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| lyn |
| Posted on: September 27th, 2005, 6:14pm |
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| [face=Arial][/face]Well Im looking for help in finding resources online I registered to see if maybe I would be able to speak with someone to point me in the right direction. This is my first attempt to homeschool and I thought after I registered to home school in Santa Fe that I would get a brochure or packet with a guide to follow and start the home schooling process. Well the lady i spoke with stated that Im on my own in finding a program that suits my kindergarden. So I would like a web site address or phone number to order packet please and I live in Gallup NM so I have limited resources here. |
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| tkmk |
| Posted on: September 27th, 2005, 6:32pm |
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Hi Lyn! This is our first year to homeschool too. I've found a lot of information and resources through the co-op and have learned a lot from the members. There is a website that you might like for reading and language arts. It is called Starfall.com and is geared to K-2. The site is free and the supplemental materials are very inexpensive. I wish you luck!
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| comerschool |
| Posted on: September 27th, 2005, 6:35pm |
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Lyn
I now how hard it is to start out. I am starting my daughter this year and we had a rough start also. I have found out that there are a million websites and curriclum choices but Kay does not do well with book work yet and so i got a book that has different activites for every subject in it and we pick out what sounds like fun for the week and that is what we do. You child will learn everything they need as long as you are there to answers questions and spend time. Hope this is helpful.
http://www.everythinghomeschoolong.com
search engine: homeschooling
The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas By Linda Dobson
I found it at amazon.com |
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| LadyJessica |
| Posted on: September 27th, 2005, 10:40pm |
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There is so much out there, that it would be hard to point you to a specific curriculum. It really depends on your child and what type of materials you are looking for.
We are doing Teach your child to read in 100 Easy Lessons to get my twins going with reading. Haven't done much there yet, but they would not be official Kindergarteners until next year, so we are taking it slow. For Math I use Math U See with my daughter, but haven't started this with my boys yet. We read a lot of good books as a family and my daughter does a lot of independant reading, (mostly educational... she is limited on the number of "candy for the brain books" that she can read). We are in a Science Co-op and do Science with them and do a lot of nature walks in various places and do nature journaling. Oh yeah, for history, we are using the American Girls Series and supplement with other books, on events and important people from that time period, from the public library. We supplement our experiences and classwork with freebies and such we find online and such. There is so much out there. One of the best things that we have found is the Albuquerque Homeschool Co-op that has lots of activities and keeps us up to date on things going on in the area.
I follow my children's lead. When they are interested in something, we follow up on it as much as possible. That is how most of our learning takes place. I truly feel that if you are there for your child and take advantage of those teachable moments, your child will learn all that they need to learn. Having a curriculum is not essential. We use curriculum as a guide only because my children so far seem more comfortable doing so. However, we go off and do our own thing whenever we feel like it and do not follow any curriculum completely.
I know this does not give you the roadmap to follow that you may be looking for, but I hope it helps in finding a path that best fits the needs of your child and your family. The best thing you can do is keep looking for what will work best for you. Don't jump on the first curriculum you find. Take the time to cuddle up with your child and read, look into their interests and learn what is most important to them and how they learn best.
Hope this helps! Congrats on deciding to homeschool. You have a long, but wonderful journey ahead of you. Enjoy it. |
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| Admin |
| Posted on: September 27th, 2005, 11:16pm |
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| Hi Lyn! I've read that lots of people buy a complete curriculum when they first start out, because it can be reassuring to feel that someone is guiding you each step of the way. Of course, that can be expensive. One thing that reassured us when my son officially became a homeschooling kindergartner last year was the book "What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know" by Hirsch. That was available at the library and gave a fairly good summary of some basic knowledge expected of kindergartners. I know a couple of people who do kindergarten mainly through workbooks that they buy at Walmart or similar. Follow your child's lead and helping them learn what they really want to know, and you can't go wrong. Good luck! |
Elizabeth
Mom to Eric (8 ) and Ruby (4.5) |
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| carolynb |
| Posted on: September 28th, 2005, 12:35am |
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| A good place to start is to figure out your philosophy, ie. Classical, Un-School etc. A great free on-line website in the Classical vein is Amblesideonline.com. It will give you an idea of where to start and some possible resources to read so you can figure out a "roadmap" of where you want to go with your children. Most of the books it uses are found in the library, through Rainbow Resources or Amazon.com, or availible on-line for free (you read the books on-line). You would need to choose and purchase a Math program, but this might be an inexpensive way to start out! We use this as well as another "package" program, but you can use it as a stand alone too! I hope this helps you a little, try to be patient I spent almost nine months reading up and researching what to do. Good luck to you! |
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| dallin2001 |
| Posted on: September 28th, 2005, 2:20am |
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Scholastic makes a good workbook for each grade, including one for kindergarten, just to help you feel like nothing is falling through the cracks. It is available at Costco.
I don't use it for the handwriting though because it doesn't use the D'Nealian font, which I have chosen to go with for the easier transition to cursive later on. For handwriting I print worksheets off of websites like this one:
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabetp12a.htm
Other than a simple workbook, as a safety net, my inclination is to just let my son learn through life and through the many wonderful experiences he has on co-op field trips. He's learning about math and counting as he sets the table for dinner, bakes cookies, feeds the animals and helps us build his fort. He's learning about shapes through craft activities. For example, yesterday he made a collage out of squares and he learned that if he cut a square in half diagonally, he could make a triangle or if he cut it in half horizontally, he could make a rectangle. If you stop and think about it, it is amazing how much our kids can learn each day just by sharing life and talking about it with us.
I recently discovered a wonderful book that I am very much enjoying. It is called Teach Me How To Do It Myself, by Maja Pitamic. I bought it on Amazon. It is full of all kinds of fun Montessori based (but not rigid Montessori) learning activities for you to share with your kids. My son already can do many of them, but there are a whole lot of experiences I'm looking forward to sharing with him.
-Kari
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| gwendolyn |
| Posted on: September 28th, 2005, 3:23am |
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Quoted from Admin, posted September 27th, 2005, 11:16pm at hereOne thing that reassured us when my son officially became a homeschooling kindergartner last year was the book "What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know" by Hirsch. That was available at the library and gave a fairly good summary of some basic knowledge expected of kindergartners. I know a couple of people who do kindergarten mainly through workbooks that they buy at Walmart or similar. Follow your child's lead and helping them learn what they really want to know, and you can't go wrong. Good luck! |
I just read "What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know" and it answered alot of my questions (and gave me lots of ideas too!). I reccomend it.
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| LadyJessica |
| Posted on: September 28th, 2005, 3:31am |
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| Thanks for sharing that site Kari. I have been looking for some good handwriting worksheets. |
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| dallin2001 |
| Posted on: September 28th, 2005, 3:47am |
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