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Going on a couple weeks now with Butter (DD8) currently 3rd grade. We actually do independent study at a district school so, don't throw anything at me, but I feel like we get the best of both worlds. They gave us all the books and consumables and a contract that outlines the pacing the regular schools move at. I do the majority of supervising (because so far, I haven't had to "teach" the child anything ;)) at home...she has one optional class period for 3 hours plus 1/2 hr lunch once a week. The teacher covers science (with FOSS kits, they are good), guided writing and some odds and ends. They might have a benchmark or end of year test. On other days, she takes Multimedia, Drawing (for 6th+, but teacher is welcoming her) and Art (so 3 hours of art on Friday!), Games Club (all ages) and she wants to add guitar (same teacher as multimedia and he is impressed with her). They also have a peer tutoring lab, computer lab and of course library, etc. It's K-12, so they have an ASB that puts together fun events like ice cream socials and laser tag! lol!

I CANNOT SAY IT ENOUGH...I AM LOVING THIS SET UP!!!! Butter is a DREAM at home and is enjoying spreading her wings with lots of art and library time. It's great having the support of the school and I hope we can make it work for a long time.

I do have another DD 4yr 8mo that we put in a private K this year since she doesn't meet the cutoff. At this time, I would NOT consider homeschooling her, lol!

Lol, I was afraid to say the same about my dd5.5, but it is true. But really, she is doing soooo much better than ds ever did in the school, friends and social-wise, right now it is an ok fit for her. (still awkward academically).

I'm home schooling dd5.5 with dd3 as a tag along!

I used to homeschool and we are considering it again...will make a final decision in mid-January.

Homeschooling my 6th grader after a academic nightmare K-5.
I can't keep up with him but my very bright 3rd grader is challenging me big time...

Thanks to this board I know I'm doing the right thing by him.

Only temporarily! My daughter is in quarantine. I've really enjoyed "home-schooling" and cant believe how much she gets done at home. The incessant talk is driving me just a little bit batty (!) and I'm not sure how I would ever get any paid work done if we ever did this long term, but it's been a great week!

We homeschool through an Independent Study Program for my older son, Wolf(7). He's working from 3rd through around 8th somewhere. Bear(5) is in the Headstart PreK Home Visit program, so he's basically homeschooled too, but heck if I know what levels he's working at since he won't demonstrate his skills unless you catch him or trick him.

I am homeschooling dd 6-k and 1st through k12 she is doing first grade math which she already passes, we are just going over that and a few things to make her reading more perfect for kindergarten work. I was told by her teacher that she is doesnt need to take the test at the end of the year like the other students because she already passed it. With my dd 5 she isnt old enough for k through school so she is doing first semester k work in phonics from her older sisters books and is doing math workbooks I give her and does language arts and history with her older sister. My ds 3 we are starting this week hooked on phonics k and working on shapes and colors more and trying to get him to write. He already knows his letters he just refuses to write them.

A 3-year-old boy really may not be ready to write from a developmental motor perpective. I wouldn't push writing at this age unless he really showed an interest in it. His refusal could be because he needs to develop better hand, shoulder, and arm strength, stability, and coordination first, which would be entirely age-appropriate. If he wants to play at spelling and composition, but doesn't want to write, you can use refrigerator letters or scrabble tiles or even a computer keyboard in the interim, or have him use his fingers to draw or sculpt letters in sand, shaving cream, play-dough, etc.

Here is some more information on determining writing readiness and good pre-writing activities.

I might do that. I have a hard time teaching hooked on phonics because it doesnt make since in my brain. I plan to use it to teach him the letter sounds. With writing I have a book that works on just drawing lines so I might do that with him instead of writing letters and we have magnets he can use for the spelling if he wants. So we can do that. I also have games from jump start he can play but he isnt really good with a mouse. So it takes him lots of work. Thanks for the advice.