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ok new and nervous
6th grader pulled her out early this month
school hounding me to let her go back (no way-she's smiling again!!)
great support system in my state (ri)
but need advice big time and a cirriculm that address middle
school needs where do i start that won't cost hundreds of dollars
to correspondence schools? any suggestions i'd be happy to hear
(including suggestions to spend hundreds of dollars :-D )
also why when i go to 'search' on yahoo groups for "homeschooling"
nothing comes up yet while sufing i (thank goodness) find
homeschooling resources like you?

Juli

Yahoo has hundreds of different homeschool groups.
Hmm. Try homeschool? Instead of homeschooling? I would
start at your library, reading homeschooling books,
just to get an idea of where you want to head. And...
someone else will probably mention deschooling, so
I'll leave that to them. Juli



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Angela

I would suggest reading "The Home schooling Handbook" by Griffith, "The Unschooling Handbook" by Griffith, "Teach Your Own" by John Holt, and a myraid of other books.  Don't worry!  You have a bit of time to figure out how to go about this.  Also, read about your states requirements for home schooling at http://www.homeschool.crosswalk.com/laws and most of all, call a bunch of different support groups in your area and talk to some people who are home schooling near you.  They will be able to help you to decipher your requirements and enlighten you to their approach to home schooling.  Their are many different approaches so don't just listen to one and think it is the only way.  Good Luck.

Angela in Maine.  Unschooling Mom to two beautiful daughters.  "Play is our brain's favorite way to learn." Unknown
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--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., Jclamdown@a... wrote:
> ok new and nervous
*Don't worry. A loving parent can do a much better job than
any "experienced professional" school teacher.

> 6th grader pulled her out early this month
*Way to go!!!
> school hounding me to let her go back (no way-she's smiling again!!)
*Good for you.

> but need advice big time and a cirriculm that address middle
> school needs
*Let her create one day by day. (See below)


any suggestions i'd be happy to hear
> (including suggestions to spend hundreds of dollars :-D )
*Don't - you probably won't use it. What a waste!

> also why when i go to 'search' on yahoo groups for "homeschooling"
> nothing comes up yet while sufing i (thank goodness) find
> homeschooling resources like you?
*Divine intervention?? <g>

*There are so many different ways to homeschool. From strict
school-at-home, to unschooling, and everything in between. (Does
anybody still have that "Don't close your doors on baking day"
essay?) Since you asked an unschooling list, you will get
unschooling ideas. Have you visited www.unschooling.com ?

For a while - say until the end of the summer - do nothing. Pretend
it's summer vacation already. It seems that even strict school-at-
homers take time to detox.

Am I making any sense?

Go to the park, the library, just anywhere she wants to go. Don't
keep track of what she's learning. Don't teach her. Let her lead
for a while. It will take time to find a balance. Really - whatever
works for you.

Melanie in Indiana - not all that experienced or professional - just
happy

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Do NOT spend hundreds of dollars. Not yet. Don't buy a curriculum until
you've really studied your options.

If you're afraid and you want to keep your foot in the schoolish water for a
while, I advise using the library. If you want "a curriculum" for a while,
make a chart. Go get books (any books your daughter likes, but maybe go for
illustrated non-fiction--stuff with great charts, photos, paintings). Don't
make her read them. Just looking at the pictures is good. You look too.
Even without her. See what all is in there. You'll find cooking in a
history book, and math in a science book, and science in a geography book,
and languages in music. Start getting used to that cross-pollination.
School doesn't encourage it, usually. It's the key to learning, though.

You (the mom, not the child) take notes all you want, keep charts all you
want, but they're not necessary longterm.

By next fall, if you read lots here and in books on homeschooling, you will
probably not want to spend hundreds of dollars on a curriculum. You might by
then have spent some on art supplies (good ones, not cheapo walmart stuff)
and books and stuff. But take your time.

Instead of yahoogroups for resources, go to google.com and try looking for
unschool and homeschool and such. Follow links on pages. Wander around
websites. Websites are a better resource than discussion groups, in my
experience.

Here's a starting place which leads to lots of other people's and groups'
starting places:

http://expage.com/RadicalUnschooling

It won't hurt a bit. <g>

Sandra

Johanna

My first comment is find out what the law is in RI for what they require, and not from the school system! Some states only require attendance records.
http://www.hslda.org/ This link will show you the laws in your state.
 
http://www.holtgws.com/ this is the Growing without Schooling site.
 
here are a few other interesting sites. 
Try to hook up with a support group in your area and talk to other families about their experiences. That doesn't mean do everything they do, but hear what they say. I also agree with the advice about taking the rest of the year off so to speak. Let your child lead you to what she wants to know.

 
Johanna
 
"Our hunger to be bigger than we are could be just delusions of grandeur or it could be the very voice of God inside calling us to a larger inheritance, to a bigger stake in reality, to a truer sense of our identity as the sons and daughters of God." Bruce Larson
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ok new and nervous
6th grader  pulled her out early this month  
school hounding me to let her go back (no way-she's smiling again!!)
great support system in my state (ri)
but need advice  big time   and a cirriculm that address middle
school needs   where do i start that won't cost hundreds of dollars
to correspondence schools?  any suggestions i'd be happy to hear
(including suggestions to spend hundreds of dollars :-D  )
also  why when i go to 'search' on yahoo groups for "homeschooling"
nothing comes up yet while sufing i (thank goodness) find
homeschooling resources like you?



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Renee Seawell

Hi: I did the same thing a few years ago with my 5th, 3rd and 1st grader all at once. RELAX.
Take a couple of weeks to enjoy your child and then see where she is and go from there. (Sounds
stupid but I promise you it works). Try searching on AskJeeves. That's where I've gotten a lot
of links to sites.

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