Hello! My name is Karrie, I am totally new to Homeschooling, we will beginning this fall. My daughter will be starting 5th grade, we decided to go this route because the middle schools around here aren't sounding too good. Since we're going to do it for middle school , we figured we may as well get started. Both my daughter and I are very excited and a bit nervous. I am trying to get my brain around what a "normal" day looks like
Hi. I am also new to this forum and new to homeschooling too. I just started homeschooling my ds (11) in February. We are both enjoying it. Good luck on your new adventure!!
Hi Karrie! Congratulations on your decision to homeschool. Do you plan to send her to public school for high school? If you plan to re-enroll her in public school for high school, you need to find out your local school districts policies now. You need to know how they will place her when she returns. If the local school tests to place returning homeschoolers, you may need to follow a similar curriculum in order to ensure that your daughter can continue into high school more easily. A friend of mine returned her son to public school in 10th grade, but he was placed in 9th grade. They made him take tutoring in Earth/Space Science while he was taking Biology. (He had taken Biology in homeschool, but not a separate Earth/Space Science. ) He had done Physical Science and General Science in middle school at home. She did not know that he needed a separate Earth/Space Science as a prerequisite to Biology. He had to retake Biology (in his freshman year at public school). Her son did fine in that class, and was placed in honor classes his next year. He is excelling in public school and has even taken college classes in the summers. It would have been easier, had she known what to teach to ease his transition back to public school. Thankfully, her son was not too disappointed about redoing his freshman year. If you plan to homeschool through to graduation, you can be more flexible in your choices of classes and tailor her homeschooling to her own needs without regard to public school's policies. You can design a seamless program that will carry her into college or other career goals. You will need to base your decisions on the college that she plans to attend. If your daughter plans to attend college, you will need to know what classes the college of her choice expects her to have taken. My daughter is in her second semester at a local university. I homeschooled her from third grade to graduation from high school. The university requires that all students take two semesters of a foreign language. The students who did take a foreign language in high school must still pass a placement test or take and successfully complete a challenge course in the language of their choice. They must pass the challenge course with a B or higher in order to get credit for the required classes. Otherwise, the student will have to enroll and successfully complete two semesters of a foreign language. In addition to the foreign language requirements, the university has other requirements for incoming freshmen. You should check the website/websites of the colleges she wishes to attend for information about suggested course of study and SAT/ACT information. Blessings, Susan
