How do I learn how to home school a 10th grader?

Question

Due to health issues both with daughter and myself - how do I keep her up to date with the regular curriculum that her school has - they are giving us the books that she needs for the year - her grades weren't good and had trouble with the school and teachers and other students - didn't fit seem to feel comfortable with others

Answer 1

Hello; I know there is a lot of information about this on the internet, try doing a yahoo search (I prefer it over google, which has become too commercialized), and also the U.S. Government website; www.firstgov.gov  Once there, type in keyword Home School, and you'll get tons of stuff!  Each state is in charge of it's own schooling, although due to the "no child left behind" act, there are federal guidelines (but I believe they're just that, guidelines).  You should also have several links available to you, from your own state as well.

There's just too much information to put here; but also try doing a yahoo search for; "State by State Homeschooling" (without the quotes), again, tons of stuff comes up... or try typing in your state's name, and Homeschooling.  

I hope this has helped! feel free to contact me for more search assistance.

Marcos

Answer 2

You don't have to "learn how". Just go through the books yourself and then check out novels, etc. from the community library for her to read. For math and foreign languages, I would suggest getting a tutor who can work with her every day. You should really do some research so that you know that you are getting the right person, and look at reviews and personality before price.

Have her improve her writing skills by writing essays about the material that she reads in either her textbooks (which I would not recommend because they are really boring) or library books, etc. Also, you should let her write on her own.

Good luck from a 13 year old home schooler!

Answer 3

Good for you!  I think it's great that you are homeschooling your daughter because she's having trouble with school.  Why would you want to leave her in a negative environment?  

The first thing you need to do is find out your state’s laws.

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp

If the current curriculum isn't working well for her, then look at different homeschooling methods.

http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/...

Then choose a curriculum. Some good providers are:

http://www.aop.com

http://www.aceministries.com

http://www.rodandstaffbooks.com

Switched on schoolhouse is a good computer based program.

http://www.aop.com/sos/

The link below has some additional helpful information about homeschooling and why it is great for kids.

Answer 4

There are many, many issues that make giving an answer difficult.  Learning style, family lifestyle, religious views (lots of homeschool curriculum is Christian), and parental ability and availability all need to be addressed in order to give the best answer for your situation.  

However, without addressing all of these, I would recommend looking for a packaged curriculum (all subjects from the same provider) since it will help you to be sure that you are covering all the bases.  Alpha Omega Publications http://www.aop.com is a Christian homeschool publisher with 2 options available.  Both of these are independent, child-directed learning.  This can be very helpful if the parent is not going to be able to be extremely involved with the teaching. Other curriculum companies which offer full curriculum options are:

Bob Jones: http://www.bjupress.com

Abeka: http://www.abeka.com

ACE: http://www.aceministries.com

Calvert: http://www.calvertschool.org/home-school

K12: http://www.k12.com

The two options available from AOP are Lifepacs and Switched-on Schoolhouse.  LIFEPACS are print based and SOS is computer based.  My highschool students have used SOS for the last 8 years (two are no in college).  It is an outstanding curriculum, if you are okay with the fact that it is Christian.  AOP curriculum is also quite affordable.

Many people also look into enrolling in an online academy in situations like yours.  It can help assure that your daughter will not lose any ground during the time that you homeschool her.

The downside of these is that they can be quite expensive.

If you need more information, please feel free to take a look at my website...I am a homeschool consultant and would be happy to help you further. http://www.prodoceoeducation.com

Hope this helps...there is LOTS of information available on the internet....just start hunting!

Answer 5

the 10th grader can take correspondence classes, which may or may not consist of watching video lectures instead of attending a class, taking notes and test and sending in test to be graded.

Answer 6

It sounds to me like you're doing home*bound* learning through her school, not homeschooling.  

To keep her up to date (I assume you want to re-enroll her next year?) then make a schedule for all her courses for the rest of the school year and/or summer to complete everything.  Just divide the number of lessons in each by the number of days you're going to do them.

Answer 7

Let me see if I have this correct... because your daughter is a poor student, who has social issues, you've pulled her out of school to try to teach her yourself, and now you are asking Y!A users how to learn how to complete this task.

The answer is: You don't.  Enroll her in a public school where she can interact with other people; normal people.  If she needs to repeat a few classes, then so be it.  If it's tough, then it will be that much more of an accomplishment when she's done.

What do you honestly expect to achieve by giving her a diploma from home?