| To home-school your child is a decision that | | | | While a child is at school for approximately |
| cannot be taken lightly, especially as a | | | | 7 hours, only about 3 of that is actual |
| single parent. | | | | instruction time. When they return home from |
| | | | school, you can count on at least one hour of |
| I have five children, three of which I have | | | | homework they need assistance with. So I |
| or in the process of doing. When I took on | | | | invested my three hours from 10 am til 2pm |
| the responsibility to home-school my oldest | | | | allowing for a break and lunch. |
| two, my husband was alive and he allowed me | | | | |
| the time, money and resources to teach them | | | | There is actually a web site that allows you |
| more effectively than they could have gotten | | | | to home-school your own child, but since I |
| in public school. They both graduated from a | | | | was disillusioned with the whole public |
| public school with honors. | | | | school forum, I pieced together books and |
| | | | lesson plans from friends until I could find |
| After my husband passed away, I did not have | | | | the one that taught my daughter the way she |
| the strength to take on such a large task as | | | | learns (she is a phonetic learner, schools |
| educating my second two at home. So they have | | | | like to teach sight words as their main |
| been in public school since Kindergarten. | | | | course of reading). |
| While my son is gifted, in the top 95% of the | | | | |
| nation in testing, he has no desire to do | | | | While there are many excellent curriculum's |
| well in school because it comes way to easy | | | | out there, some are quite expensive, and on a |
| for him, even the gifted programs. I feel as | | | | widows budget, I went with a wish and a |
| though I did him an injustice by sending him | | | | prayer. I used A Beka one year (excellent |
| to public education. | | | | curriculum, but very hard and very |
| | | | expensive). I always wanted Hooked on |
| While my 15 year old gets excellent grades in | | | | Phonics, but it had always been out of my |
| school, and comes home and studies every | | | | budget, until I ran across it at a Hospice |
| night, she has no confidence in her ability. | | | | store. The packages had never been opened and |
| This is something teachers do not instruct | | | | for a whopping $25, I had a brand new full |
| children on in a public forum. They can only | | | | curriculum. |
| get this through homeschooling. | | | | |
| | | | I now get to spend an extra 7 hours with my |
| My youngest was assessed with A.D.D. in | | | | baby, teach her self confidence, a work |
| kindergarten in public school. I felt as if I | | | | ethic, and how to clean house (Home economics |
| could not help her with a learning disorder | | | | 101). But she can now read at a second grade |
| by homeschooling her. After three years in | | | | level, and she loves to do it on her own, |
| the public school system, she still could not | | | | then share with me and all her sisters and |
| read! Her math was far above average, as was | | | | brothers how good she is. |
| her other skills, but not her reading. I | | | | |
| tried everything, from Sylvan, to private | | | | I will not deny it is not challenging, to |
| tutors, after school help, but to no avail. I | | | | juggle everything on my plate, but in my |
| only had one option left, I pulled her out of | | | | opinion, my children are my main course, and |
| public school and began to home-school her. | | | | they are worth the price I pay for them. |
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