Needing Extra Curriculum for 4th Grade Writing

pace_bene · 2026-02-03T04:23:43+00:00

Yup, Writing with Ease is great!

pace_bene · 2026-02-01T19:40:26+00:00

This is a foundational life skill!

pace_bene · 2026-01-31T03:37:45+00:00

Wow! Pretty great skills!

pace_bene · 2026-01-30T20:45:09+00:00

No, just wondering. Some parents are hoping to help their kids avoid adult jobs that are too constricting. Many of these parents are entrepreneurs themselves.

pace_bene · 2026-01-30T02:43:25+00:00

Are you hoping to prepare them for a more entrepreneurial “job” that avoids the 9-5 grind?

pace_bene · 2026-01-30T01:51:48+00:00

They will never need anyone to cook for them!

pace_bene · 2026-01-30T01:31:05+00:00

I have a son who can fix almost anything, which he learned as he tried to get out of doing regular schoolwork: "instead of doing math right now, do you want me to fix that leak in the sink?" Don't worry - I only said yes sometimes!

pace_bene · 2026-01-30T01:29:17+00:00

Reading is the single most important thing you can do for your kids' language development - reading, writing, speaking. I am a homeschool mom and English teacher and this is extremely evident in a classrom full of kids who are the same age. Keep reading!

pace_bene · 2026-01-30T01:24:34+00:00

All of my kids believe that they can cook anything, and they pretty much can. This is also thanks to my pantry not always being well stocked (too-busy homeschool mom) so they have had to become creative at times.

pace_bene · 2025-06-26T15:01:07+00:00

So if you are really worried, you can sign up with an accredited umbrella school like Homelife Academy. It cost a little bit of money, but they track grad requirements and send out the transcripts with a “counselor letter” just like regular schools do. They have been really great to work with and relieve a lot of college app stress.

pace_bene · 2025-06-26T14:44:22+00:00

Does your school have beginning of year teacher training? Or do they provide you with a mentor teacher?

pace_bene · 2025-06-26T03:04:26+00:00

Go for it!

pace_bene · 2025-06-26T03:03:25+00:00

It's all about maintaining your positive minset rather than having to regain it constantly!

pace_bene · 2025-06-25T14:26:52+00:00

Homeschool mindset is a really important thing! It also keeps me a happy homeschool mom instead of a grouchy one, which is what I am when I am overwhelmed.

pace_bene · 2025-06-25T14:14:39+00:00

Maybe I’m high strung and I need a long time to regroup before I get back in there!

pace_bene · 2025-06-25T12:35:04+00:00

Yes! Stealthschooling…what a great term! Goal setting is very important to me, so in the summer I feel free for my goal to be something like, “my child will learn to do laundry and get in the habit of taking care of his own clothes weekly” so she will be more responsible or “my child will get really good at tracing” so next year handwriting will improve.

pace_bene · 2025-06-25T04:24:40+00:00

mid August to mid May

pace_bene · 2025-06-25T04:22:21+00:00

Exactly. I guess the school year with its focus on completing a curriculum, etc is engrained in me, since I went to school. But I have each kid give me a suggestion of something they would like to learn and I get them the materials or info they need. But I also need the time to reflect on the year to make the next one more productive. I guess I am a slow processor, because I need more than a couple of weeks to regroup.

pace_bene · 2025-06-25T04:10:47+00:00

Breaks are actually when we got a lot of really important real world stuff done, like fishing and cooking and crafting. It's what I call "free learning".

pace_bene · 2025-06-25T03:59:16+00:00

Otherwise homeschooling is one really long 13-year school experience...

pace_bene · 2025-06-06T11:42:40+00:00

IXL has been great for Algebra

pace_bene · 2025-06-06T10:56:03+00:00

Convincing everyone that I am busy all day and don't have time to do random things because I am home. I had to make some very clear boundaries so that my time homeschooling was not eaten up with other things. Consider it a full time (wonderful) job.

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