Homeschool Chat

[TheRatPack]

Truly, my children are NOT perfect, but you know what - they are RESPECTFUL!!!! That's the main trait that I can identify as being "different". Ok, anyway, so 1/2 the time we get "talking" with these strangers and school comes up - these people WANT to know what school they go to. "oh" they're "homeschooled"!!! Really???? (like, how can that be - you guys seem so "normal")

This past year our homeschooling group ordered shirts (we order them every year but this past year was our first as a family). They have one that says WARNING Unsocialized Homeschooler.....my son gets comments everywhere we go when he's wearing it LOL

http://www.greathomeschooltshirts.com/ This is the site, they have a sale in August, which is when we all get together and make a LARGE order , they also will screenprint your group name on the back....which is nice for group field trips..etc.

 

[TheRatPack]

I don't know if we are allowed to post things for sale on here or not!!But, if you are interested, pm me or email me or whatever-several levels of saxon math, bob jones stuff and some ABeka. Just thought I would pass this on in case any one is interested.

You might want to try VegSource.com too! I get a lot of my stuff off there when I can

 

[LittleBlue22]

Homeschool newbie here

I hope this is the right thread to sign in as a roll call. *Big breath* We're starting homeschool this year.

We're using Switched on School House for my 3rd grader-
Life Pac with a 2nd grader and a KGer.

I already have a question- How do I homeschool with a young toddler to handle too. I know I can have school while he's sleeping, but do any of you have other ideas/suggestions?

I look forward to posting with you all. If I haven't located the right thread to post on, could some one let me know?

 

[LegoMom3]

Homeschool newbie here

I hope this is the right thread to sign in as a roll call. *Big breath* We're starting homeschool this year.

We're using Switched on School House for my 3rd grader-
Life Pac with a 2nd grader and a KGer.

I already have a question- How do I homeschool with a young toddler to handle too. I know I can have school while he's sleeping, but do any of you have other ideas/suggestions?

I look forward to posting with you all. If I haven't located the right thread to post on, could some one let me know?

Hey LittleBlue!! Yep, you're at the right place! Welcome!!

I can't help with the toddler question but I'm sure there are others who can! However, I'll be hs'ing all three of my kids this year, for the first time, and I'm overwhelmed!!

Sometimes this thread moves kind of slow, and other times it moves so fast I can hardly keep up, but I hope you'll stick around and jump in anytime! Great to see you here!


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[lori1043]

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Welcome Littleblue22!!!

She is right, sometimes it can go days without any communication and other times thre have been pages and pages in a day.

I homeschool my DD8 and DD10-going into 3rd and 5th. I am getting more nervous the older they get! 5th grade seems so "serious" and 3rd is like an in between age for me-love to play and do lots of hands on stuff but also doing more serious learning.

We use a hodge podge of curriclum(saxon, abeka, LLATL, SOTW, easy grammar and daily grams) and I question this every year, thinking I need to use one across the board b/c I also work outside the home about 6-8 days a month. may not sound like much, but it can be.
With the major inflation this year, I feel the pressure. DH likes our homeschool situation. So he can appease me well!

Have fun and lots of blessings on your first year-it is a whirlwind wonderful experience that I would not trade (if I don't have too)!!!

Come here for some uplifting words!

There is a hodgpodge of backgrounds and wonderful advice on this board, but all are one being Mickey fans and in homeschooling our children.

Lori

 

[LittleBlue22]

Hey LittleBlue!! Yep, you're at the right place! Welcome!!

I can't help with the toddler question but I'm sure there are others who can! However, I'll be hs'ing all three of my kids this year, for the first time, and I'm overwhelmed!!

Sometimes this thread moves kind of slow, and other times it moves so fast I can hardly keep up, but I hope you'll stick around and jump in anytime! Great to see you here!


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Wow! Another familiar screen name Hello to BlackUnicorn too. HOpe she leaves her second post on this thread soon.

Yeah, I found the right thread.

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Welcome Littleblue22!!!

She is right, sometimes it can go days without any communication and other times thre have been pages and pages in a day.

I homeschool my DD8 and DD10-going into 3rd and 5th. I am getting more nervous the older they get! 5th grade seems so "serious" and 3rd is like an in between age for me-love to play and do lots of hands on stuff but also doing more serious learning.

We use a hodge podge of curriclum(saxon, abeka, LLATL, SOTW, easy grammar and daily grams) and I question this every year, thinking I need to use one across the board b/c I also work outside the home about 6-8 days a month. may not sound like much, but it can be.
With the major inflation this year, I feel the pressure. DH likes our homeschool situation. So he can appease me well!

Have fun and lots of blessings on your first year-it is a whirlwind wonderful experience that I would not trade (if I don't have too)!!!

Come here for some uplifting words!

There is a hodgpodge of backgrounds and wonderful advice on this board, but all are one being Mickey fans and in homeschooling our children.

Lori

Thank you. I need all the blessings I can get. I said to my dh years ago I would not homeschool our kids, well, karma really knows how to get cha iykwim. So, here we are our first ever year, three kids, at three different grade levels. I/we choose one curriculum b/c I don't know if I can juggle different curriculums at one time. So, for this go round, we're sticking to one set.

I'm so glad to be here and seeing familiar names again.

(I look forward to reading both threads and getting myself caught up)

 

[fabumouse]

I love the Dis - I just knew there'd be a group I could connect with re deciding to homeschool my soon to be 2nd grader.

Hooray!

Public school was just not working out for us and we had a few rough years.

Never ever thought I'd home school.

But here we are.

 

[lori1043]

Welcome Fabumouse!!!!

Lori ​

 

[AngelBabyJana]

I just found this thread, and wanted to say "Hello" to all of the other homeschoolers out there. We have three children: 15yrs, 9yrs, and 4yrs. We use the Abeka curriculum, along with extra workbooks that I pick up from the bookstore. We are planning our first trip to Disney in May of 2009. Look forward to talking to all of you!

 

[lori1043]

Welcome Angelbabyjana!!


Lori​

 

[LittleBlue22]

This past year our homeschooling group ordered shirts (we order them every year but this past year was our first as a family). They have one that says WARNING Unsocialized Homeschooler.....my son gets comments everywhere we go when he's wearing it LOL

http://www.greathomeschooltshirts.com/ This is the site, they have a sale in August, which is when we all get together and make a LARGE order , they also will screenprint your group name on the back....which is nice for group field trips..etc.

This is the same shirt (from the same company) with updated verbage at the bottom:

What a great shirt

 

[sha_lyn]

I like this one
http://shop.cafepress.com/design/19101559

 

[LittleBlue22]

I like this one
http://shop.cafepress.com/design/19101559

that's great too

 

[fabumouse]

Thanks for the welcome, Lori - for some reason, y'all didn't show up in my daily CP for the last few days. Love that.

 

[Buckalew11]

Thanks, teacups for pointing me here. Looks like we need a section on the DIS for homeschoolers to chat!

This is our first year. I have a 14 year old DD soon to be freshman. We'll probably start around the first of August.
I'm pretty nervous.

We're not going with one type either. I'm using teaching textbooks for Geometry, NotGrass World History, Literature and Bible, Apologia for Biology,Rosetta Stone for SpanishI etc. I have a few Abeka books for Econ and American Government for later years that I have already bought used.

DD was in private Christian School for 9 years so we are very familiar with Abecka although they were doing a lot of changes to what they were using lately.

I have heard VERY positive things about Teach Textbooks math programs. I read in the Sonlight catalog that they are even highly recommending them. Sounds like I made a good choice there anyway.

 

[fabumouse]

I will have to look into the Teach Textbooks programs. I have some usborne books on the way for math and reading and a ton of other stuff I've ordered from various resources.

The one thing I'm really focusing on for my 7 year old is having her write and read every day. She either journals or does a book report (those are about once a week).

I'm wondering how people deal with some of the emotional stuff that comes up - trying to get their children to follow through without it being a big fight.

 

[AngelBabyJana]

Here's something interesting you can check out for your trip. Someone else posted a link to this company a while back, but they recently changed their web page to this: http://www.vacationeducationbooks.net/default.aspx It's actually a unit study about MK and Epcot! Looks really cool...I'm planning on getting it to work on before our Sept trip. Even though DD6 is still in PS (DD11 is HS), it will be great for both girls to work on. Gives me more reason to call our trip "educational" for DD6's sake (even though the school still probably will call it an unexcused absence. Oh well She'll probably learn more on our trip than she would at school). Best part--it's quite inexpensive, as far as HS stuff goes! Good luck!

Thank you for posting this link. It looks really cool! We are definitely going to order these.

Also thank you for the "welcome" Lori!

 

[LittleBlue22]

Thanks, teacups for pointing me here. Looks like we need a section on the DIS for homeschoolers to chat!

This is our first year. I have a 14 year old DD soon to be freshman. We'll probably start around the first of August.
I'm pretty nervous.

We're not going with one type either. I'm using teaching textbooks for Geometry, NotGrass World History, Literature and Bible, Apologia for Biology,Rosetta Stone for SpanishI etc. I have a few Abeka books for Econ and American Government for later years that I have already bought used.

DD was in private Christian School for 9 years so we are very familiar with Abecka although they were doing a lot of changes to what they were using lately.

I have heard VERY positive things about Teach Textbooks math programs. I read in the Sonlight catalog that they are even highly recommending them. Sounds like I made a good choice there anyway.

ITA- I was surprised to find this thread in the Disney for Families section, but I guess the thread is safe here where it won't get too many flames. I'm sure there are more than two threads related to the topic. I just did a search and there are 276 pages of results. There are 25 posts per page (if I counted right) under "homeschooling" and a total of 6900 posts on the topic.

I think a Homeshcool forum would be great!

Eta: Has any one asked the techies for a "Homescool Forum" before?

 

[Denine]

I ordered the vacation education books. I got the whole shebang. They have been shipped. I can't wait to get them.

 

[Praise2Him]

I looked at them and they look great, but I'm not sure what age/grade level they would be best for.

Will you post your opinion when you get them?

My DD is in high school and I'm afraid they'll be too "young" for her.