If you homeschool your kids, will you share your set up for it?

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I’m currently homeschooling my oldest and we have a on the go style that works for us. Majority of our schooling is done at our giant kitchen table but I also regularly take my oldest kid to do school work outdoors. That’s when he gets his clip board with his workbook or worksheet and we’ll sit by the lake and learn about specific subjects or I’ll take him on hiking trails and we do schoolwork there. I also have him enrolled in a homeschool community program where he learns with other homeschoolers in our area and is able to make friends and socialize with others but that’s only one day a week.

Most 2yo don't know the alphabet yet. Just focus on the alphabet song for now. Also depends if you want to home school or unschool. You can be as casual or formal as you like with it.

I use “a well trained mind “ the book as a blueprint its very thorough and provides all of the methods that people utilize to homeschool . It’s up to you if you’d like to set it up with a desk etc but personally for me we won’t be altering anything within our home environment/ we will use what’s present dining , patio kitchen tables or no table at all. I may purchase a table for his room but it won’t be a must that he utilize it at all times. We will use online material coupled with material that’s not online based. The goal for me is to not mimic the classroom environment otherwise I’d just put them in one. We’re creating our own environment that’s tailored and specialized to him and his needs directly . & this can look different for each child . I think that trial and error will occur naturally throughout the process and transitions as well as time goes on. I want to always be prepared to pivot to what’s best for each of my children, where they are

At Any given time in their life on their very specific learning journey. I plan to change environments regularly as well to switch things up as learning can and does occur essentially any and everywhere 💕💕

Hi everyone, I’m curious to why you have decided to homeschool?

Generaly it’s a good idea to have a set routine and dedicated work space so they can start to get into the right mindsets,Based on previous teaching experience. At 3 most kids should recognise the alphabet and be able to copy letters but not necessarily know how write their own name without at least copying. Just curious why do you prefer to home school and does the area where you live have a set curriculum for home schooling to make sure they don’t fall behind ?

@Marlene I was homeschooled growing up, and loved it. Plus, I'm a SAHM, so for us it just makes sense. There is also a religious component, but most people just try to argue with me when I use it as a reason.

@Audrey he recognizes a few letters of the alphabet, but not many. He's really focused on animals and shapes currently, so I'm trying to incorporate the letters with the animals and shapes (like when he says cow, I remind him that cow starts with the letter C). I wish to homeschool for several reasons. I was homeschooled growing up and loved it. I'm also a SAHM, so they've never really been taken care of my anyone else. I prefer to keep it that way for now. I've seen how they are teaching basic math these days, and it confuses me even as a grown woman who loves math. How would I help my kids do their homework if I don't even understand how it works? My final reason is religion. I'm a Christian, and plan to raise my children in a Christian household. I'm not fond of some of the books and curriculum that current public schools are teaching young children.

@Audrey (ran out of room in my previous comment). To answer your other question, no, KY doesn't have a set curriculum for homeschoolers. We simply have to inform the local school board of our intent to homeschool. Should we decide to put them in public school in a few years, they have to take the final exam of the previous grade before they will be allowed in. I'm not too concerned about them falling behind. I've worked with kids for most of my adult life, and my degree is in special/early childhood education, so I believe I have suitable skills to keep them where they need to be. If they start to fall behind then I will try a different avenue so that they aren't missing out on anything crucial.

@Jenna yeah it’s good to encourage him with things he has interests in. Maybe a letter of the day/ week or something and find different words you can teach him and ask him to practice copying capital and lower case letters. I understand about the religion part but we have a lot of different faith schools in the uk and I went to a catholic school and we have family that work in Jewish schools so I guess I’ve never had to think about it . 😂😂😂 you just need to stay 2 weeks ahead of the teacher, that’s my plan anyway but I’ve got a long way to go so I’ve been practicing with my nieces and they are 2 &4.

@Audrey the curriculum that my mom used when I was homeschooled (Bob Jones University, BJU, which I don't believe exists anymore) had me several grades ahead. I went into public school in 9th grade, was in advanced classes, and honestly didn't learn much of anything new till 11th grade. If I could find that same program I'd use it for mine!

@Marlene many of us wish to homeschool because of the imminent threats in our public schools and even private schools. As well as it’s been proven that homeschooled children have many advantages as adults, are more well rounded and pursue actual careers more than their public schooled counterparts. For young children, play based learning and outdoors learning is so incredibly vital and traditional schooling sits children in a desk most of the day, serves them slop loaded with soy and additives, and gives them 30 minutes of play per day. Standardized testing is silly and is like asking a fish to climb a tree.

@Anna thanks for sharing and I agree with you. Our education system has gone to *hit