NY Unschoolers
tcbc
Hi Wendy,
We are in our first year of homeschooling, and by the end of our first quarter (October-ish) we became unschoolers. I don't know where you're thinking of moving, but we are in Columbia County - about 15 min from both the CT and MA borders. I haven't had any problems from our district this year. When i read over the regs the first few times I found them really daunting, as you said! But i talked to a friend who has been homeschooling her kids for about 10 years here, and she told me not to worry about it - they're not as bad as they sound. And that has been my experience.
She gave me a copy of one of the IHIP's she had done for her daughter and I used that as a guide. Also, I've followed the suggestion from several sources that you just keep things generalized, vague and short - less is best. My daughter is just finishing "first grade", so we haven't had to do any testing yet. I wrote her year-end narrative assessment myself, which was only about 3-4 sentences long! I wouldn't have known i could keep it that simple and brief if not for the suggestions from some others on the NYHEN Support list. I think if you go to NYHEN.org you can find out helpful info, if you haven't already. That's the NY Home Education Network site.
Good luck!
Tempe
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We are in our first year of homeschooling, and by the end of our first quarter (October-ish) we became unschoolers. I don't know where you're thinking of moving, but we are in Columbia County - about 15 min from both the CT and MA borders. I haven't had any problems from our district this year. When i read over the regs the first few times I found them really daunting, as you said! But i talked to a friend who has been homeschooling her kids for about 10 years here, and she told me not to worry about it - they're not as bad as they sound. And that has been my experience.
She gave me a copy of one of the IHIP's she had done for her daughter and I used that as a guide. Also, I've followed the suggestion from several sources that you just keep things generalized, vague and short - less is best. My daughter is just finishing "first grade", so we haven't had to do any testing yet. I wrote her year-end narrative assessment myself, which was only about 3-4 sentences long! I wouldn't have known i could keep it that simple and brief if not for the suggestions from some others on the NYHEN Support list. I think if you go to NYHEN.org you can find out helpful info, if you haven't already. That's the NY Home Education Network site.
Good luck!
Tempe
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