Combined Intro and Homeschool post

Kristina052707

Hi everyone,

I currently have a 3 year old daughter and a 4 year old niece that I take care of.  I was wondering if anyone here plans on or is thinking about homeschool their child?  Where did you get the information?  What books do you plan on buying?  Etc.  I have read a few books and talked with a few homeschooling moms at our church but i'm looking for information from other moms regarding what materials/schedule/etc are being used.

kiliwicket

We do homeschool preschool, I got a lot of my info here:

https://ourpreschoolhomeschool.blogspot.com/

she also has links to their homeschool elementary and highschool on this blog.

Our DS is almost 4 and we have a subscription to starfall.com which is great.  You can do it for free too, you just won't get full access to the site.  Not only is he able to do a lot on the computer but they have printables as well.

thehomeschoolmom.com has lot of great links and info

apples4theteather.com

kidzone.ws

That's just a general start, there other sites I have but it's mostly computer based.  

hcassell

I'm homeschooling DS in preschool this year and we'll begin kindergarten in the fall.  I taught for seven years, so I had a lot of resources.  For curriculum I read Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks for Homeschooling Curriculum.  She also has a website with reviews on it.  I used homeschoolreviews.com as well.  Once I had an idea of what I wanted, I went to a convention (only the exhibit hall, I didn't attend any workshops) and looked through everything.  I bought the workbooks new and teacher manuals used from homeschoolclassifieds.com  I've read some posts on message boards that people have bad experiences buying used items online, but I have had pretty good luck and have saved over $200 buying used.  You can also check craigslist, I did find some books on there.  I found some science and social studies supplements at Half Price Books.  You can email me if you'd like to chat!

hmvaughan @ comcast . net