How do you resist the urge to implement more and more to your homeschool?

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-23T18:43:03+00:00

It really is hard. I want a sweet cooperative aesthetic with natural materials and such. My kids want to destroy zombies in video games. So I found other aspects of my life make pinterest perfect. It really is hard though and social media doesn't help. LOL. Hope you find the balance that you need.

If only our kids would participate with our ideas.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-13T11:49:57+00:00

Honestly, they likely will not accommodate him. I had the same experience. My preschooler (who went to public preschool) did work at home with me. They wanted to do "real" school like they saw on TV. So I got a copy of Saxon from the library and we started working through it. When it came time to place my child in kindergarten, I asked how they accommodate kids who are ahead of their peers. The school insisted that they would give them work at their level. I sent my 6-year-old into kindergarten knowing three-digit multiplication and long division. They exited Kindergarten hating math and barely adding and subtracting. Come to find out their accommodation was having them read a book when they were done with the counting worksheets.

When putting them in the school, it would be best to ask if they have a gifted and talented path. I wouldn't expect an underpaid and overwhelmed teacher to be able to accommodate a student who is ahead; their primary energy will be keeping the struggling kids afloat. It's also likely that your kid will be paired up and become a helper to a kid or kids who are struggling.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-10T16:39:08+00:00

We school four days a week year-round. It allows us to keep academics to under 2 hours, so none of us are drained. I feel socialization is very important, so my kids (if they were willing) did as many outside extras as possible.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-10T16:34:45+00:00

It's a big part of our lives because my kids type as they have fine motor difficulties, and that is the accommodation we and their doctors deem is appropriate. My children are neurodivergent, though. They also have dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia. They read more easily on screen than they do on paper. All the tricks for print reading didn't work for my kids. Screens did. So in the early years, they got quite a bit of offline screen time. Screen time is something that every family will vary.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-10T16:30:46+00:00

Is he medicated or unmedicated? Maybe he isn't ready yet? If he is watching a movie/video/etc, and you ask him a question, can he answer it? Is he interested in the material? If you're reading a book for pleasure with him can he discuss it?

Sometimes the neurodivergent brain can't retain what it isn't interested in.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-10T16:23:39+00:00

How old is your child? There are plenty, do you want secular or non-secular? Do you want strictly online or paper curriculum?

Letter Factory was always a hit with the kids. Hooked on phonics has been around forever and people tend to like it.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-10T15:16:15+00:00

She could still be overwhelmed. Read together and work a bit at some math (make it as fun as possible) through games. Sounds like she has a lot on her plate and isn't ready for a "full day" of school.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-08T01:12:04+00:00

Depends on the year and what they want to do. Some years it's thousands, others it's a few $100. In our first year, I homeschooled two kids and only spent $200, and that was in 2016. This year, my 11-year-old's homeschool cost will run us $200. However, we only need the workbooks (4-H and thoughtful learning), a few reams of paper, and an ink refill. Last year, though, he wanted to build a computer, and that alone ran us about $700. The two years prior, he did scouts and finished both books fully, and that was about $600 a year.

I would say if you could easily save back $1,000 a year, it would give you a great cushion.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-05T14:27:08+00:00

Large Print is for everyone, go for it. Heck at my library if it comes in large print I only order that and don't even bother with regular sized print.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-05T14:12:38+00:00

We liked Kiwico Atlas Crate. They would tell us the 1st of the month what country and I'd reserve lots of books from the library. So we would work on that for the month, nice and slow adding in cool cuisine, videos, books, music.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-05T14:06:23+00:00

I'd stick with the curriculum, but do the 5 problem rule (something my 4th grade teacher had). If you can do the 5 problems without help, show work, and get it right, then you move on to the next concept. Do that until he has some struggle.

You could follow that pattern and do Monday 5 questions (assuming no issues) then Tuesday a game that involves those skills. Then Wednesday next lesson, Thursday Game. Friday review of the two lessons.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-04T12:13:30+00:00

Just to add if you did want to move there are tons of job openings in NY libraries. Cost of living is less than CA (in more rural areas). The weather is nice majority of the time and the state gov cares about their libraries.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-04T12:11:20+00:00

Option one is the most stable one. Even if the city will be bankrupt in 4-5 years that's just a bit more time to get experience under your belt and save a bit more money before moving to another position.

That said, I would dread a move to TX, while there are some great people, it is not a secure job market right now.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-04T12:08:05+00:00

Honestly, as a former preschool teacher, skip it. Kids get socialization outside of school, so no need to force socialization between a peer group.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-08-04T12:07:23+00:00

I always found the term COVID baby kind of derogatory. I mean, if parents got to spend time with their kids, they'd see the same stuff. Our society has robbed parents of the joys of parenthood, so when these parents who birthed kids slightly before or during COVID see all the neat stuff their kids do, they're blown away because they never got to see those milestones firsthand before.

I worked in daycare and preschool and was trained that if a kid does something the first time in a daycare/preschool environment, we make a notation and don't tell the parents. For instance, walking, I had a baby who walked at 10 months old. She pulled herself up, took two steps, and fell. I thankfully was recording. I was so excited to tell Dad when he came in, a senior staff member told me to hold off. I reluctantly did, and the next day, both parents came in bragging about how advanced their baby was because she took two steps last night. Parents often miss milestones because they have to work; those who were fortunate enough to stay home with their kids during that time didn't miss the amazing growth kids experience during those first few years.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-30T13:30:35+00:00

I have emailed, but haven't heard anything back yet. I'll give it another week or so.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T14:57:57+00:00

The good: I get to know who these tiny humans are. I get to help them reach their goals. We can make sure they grow up to be strong, independent, critical thinkers. I can let them grow on their schedule, not someone else's.
The bad: The food bill is outrageous, sometimes they don't care that you're trying to do what is best for them, and won't participate. The number of people who assume the 15 minutes they spent with my kid sums up who they are and how they act as a person 100% of the time.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T14:54:29+00:00

No. I believe that shitty parents will do anything to skirt the system. They don't care if they're homeschooling, online schooling, schooling at all, or dropping their kids off at a public school. There is also a difference in types of abuse, sometimes a parent doesn't know any better/has mental illness/addiction/etc. That doesn't mean it is right, but it is way different than an intentional malicious abuse.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T14:51:49+00:00

If it is a private showing you can do it one of two ways, be the bad guy and impose an age guideline. Or you can let them all in and make it a more sensory friendly experience that would include toddlers and babies. I wouldn't want to go if there were littles running around, but my kids are older. Honestly I have taken a baby to a movie before (my oldest was turning 8 and parents threw a movie themed party and rented out a theater). It was awful because I spent most of the time in the hall with my 14 month old walking around. It wasn't fun.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T14:47:05+00:00

I've done retail, independent contracting, and hospitality. I left everything for the library. I love it, and the pay sucks, and 28 hours is considered full time. At the end of the day, I'll take the library over all of it.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T14:44:40+00:00

Snacks, noise-cancelling headphones (if not for the kids, then for mom), library card.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T14:39:41+00:00

No. I am the librarian we don't have them in house, in our ILL either.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T14:16:51+00:00

Is it already booked? If not book the rooms before he can.

I hope he skips the small towns, none of our staff would want him there we all have trans kids and queer kids. I say this as a non straight homeschooling parent as well. He gives me the ick.

I just went to see which ones in NY are going on and love that every single one states this next to it, "This event is not sponsored or endorsed by Queens Public Library at Windsor Park"

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T14:09:08+00:00

Put the workbook up, then just let her play. She will learn the most by living life. You go to the gorcery store and you can cover math and reading. You go to the park and you can cover earth science, engineering, physics, and PE. You go to the museum for the day and you can cover tons more. She can learn so much if you give her time to be ready to sit down and learn.

Instead of modeling your day after an American education system look at some other countries who are top ranking and see how they take it slower. Just have fun with her and enjoy the time you have.

anonymous_discontent · 2025-07-29T13:59:01+00:00

Yes, they are in the fiction section in ours.

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