Canadian family homeschooling 3 children
Has your child longingly looked after the school bus as it passes by your house? Does your child think she is missing out on the friends she’ll be making at school?
Your child has stated that they would like to go to school after you’ve decided to homeschool, what should you do? [Read more...]
Does your preschooler ask to do school work? Does she want to learn to read?
Is it too early to start kindergarten?
The answer is no…not really. If your preschooler is showing signs of readiness to begin reading or completing math why not get some kindergarten materials to work through with her. The concern is that if we push academics too early, perhaps we may harm their love of learning. I say if they want to learn why not teach them. However, if they hit a roadblock or do not want to do it, I wouldn’t hesitate to back off. Children learn best when they are interested in the material, if they are asking to do it, they are interested. Watch them soak up the information you give them. [Read more...]
Is your toddler distracting the older children from their school work? Has he managed to get into everything while you were occupied with his siblings?
Perhaps he wants to join in and do school too? [Read more...]
Is your family living on one income? Want to homeschool but don’t have enough money for expensive curricula?
Don’t worry, here are some frugal homeschooling tips.
With the cost of living going up without salaries doing the same, it can be a challenge homeschooling as well.
How can you homeschool on a limited budget, here on some tips: [Read more...]
Now that you have your books and lesson plans ready, what next?
You’ve told your children that you will be homeschooling and they are excited. You picture your children working diligently on their lessons while you work with one child, the other is working independently making homeschooling sound like the perfect solution to your schooling needs. In reality, there’s no way the first grader will sit down for more than 10 minutes and your fourth grader cries each time you bring out the math book and refuses to do any of it. Not really the picture perfect homeschool you had in mind. [Read more...]
Now that you have all your books, what do you do with them?
How much work should be completed each day?
It is time to make a plan and schedule for your school year or term. [Read more...]
How will you be purchasing you new homeschool materials?
New or used curriculum?
If your budget allows, after your curriculum research, you will be able to click the buy button at your favourite vendors. You will get everything in brand new condition and have all the materials on hand for the school year. If you do not have the funds to purchase everything new, you have to put in a little more work. [Read more...]
Now that you’ve figured out how your child learns, what curricula should you use?
There is so much homeschool material out there that this may seem overwhelming. Relax, you will need to narrow down you search.
You have decided to homeschool you child, what curriculum should you use?
You need to determine the best way your child learns, this will aid you in choosing curricula.
Various learning styles include
Now that you’ve decided to homeschool your child, what next?
What methods will you use to teach your child?
There are various homeschooling methods to choose from, the next goal is to find what suits you best as a teacher and as a family. [Read more...]
