Any homeschooling moms out there? I homeschool my daughter now through an online public homeschool, but I think I need to switch... I don't like the curriculum and I don't like their responsiveness, but she is extremely bright (which is why we pulled her out of public school). We live in the boonies and the public schools here are terrible and we have this program called "no child left behind" which means all the smart kids get left in a corner. My daughter had read every book in the library by the time she graduated from 5th grade - she is now in 7th grade. I'm afraid that if I chose a program like abeka that it will be fine for 1 or 2 subjects but the rest will be too easy. Where she is now they do adjust her grade level appropriately by subject, I just don't like the fact that all her papers are typed (writing is not an issue) and grammar is not a subject. I know I have to pick my battles - I just don't know which battles are most important for her. I had to wake her up at 5:15 this am to make sure she was doing her work because she isn't doing it when I leave for work (and she usually does)... I'm just sort of stuck... suggestions?
It takes a lot of dedication from the learner to get the lessons done by themselves.
My DD has graduated (ACIS, Bcom )and I know how she had to miss outings with her friends because she had to study. We are all so proud of her.
Here, there is no support for questions and study material is at your own expense and badly written.She complained constantly about the bad spelling.
Deciding if you are getting the right/best subjects for your home study must be very challenging.
We were lucky to have very well established schools, to send our kids to, until Matric Level.
Wishing you and your DD the best.
From Bev
Hope it can be of use to you.
From Bev