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Post Falls Mom homeschooling.Good Advice Appreciated.
The Washington Virtual Academy (WAVA) uses the K-12 curriculum. They'll take placement tests so each subject will be geared specifically to where your child ...
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- Good for you for listening to what your daughter needs right now. I encourage you to look into Unschooling. A related book that I found very inspiring was "Free ...
- I've got the perfect solution for you... I just came across it a couple months ago and am going to do it with my daughter next year! I don't know where you live, bu...
- Hi D., I am a Christian homeschooling mom of 5 kids. I'm really just schooling my oldest 3 right now (10,12,13). My kids were in school and two years ago we started ...
Home Schooling for 1St Grade
If you live in or near Kent, Wa, there is a fantastic bookstore called the ..... Oregon's version is ORVA (Oregon Virtual Academy) and there is also Oregon ...
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- I use WAVA which is online public school. I love it! It gives me all the curriculum and supplies for free and I have the choice to teach the lessons however I want or ...
- We are using the Robinson Curriculum. It has a religious background but, of course you don't have to follow any of that if you choose not to. Our grandson, who is 9,...
- I use Sonlight Curriculum. It is a fantastic curriculum and comes with a teacher's guide that is set up for 4-day or 5-day school. To get a look at it you can go to ww...
Working and Home Schooling
If you are in Oregon... Oregon Connection Academy, or Oregon Virtual School. If you are in Washington...Washington Virtual Academy. 1 mom found this helpful ...
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- I don't work, but we are planning on doing a version of homeschooling next year that may interest you. It is online public school. Basically, you are homeschooling (a ...
- Hi, I am also a 32 year old single mom and this past year left a job of 5 years so that I could stay home and homeschool my son. I am going to school myself for be...
- I have done both, home school and public school. personally I do not recommend home schooling for a five year old/ why? one of the most important things they learn in ...
Homeschool Resources or Networks
In the state of WA, you can look at wava.org for Washington Virtual Academy which used k-12 curricula. If you choose this program, it is free and you have a ...
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- My son missed the K cut off date this year but was so ready for school, and we have been so happy homeschooling. The great thing about it is that you can create a pro...
- Homeschooling is a wonderful journey and you live in a area that has so many options. Where to start-we have homeschooled from the beginning and the more I look the mo...
- Hi H., Google SENG and go from there and read some of the more recent books on the Social and Emotional needs of gifted children. Off the top of my head I would hig...
Advice Needed for Transitioning from Homeschool Back to Public School
You could use a program like WAVA, Washington Virtual Academy to make sure that you get all the academic bases covered in 3-4 hours and you will have plenty ...
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- You are teaching him better values,morals, and service by keeping him out of public school! The examples that I could site could go on and on. I took my daughter out...
- Don't do it!!!!! First off it isn't the school's job to teach him, that is what we are taught to believe. As you teach him all the ABC's of school you are teaching h...
- Hi D., I have not homeschooled my children but was both homeschooled and in public and private schools. I applaud you for realizing that you are not cut out to homesch...
I Would like to Home School My Kids but Need Help Starting
I started homeschooling my kids last year thru Washington Virtual Academy. Thru this program my girls, Melody (14 and in 8th grade) and Cherokee (5 and in ...
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- First off, I was homeschooled from the 6th grade on. My mother pulled me out of public school when she did her student teaching to become a teacher. She realized the...
- In our school district there is something called Homelink. See if your school district offers that-they can be of some assistance. As far as your decision to home sc...
- I started homeschooling my kids last year thru Washington Virtual Academy. Thru this program my girls, Melody (14 and in 8th grade) and Cherokee (5 and in Kindergarte...
Ice Cream
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that you wait until 12 months of age to introduce cow's milk, ..... Washington Virtual Academy · Ice Age ...
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- If you have already done it, don't worry unless something bad happens - but I wouldn't do it in the future. Not only should babies not have ice cream (cow's milk), bu...
- I second Kristin L's response below - a little ice cream probably won't hurt, and that the main issue with giving cow's milk before a year is that it does not have the...
- yes! you shouldn't give your baby any milk or milk products (i.e., ice cream or yogurt) until he is at least 1 year old. This is what I read and have been told by pedi...
Homeschooling Questions
I used WAVA (Washington Virtual Academy) which uses the K12 stuff. Then my youngest daughter who was in 4th grade got to the point that she could not walk ...
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- Hi H., I decided to homeschool after reading some books by John Holt and Dorothy and Raymond Moore. I liked their "natural learning" approach. But it's what you di...
- I love homeschooling for the flexibility and freedom. And also I just love being w/my kids. My kids are both very smart, imaginitive and active and are not limited t...
- Hello H., My favorite thing about homeschooling was getting to spend more time with my only child. He attended private school until eighth grade and time was just m...
Trouble with Finding Home Schooling?
L.R. answers from Washington DC on February 8, 2007. There is a wonderful Christian .... Here in Colorado it is called COVA for Colorado Virtual Academy. ...
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- Hi J.! The prospect of homeschooling can be confusing at first since there is no one way to do it and no authority to tell you where to begin- but that is also one ...
- There is a wonderful website, k12.com It gives resources and tips and lots of other info.
- I am not sure where you are located, but I have some info for Utah. Here is a link that can help you no matter where you live. You can look up info for the state whe...
Help Needed with Homeschool
L.R. answers from Washington DC on February 25, 2008. Hi W., ..... but we started out with and have stayed with COVA (Colorado Virtual Academy). ...
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- Dear W., I think the first thing I would do is to give up a few things. When my kids were younger, we gave up on having a clean house and homemade dinners every ni...
- Dear W., I have been "homeschooling" for several years. My oldest is 26 now, my youngest is 8. I know that there are parents out there that are successful with ...
- Hi W., It sounds like you are already doing a great job with your kids, Homeschooling is not easy and the first year or two is the toughest I think. You and your kid...
