homeschool their child should commit themselves totally to the homeschool program right from day one and not waver on their decision. One thing that helps is homeschool co-ops where parents pool their resources with other parents to help their children more by offering other opportunities.
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And yet another start:\nhttp://homeschooling.about.com/od/gettingstarted/p/homeschool101.htm\n\nThe above link has a page of links to state laws, as well as much info about basics and start ups!
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I am homeschooled. I'm graduating a year early and I hope it never stops for everyone, I've learned more than if I was in a public or private school. You can also be homeschooled in college through an internet college.