This will be my frist year homeschooling Karinna. We tried to put her in kindergarten but she missed the birthday deadline by 19 days. So we'll be using Oak Meadow's first grade cirriculum (since K already reads and does math) and Muzzy for Spanish.
Wow I did not realize there were so many homeschoolers here at Amitys. We have been homeschooling for the past 4 yrs My son age 8 currently doing second grade work. Proud to say we are skipping 3rd grade and going into the 4th this fall with him. He reads on a 12 grade level. My daughter age 5 has been reading for over a yr now. I tried the Core knowledge series and didn't realy like it that much.So I switched to School at home grade 2 I really like this as it gives us some structure. Since it tells you what to do for every subject. So far all I use it for is to give me an idea of what we should be covering every day.I guess we pretty much unschool here and take a lax approach. I am not worried about their education at all. They are voracious readers imo you can learn anything as long as you can read. They are extremely inteligent children. Bragging rights here. lol. My son could tell you anything you could ever want to know about dinosaurs,cats,birds,fishing, cooking,snakes,etc... I could go on and on. Whenever he is interested in something he dives right in. I take him to the library and get every book and video we can on the subject. He will read and watch them over and over until he has memorized everything. His last passsion was cooking. He would watch the cooking shows on pbs on saturdays. He makes better lasagne than I do now.So I guess you could say we also do unit study. A mix of school methods for us. So far the only thing I am doing with my daughter is using the book teach your child to read in a 100 easy lessons. Wich we have kinda stopped using because by lesson 50 she figured out how to read. She just turned 5 So I haven't really focused on anything else for her. She actually knows everything her brother does because she is right there with him learning as he does. Wow that was a mouthful for me. Sorry ladies I get really excited when I get to talk about their education.
We're a homeschooling family too. We lean toward unschooling, but I don't consider us complete unschoolers - somewhere in the middle, like lots of homeschoolers We're a second generation homeschooling family, I was homeschooled from age seven on.
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Originally posted by harvestgirl i finally found a HS group here in my town..although they are pretty christian & i am not sure how much religion i want in his education, kwim?
It's funny you said that, Nicole...This is exactly the way *I* feel about my kids going to PUBLIC SCHOOL, lol
The Christianity is practically SHOVED down their throats, and it makes me cringe-literally.
Wow, some of these comments really make a Christian feel welcomed in this thread We homeschool. This year we are using Camrose Academy as an outline of what to do, when. www.camroseacademy.com
Next year, I plan on using TWTM as well. I got the book for $5. The only drawback is that the last chapter is printed first, but for $5 I can skip pages.
We're a second generation homeschooling family, I was homeschooled from age seven on.
We homeschool. This year we are using Camrose Academy as an outline of what to do, when. 
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