r/homeschool

I just wrote this in a comment and Ive never said it out loud before. I have been homeschooling 15 years and I know it was the wrong choice. Being an introvert with ADHD is about the worst combo in a homeschool Mom. I don’t give my kids as much community as they needed, I constantly switched curricula, and I was not consistent at all. My kids are amazing and smart but major mistakes were made. My oldest transitioned to public high school and it is such a relief. My youngest will continue to homeschool for many reasons but it’s a struggle everyday. My husband who works his butt off also has to teach her math as I’ve been so unsuccessful. I loved it for many years and tried so hard but I’m beyond burned out and regretful now. AMA if you want to.

For those of you who are SAHMs with little ones who aren’t in preschool yet, what learning materials or activities are you using at home?

We play a lot and include numbers and colors. But I’d like to do more for her to recognize the numbers and learn her ABCs.

I’d love recommendations for workbooks, educational toys, learning programs, or anything that makes learning fun! I’m looking for ideas to help my 3-year-old learn and prepare for preschool. 😊💕

My daughter is thinking about taking BS IT in college, and I’ve been wondering how the transition from homeschooling to college usually goes.

I know college will be pretty different from what she’s used to, especially with the schedule, deadlines, and being around a lot more students. I want to help her prepare, but honestly, I’m not really sure where to start.

For those who homeschooled their kids through high school, how did you prepare them for college? Was there anything you wish you had done differently?

And if you were homeschooled yourself, how was it adjusting to college? I’d love to hear how it went for you.

We know there's a LOT of options and it's very overwhelming.

My daughter can not just sit and do a workbook. She has ADHD & possible Dyslexia. She has extreme task avoidance when it comes to doing something she knows is going to be hard or boring.

We've tried a number of curriculums - virtual, workbooks, hands-on - and I am feeling a little lost.

If I put a worksheet in front of her with 10 math problems on it, she completely shuts down.

If I play The Fidget Game company math games, she will do 50+ math problems in one sitting without any hesitation.

My question is... does anyone not use a "formal" curriculum, but instead a checklist of sorts, of what their child should know this year? And check it off as its learned through real-life skills, games, using math manipulatives, etc?

Hi! Do you know where one may find co-ops that are friendly to neurodivergent kids? I have been searching in local fb groups and although I found one, I don’t think they will be meeting anymore and I can’t seem to find another one.

We are first time homeschoolers. Currently for ELA we are doing all about spelling lvl 1 (however we def could have skipped this and gone into lvl 2), all about reading lvl 2, and handwriting without tears C. However, I find HWT doesn’t really cover grammar rules? We use printing power and building writers, and i thought BW would have more explicit teaching, but it really just like a simple prompt.
I’m wondering what other writing resources we can use to make sure we are covering our bases in writing - punctuation, grammar, etc.
I’ve looked into EIW, but i don’t love the online factor as we are pretty much screen free.
Any help is appreciated!
We are grade 2 (just turned 7), ontario.

I am trying to figure out an acedemically-sound, ADHD/ODD-friendly curriculum for my 3rd grader. We went from The Good and the Beautiful to Memoria Press and now I'm trying to figure out if we are going back to TGAB or to LLATL..or to something else that maybe I haven't thought of (I've been exploring a lot of different options).

Thank you!

Grade 1, age 6 never been to school a day in life but in seriously considering it. Things are harder than I had anticipated. My son is great! Its all the other things. Our special needs kid, the 5 month old baby, and other personal factors. Im wondering if you put your kid into school how did they do with the transition?

Im not 100% sold on doing this, especially as i acknowledge im just in a deep tench at the moment. Next year could be totally different! But I wanted to ask anyway.

I should preface by saying I am not really an "unschooler", my son has some severe math disabilities, as well as ADHD.
My son is in 6th grade and HATES basically all lesson formatted learning. He loves to read and will for hours, can make up a very creative story, loves to build things and do art, be outside and with animals. I really want to try to keep him as close to grade level as possible with his learning, but he just hates school. Every day we waste so much time with him complaining about starting the lesson, how long the lesson is taking, tells me that his brain is too tired to do math. It ends in tears almost daily with fighting. I don't want our relationship to be fractured. We tried putting him in school the year before last, and it was an utter disaster. The teacher said that he had a severe mouth disability as well and she witness the overwhelming and struggles. He also dealt with bullying and his self-esteem plummeted. He was also so overly exhausted every day, that he was basically a blob until bedtime, so I don't think that putting him in school is the answer either I want to hear from the Unschooling community if their children are actually learning, honestly. Can your child write? Can they do math?At my wits end and trying to figure out how he can learn and be challenged while actually enjoying his existence. He is constantly asking me to watch tv or play video games, which I o may allow an hour a day but that seems to be his only joy at home.

I've got an 11.5 year old in 6th grade and we're struggling with math. We were previously using Teaching Textbooks... she made it through grade 5 but it was a struggle as she said there wasn't enough instruction.

Does anyone have curriculum suggestions that hit all or most of these points?

- preferably paper based, although video instruction along with paper based would also be acceptable

- lots of instruction, and lots of repetition. I don't mean a ton of practice questions. But I'd like her to learn a concept and then practice it for more than one day before adding another concept.

- in the vein of repetition, preferably spiral. She will forget how to do something if she doesn't encounter it again. However it's not a dealbreaker if it's mastery based.

I'm willing to sit and help her learn the material, but we're currently struggling because she's acting like she can't do any of it on her own and she's expecting me to walk her through every problem even though it's a concept she's learned pretty thoroughly. I feel like we're both going to die by fractions and ratios.

Specifically for PK & K!!

My daughter just finished PK A& B. I never even opened the teachers guide, other than to see that it wouldn’t really be of any use to me. I know alot of other parents don’t use it as well for PK. I’m about to order K. For those that have used it for these grade levels, would you say you needed the teachers guides for the Kindergarten level or not really?

My friend's kids respond best to this series but are also needing to save money. Any help/advice you can give would be appreciated.