I dont know if this is the right place to post this or not. If it is not please forgive me I am new to this site. Anyway back to what I am here for. I started homeschooling my daughter half way through her 3rd grade year and we both loved it. She made excellent grades and she was a totally different kid. I continued to homeschool her through her 4th grade year but when I was trying to find curriculum for her 5th gade year I saw how hard it was going to be and I was afraid I wouldnt be able to teach her what she needed to know so I put her back in public school which was the biggest mistake I have ever made. My daughter has never been able to handle the public school invironment. In homeschool she made strait A's but now she is failing her 5th grade year with C's D's and F's. Anyway my question is. Should I take her out of school now and homeschool her for the rest of the 4 months that is left of public school or should I wait until the next school year and homeschool her and buy 5th grade curriculum for her. I am going to do the abeka dvd academy program 2 with her but I dont know if I should pass her on to 6th grade and see how she does or should I hold her back in the 5th grade. SOmeone also told me that if I took her out of school now and homeschooled her for the rest of the year that I would probably get a visit from the new director of pupil personell but if I do get a visit from them what can they do?
What state are you from? Depending on the state you live in will depend on how much say-so they have over you. If you buy the Abeka video program at this point you will be purchasing an entire years worth of curr and only using it for four months. We used Abeka Academy from 9th grade thru 12th grade. In my opinion, the video part of that program wasn't necessary until the high school grades. The beauty of Abeka is the parent/teacher curr will tell you what to do, what to say and how to prepare for it, no guess work. If money is no issue, then my suggestion is a mute point. Hope that helps!
We started homeschooling our 3 kids with 3 months to go and I don't regret it at all. We moved so it was a bit different situation but if she's struggling, why continue to let her flounder and feel like a failure at the same time. Bring her home, file the paperwork, and take some time to let her explore some interests. Most bookstores have some workbook type things (Spectrum, FlashKids, etc) that you could use to help evaluate exactly what's she needs to work on for next year. Most can all be done in 3-4 months (or you can stretch it out longer or shorter). Then for history and science, just read library books, etc. That will let her de-school a bit and give you time to "get over" the bad experience and learn from it, kwim? At a 5th grade level, staying until the end for "grading" purposes doesn't make much sense. If it were high school, maybe to get the "credits" but even then , failing grades aren't really the grades you'd want to report anyway. Best wishes.
If your state allows, take her out NOW!!!! I used the Abeka Academy. It does take the guessing out of what you feel you need to teach. The videos are excellent. I also have a friend who uses these for her daughter, she loves them.
I'd pull her out immediately, if you can (depends on your state.) Why force her to endure more pain and feeling like she is a failure? She's NOT A FAILURE!! You could assess where she's at and then start over with 5th grade. You can homeschool all year long, no doubt that when she goes back and really "gets" what she lost she'll fly through and be ready to move on. The hardest thing for me was to let go of the short term "she should be here" and look at the long term goal of where do I want my DD to be when we're done? My DD is behind now...but I know that with a solid foundation she'll sprint on ahead in the future. Good luck! And please hug your daughter and let her know that the school system failed her, not the other way around!
I'd take her out now, too. What are the pros of leaving her there? She's miserable. Her grades suck. Pull her now & start her on the 5th grade curriculum. She may not have to start over from the beginning --- just kind of evaluate where she is. I'll bet if you start her on it now, she'll be ready for 6th grade by fall. As for a 'visit'..... I'm not so sure about that. Check your state laws. See if a 'visit' is legal & what (if anything) you have to provide to this person. I definitely wouldn't let that stop me. I say let 'em visit! Show them the homeschool grades from the last couple of years in comparison to her public school grades from this year --- should be sufficient to justify the switch.
you can look up your state laws on the HSLDA website. as long as it is legal, i would def pull her out now. like prior post said, you couldnt really start dvd program yet, bc you have to have it finished by may or june, the whole years worth, but you could go ahead and pull her, and i would buy the 5th grade student books for math and language from abeka, i wouldnt even worry about the tests and such, neither would i worry about the science history or health. i would just get some good books for those subjects. just the student books for now, and the curriculum guides for those 2 subjects if you feel like you need the guidance and work through them to see were you fall that way you will know she is for sure ready for the abeka dvd 6th grade program in the fall. we use abeka but just the books, not the dvds, and we really like them, they are a little ahead in some areas, but we like them. good luck, keep asking ?s if you need to. that is why we are all here, to support one another i will keep your family in my prayers heather
Remove her now. There isn't any reason to keep her in. I wouldn't suggest purchasing a whole curriculum now, but you can use workbooks. Take these next few months to work on the areas that she really needs to strengthen.
Bless her heart! If she can gets As with Abeka, she's obviosly a good student. The situation at school must be very bad. I'd get her out of there.
Even if you remove her now and do nothing but cook and craft and do field trips with her she'll be doing a lot better then she is in school. Bring her home. I think you should let her deschool some if you can. I'm betting her time in school has been pretty stressful and it might be hard for her to come hme and jump right into school work there. Maybe give her a month or so to adjust and relax and have some fun.
I would just take her out now. I know you felt overwhelmed..but you passed 5th grade, and wth the help of teachers manuals, truely, it is one of the most fun and easiest grades to teach. Once you dive in, you will see. Perhaps the curriculum you were using was the problem? Some curricula is more boring and tedious than others. I am always re-evaluating what I use and looking over various things. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to public school at home. You homeschool for a reason, and that reason is generally not to duplicate, to a tee, the public school. If public school were so great, we would all have our children there.
Ditto to what has already been said. Pull out now if you can. I have used abeka since 1st grade and I'm now in 9th with my dd. Just use the books with the teachers manuals. I would just try to find some used ones & work on 5th grade so your ready for sixth next year. If you have troubles finding books you can pm me, I have all my teacher manuals. Good luck!
