Thanks for responding back. I'm a stay at home also, my son is 13 months. Do you have any suggestion on what to start him off with. We sing abc songs and have toys that teach him manners and counting. What else can he maybe able to learn at this age ?
@MsRoseofBeauty READ to him. Read to him as much as you can. You don't have to just read him picture books--you can read him anything. We would read the book of John to ours. When they started talking they would speak back large portions of the scriptures we read them over and over. Children have an amazing capacity to learn--much more than we sometimes give them credit for. I will be making a video--you inspired me!
@MsRoseofBeauty My kids have never been in school. I am always teaching them even as babies. In NY state the compulsory age is 5 years and that's when I started reporting on their education but most of my kids were already reading well by age 5.
Can you please share how you supplement AO? I also use and LOVE Ambleside Online, but the lack of cultural/ethnic diversity is one of the things that I struggle with, and I'm not very good at substituting myself. I'm always afraid I'll miss something important if I do. BTW, I'm also a box-checker (made me smile when you said that), but I've recently learned that I can put an X in the box if I choose to skip something. LOL! Sad, but true. Blessings!
@NineSmiths The lack of cultural diversity is HUGE. What I do is fill up my library bag with biographies and other works that support the period I'm studying. I also use online resources. This year my 9th grader is looking at A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn which is basically a college text. I'm reading it with him. I've concluded that until the people with the interest write more diverse curriculum it won't be available.
For Lang. Arts & Math we've been using Abeka (for about 8 years now.) The quality of the academics is extremely high (both in approach and content). I do supplement their readers, however, because while the readers (& curriculum in general) nail it with regard to character development & Biblical training, I value more cultural & ethnic diversity for my ethnic family. :) But that's the beauty of homeschooling ... it doesn't have to be cookie cutter. You style it to suit. :-D
@DrDawnMarie I've heard good things about Abeka. I haven't used them mostly because I'm still stuck in the time you had to go to a hotel to watch a presentation to buy anything from them. These days I hear they have a website. Ambleside is a homeschool mom effort of pooling resources--I hope to contribute at some point to offer some more diverse material. Right now there's not much study on African, Carribean etc. history--my kids need that too. I do it myself.
Happy belated birthday to MP. :) Great video on choosing curriculum.
Part 1 - since I'm going to have to split up this comment :)
We use My Father's World Kindergarten (MFW-K) as our starting point, followed by MFW 1st grade. I love its gentle, yet effective, approach (based on Mason). From there we do the MFW 5 year curriculum for Bible, history, science and art. It allows you to teach multiple ages at the same time. Love it! And it's so easy to tailor to each learning style.
@Telisaking Homeschool is a different method from lecturing to a class. It's more of a tutorial method where you teach the kids how to work more and more independently as they get older. In the beginning you're sitting right with them but the older they get they more they do on their own. They learn much like what you see at the University level. This frees me up to sit with my 5 year old. Think one room school house. I'm only working with 4 kids--they had a classroom at different levels.
your baby is gorgeous
Lildott0001 2 months ago
@Lildott0001 Thank you!
CherishMyDaughter 2 months ago
Thanks for responding back. I'm a stay at home also, my son is 13 months. Do you have any suggestion on what to start him off with. We sing abc songs and have toys that teach him manners and counting. What else can he maybe able to learn at this age ?
MsRoseofBeauty 2 months ago
@MsRoseofBeauty READ to him. Read to him as much as you can. You don't have to just read him picture books--you can read him anything. We would read the book of John to ours. When they started talking they would speak back large portions of the scriptures we read them over and over. Children have an amazing capacity to learn--much more than we sometimes give them credit for. I will be making a video--you inspired me!
CherishMyDaughter 2 months ago
Hi what age did start homeschooling?
MsRoseofBeauty 2 months ago
@MsRoseofBeauty My kids have never been in school. I am always teaching them even as babies. In NY state the compulsory age is 5 years and that's when I started reporting on their education but most of my kids were already reading well by age 5.
CherishMyDaughter 2 months ago
Thanks! I'm checking out A People's History now (free online version). :-D
NineSmiths 4 months ago
@NineSmiths That's the version we're using!
CherishMyDaughter 4 months ago
Can you please share how you supplement AO? I also use and LOVE Ambleside Online, but the lack of cultural/ethnic diversity is one of the things that I struggle with, and I'm not very good at substituting myself. I'm always afraid I'll miss something important if I do. BTW, I'm also a box-checker (made me smile when you said that), but I've recently learned that I can put an X in the box if I choose to skip something. LOL! Sad, but true. Blessings!
NineSmiths 4 months ago
@NineSmiths The lack of cultural diversity is HUGE. What I do is fill up my library bag with biographies and other works that support the period I'm studying. I also use online resources. This year my 9th grader is looking at A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn which is basically a college text. I'm reading it with him. I've concluded that until the people with the interest write more diverse curriculum it won't be available.
CherishMyDaughter 4 months ago
Just wanna correct your link. It's amblesideonline. org. They are truly a great place to get some wonderful FREE curriculum. Blessings!
eblalgen 6 months ago
@eblalgen OOPS! Thanks! I corrected it.
CherishMyDaughter 6 months ago
Part 2
For Lang. Arts & Math we've been using Abeka (for about 8 years now.) The quality of the academics is extremely high (both in approach and content). I do supplement their readers, however, because while the readers (& curriculum in general) nail it with regard to character development & Biblical training, I value more cultural & ethnic diversity for my ethnic family. :) But that's the beauty of homeschooling ... it doesn't have to be cookie cutter. You style it to suit. :-D
DrDawnMarie 6 months ago
@DrDawnMarie I've heard good things about Abeka. I haven't used them mostly because I'm still stuck in the time you had to go to a hotel to watch a presentation to buy anything from them. These days I hear they have a website. Ambleside is a homeschool mom effort of pooling resources--I hope to contribute at some point to offer some more diverse material. Right now there's not much study on African, Carribean etc. history--my kids need that too. I do it myself.
CherishMyDaughter 6 months ago
Happy belated birthday to MP. :) Great video on choosing curriculum.
Part 1 - since I'm going to have to split up this comment :)
We use My Father's World Kindergarten (MFW-K) as our starting point, followed by MFW 1st grade. I love its gentle, yet effective, approach (based on Mason). From there we do the MFW 5 year curriculum for Bible, history, science and art. It allows you to teach multiple ages at the same time. Love it! And it's so easy to tailor to each learning style.
DrDawnMarie 6 months ago
If there is only one of you and 5 children on different academic levels, How does that work out?
Telisaking 6 months ago
@Telisaking Homeschool is a different method from lecturing to a class. It's more of a tutorial method where you teach the kids how to work more and more independently as they get older. In the beginning you're sitting right with them but the older they get they more they do on their own. They learn much like what you see at the University level. This frees me up to sit with my 5 year old. Think one room school house. I'm only working with 4 kids--they had a classroom at different levels.
CherishMyDaughter 6 months ago