And by the way all of these families are having as many babies as they can, and I think most of us homeschool.
If we can hold society together for another generation I think we will repair the damage commie boomers did and will have set a solid foundation for the reclaiming of the America our founders envisioned.
I'm also from Ohio, am in the same boat as you. I also see a lot of people doing the SAHM thing. I'm happy with it even though everything nowadays seems to be against married couples and single provider homes.
My oldest will be starting school in 2022. Do you have any links to home schooling materials for Ohio? I'm looking at doing the public home schooling but have only begun to dig into how it works. I was thinking public homeschooling so the kids could do the SAT's and look for higher education if they want to be an Engineer or Dr someday.
I've been doing ABC Mouse already. That's been good for the early learning stuff but iirc it stops at 2nd grade. ABC Mouse is more of a secondary thing to help teach kids so I'd need better material to work from as the primary source.
Best advice is go slow. Ed Emberly (?) how to draw books are excellent for helping to develop handwriting skills without a lot of pressure. Our kids have really thrived with Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. Math wise, honestly at that age, just get cheap workbooks and do not spend major money on a curriculum yet. You will regret it. It takes awhile to figure the kid’s math learning style, and they are all too much for kids that young. Starfall.com is cheap and easy. I’ve heard good things about Easy Peasy All in One Homeschooling.
Read to the kid ALOT. Spend time together rather than worrying too much about the minutia. The child will learn. Need to trust that.
History -story of the world and story of civilization. Animated history with Pipo. LEGO Epic History is awesome
I hate curriculums so I’m not the best person to ask. They are always expensive, and they never really fit perfectly. They also copy the public school mindset of just let someone else decide what they need to learn instead of actually investing the time into your own kid.”
Also I’ll add that the public school formula of lecturing at a kid for 8 hours is rubbish. Short spurts of 15-30 minutes is all you need. Take breaks in between for fun and play, chores, etc.
Thank you for the info. I'll go through the items you recommended.
I'm in rural Ohio. I'll start figuring out the laws.
I'll continue looking at curriculums. The key thing for me is making sure that down the road they don't get hurt by being home schooled. I know that some home school options will get you a public school degree or a GED, which can get you into a lot of 2 year or trade schools. I just want to make sure they can do better than their parents and aren't hindered by not having a state sponsored degree.
You mentioned workbooks and hand writing. I bought a dry erase book at my local book store that has tracing for numbers, letters, and some misc items like matching items by drawing a line between them. My 4 yr old loves it and it's been helping with her drawing skills a lot. She can trace letters but usually doesn't want to :-) It's nice because you can wipe the page down instead of needing another workbook.
As for your comments on sitting kids in a school all day. My wife and I had a similar conversation. Without even getting into the modern problems with school you have the travel to and from school, lunch, study hall, breaks, and gym class. That's around 4 hours of your day right there. When you add the time a teacher takes to start and end a class then it's probably even less time learning than we think. You could do so much more with your kids time by not leaving them there the 2nd half the day to be baby sat.
Wonderful.
And by the way all of these families are having as many babies as they can, and I think most of us homeschool.
If we can hold society together for another generation I think we will repair the damage commie boomers did and will have set a solid foundation for the reclaiming of the America our founders envisioned.
I'm also from Ohio, am in the same boat as you. I also see a lot of people doing the SAHM thing. I'm happy with it even though everything nowadays seems to be against married couples and single provider homes.
My oldest will be starting school in 2022. Do you have any links to home schooling materials for Ohio? I'm looking at doing the public home schooling but have only begun to dig into how it works. I was thinking public homeschooling so the kids could do the SAT's and look for higher education if they want to be an Engineer or Dr someday.
I've been doing ABC Mouse already. That's been good for the early learning stuff but iirc it stops at 2nd grade. ABC Mouse is more of a secondary thing to help teach kids so I'd need better material to work from as the primary source.
If your kids are 6ish -
From my wife:
“ What state? What are the reporting laws?
Best advice is go slow. Ed Emberly (?) how to draw books are excellent for helping to develop handwriting skills without a lot of pressure. Our kids have really thrived with Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. Math wise, honestly at that age, just get cheap workbooks and do not spend major money on a curriculum yet. You will regret it. It takes awhile to figure the kid’s math learning style, and they are all too much for kids that young. Starfall.com is cheap and easy. I’ve heard good things about Easy Peasy All in One Homeschooling.
Read to the kid ALOT. Spend time together rather than worrying too much about the minutia. The child will learn. Need to trust that.
History -story of the world and story of civilization. Animated history with Pipo. LEGO Epic History is awesome
I hate curriculums so I’m not the best person to ask. They are always expensive, and they never really fit perfectly. They also copy the public school mindset of just let someone else decide what they need to learn instead of actually investing the time into your own kid.”
Also I’ll add that the public school formula of lecturing at a kid for 8 hours is rubbish. Short spurts of 15-30 minutes is all you need. Take breaks in between for fun and play, chores, etc.
Thank you for the info. I'll go through the items you recommended.
I'm in rural Ohio. I'll start figuring out the laws.
I'll continue looking at curriculums. The key thing for me is making sure that down the road they don't get hurt by being home schooled. I know that some home school options will get you a public school degree or a GED, which can get you into a lot of 2 year or trade schools. I just want to make sure they can do better than their parents and aren't hindered by not having a state sponsored degree.
You mentioned workbooks and hand writing. I bought a dry erase book at my local book store that has tracing for numbers, letters, and some misc items like matching items by drawing a line between them. My 4 yr old loves it and it's been helping with her drawing skills a lot. She can trace letters but usually doesn't want to :-) It's nice because you can wipe the page down instead of needing another workbook.
As for your comments on sitting kids in a school all day. My wife and I had a similar conversation. Without even getting into the modern problems with school you have the travel to and from school, lunch, study hall, breaks, and gym class. That's around 4 hours of your day right there. When you add the time a teacher takes to start and end a class then it's probably even less time learning than we think. You could do so much more with your kids time by not leaving them there the 2nd half the day to be baby sat.