Homeschool Curriculum 2022-2023 | Elementary + Special Needs - Making Major Changes this year!
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I don’t homeschool, don’t plan to… do I watch every homeschool video you do, yes yes I do 😂
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Omg! Same same same!!!! Glad I’m not alone 🤣
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Same with me so interesting
Angie I love watching your videos. I also have a son with down syndrome. He is now 20. I pulled him out of public school half way through 5th grade and began the homeschool journey. It wasn't easy but rewarding in the end. We tried so many different curriculums. Math was always hard. I felt like we would go 2 steps forward 3 steps back. Never really found one that worked perfectly for him. But I wanted to let you know I found bits and pieces of reading and spelling I liked. We started with sing spell read and write. He loves to learn by singing and her concepts to music. Also spelling u see Level A was great for sound recognition and writing.. I never felt like he understood all of our crazy English rules so I didn't push them, but he would memorize by the way a word would look.. We also liked explode the code. For online help he loved Reading Eggs and we would do Math eggs too. He learned a lot from this program.
Luke burned out around 17 / 18 and school became a major battle . Now we focus on life skills. I know in my heart he received more with one on one teaching than he would have in school. All of Luke's siblings are older and out of the house so he didn't have the benefit of seeing his siblings learn. Rosie will learn so much just watching her brothers and sisters. I am looking forward to seeing your video about what works with Rosie . I would love to see how your school day is played out for her. Your doing great job!
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I never thought I would homeschool! I saw people keep their kids home from school rather than home school! I had a close friend who started homeschooling her three children. By the time my daughter was in the 8 th grade looking like a fish out of water; my husband and I took her out of public school and my friend loaned and gave us curriculum for homeschooling! Audrey absolutely soared!! She is now 38 years young with children who she might be homeschooling too. Thank you Angela!! You are the best! Love a blessed Mom and Grandma! 🥰😍
Yes, when special needs aren't visible it's very hard to get assistance rather than criticism.
❤ Yes and when you don't labels and announce to everyone you meet that your child has some special needs, they just don't understand what they are dealing with and what you are dealing with, cuz they "look" normal.
The public school does a good job diagnosing and working with special needs. I know this may not be a popular view on this channel but I have seen the effectiveness of meeting special needs in public school with my own child and numerous students.
@@stefanilesser1396 really depends on the district. I have two special needs children that went through public. Had up and down issues with both children and the school system. There is not anything that works for everyone. 🤷
Tbh, I don't homeschool but I love watching these videos because I love the way you talk about parenting; I love that you adore and enjoy your kids, and I just have this video playing while I'm doing housework, so I feel like I'm just hanging out with a good friend who's talking to me about her homeschool curriculum, lol. ♥
Omg, you’re so right about the pressure when you can’t see the child as having a special need on the outside, the pressure is so great! I am definitely starting homeschooling for my 10 year old daughter on the spectrum. I’m so tired of the public school system teaching subjects and using strategies that are mainstream and not individualized for the child. They just keep moving on whether the child masters the foundations or not. It’s setting them up for failure and feeling like they’re not good enough. It’s awful! So glad I stumbled upon your channel and thanks for all the information!
I could cry. Please do a full video on Rosie's curriculum. I have a 3 (almost 4) year old with Down Syndrome and it's SO HARD to find content or recommendations about any good homeschool curriculum! Thank you so much for including that info in this video. 💙💛
Dyslexic students are perfectly capable of everything anyone else is they are often incredibly intelligent but struggle to write it down well often if you ask the student to explain the concept verbally they can do it . Dyslexic students also tend to learn better with practical hands on teaching . Something I found useful in the beginning of learning language is count the letters in the word it allows the child to count on their fingers checking if they added an extra letter or left one out it can be very helpful- A. Dyslexic 19 year old who was diagnosed at 7 and is able to speak 2 languages and is studying accountancy In university
This is very encouraging for my dyslexic son thank you
@@3roachkidsdhe if you help Him along the way he will achieve everything he wants to any dyslexic people Iv met who’ve had proper support in their earlier years have achieved really good things from business owners to University graduates it wont stop them unless they let it 🤷♀️
My daughter who is dyslexic struggled with IXL math. I had to type answers in for her due to her transposing numbers in 1st and 2nd grade. For example 8 +8. She typed in 21. Flipped 16 to 61 then flipped 6 to a 2. Thus 21. The dyslexic brain is amazing ! 😊
Angie - you put words to my scattered thoughts ❤️ the unseen disability or struggle - yes. I find it's also harder for me to advocate for my child because they 'appear fine'.
Also a vote for AAR here 🙋🏻♀️ so good
Her comment made me cry. I have a 7 year old son who "appears fine", and we struggle. We are currently going through testing to try and pinpoint his needs. I'd love Angie to talk more about special needs homeschooling.
@@emilyhoover8580 between my original comment and now my middle child is on a quest with 2 new categories of specialists. I see you momma and keep on ❤️ wishing you the best!
@@audreyw3560 thank you. It has been a journey. I just keep telling myself to trust in the process.
We love All About Reading. We do one concept a week. We take our time and we do a lot of repetition. This is also helpful if your child is dyslexic. But we don’t go fast through it because we want it to stick! I highly recommend All About Reading. All About y is going well for us also.
And just a note; AAR works well for my 3rd grade kid with a very short attention span. We do the one lesson over 4/5days then we read the related story over 4/5 days. We do a lot of review each day and break down the review reading pages over a few days and this is just enough to keep their attention, not to mention the games. They are a life saver! Really do highly recommend AAR!
This is our 10th year, we’ve always been more of a Charlotte Mason/Literature-based/Classical family.
We’ve closen Abeka Academy + SL readers + logic + Latin this year (9th & 4th).
So far, so good😊
I love this video. Thank you for sharing these resources in a way that respects your children’s privacy.
Thank you for being honest about this season of life with therapies, too. My family growing up needed quite a few things at different times and my kids have each needed a form of therapy for about a year each. I was shocked how much it changed our schedule and overwhelmed me!
I hope your kids grow like crazy this year in their difficult areas, and next year can feel a bit more normal.
My kids use IXL at their school, and I have been impressed at how intuitive it is. It adjusts based on student needs.
Thank you so much for sharing about your daughter with Down syndrome and the see and learn info. We have a 3 year old son and I am going to homeschool him and wasn’t sure where to look. I just started digging in to all this and began homeschooling my 5 year old daughter this week. Things at public just didn’t work out for our family. Excited for our new journey! 🙏🏼
Great video! I have a daughter with Down Syndrome and I just love every time you mention Rosie. I long to hear more from you on the subject of DS and educating a child with DS but I also completely understand privacy needs. I also have a son who is working through dyslexia. A challenge for both of us but as we work through it we both become stronger, smarter and more patient.
I love this video. I have a struggling learner who is brilliant and I get tired of people saying he'll eventually get it even I know in my heart without help he will not. I don't want him to always struggle and I've tried many things but this year we are paying for a special tutor. We also put our kids into a 3 day a week homeschool co-op because I just can't teach them all efficiently on my own. We have 7 kids, almost 13 to 3 months so there's a lot going on here lol
I was a lot like your son in school… I really appreciate the thought you are obviously putting into his succeeding! Good job👏🏻
I love watching your videos! You present things in a way that speaks to me. Lol.
Just wanted to put this out there, since you said you’re thinking about using Abeka’s online program. We used all Abeka last year with the videos and it did NOT work for us. The video lessons take so much longer than if I just taught it myself. The classroom setting is a neat idea, but one reason we homeschool is to get through subjects faster so we have extra time to enjoy our hobbies. Abeka video courses takes away that freedom, in my opinion. I’ve heard lots of positive things about Abeka, but it most definitely did not work for us. My son was in tears during the math every day. My daughter would get very distracted because the teacher wasn’t very interesting.
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God bless you and your family.
At the Christian preschool, where I teach, we use Abeka curriculum, and it is very rigorous. Some students cannot handle all of the learning pages, so I really try to incorporate more hands-on approach to learning letters and sounds. For instance, I will use Play-Doh and popsicle sticks, and even shaving cream right on the desk to have them make their letters. the secret stories better alphabet is incredible for teaching, the letters and their sounds and special “secret stories” explaining hunk and chunks/blending, etc.
Love Orton Gillingham approach as well, and so much of the research that has gone into the science of reading for children. Phonemic awareness and being able to hear the sound, as they see, the letter is so much more important, in my opinion than so many pages of work material.
I loved you comment about visible special needs vs less visible ones. I could not agree more both as an former classroom teacher and current homeschool mom. I think that is important insight that we need to be aware of so we can have more grace for our struggling learners.
Love these curriculum videos thanks for sharing with us! I seen disabilities and challenges can be much harder to handle both personally and explaining to others. Love how you adapt to challenges and are flexible in trying new things! You are a great mom!
If dyslexia is a concern, look into intensive orton gillingham methods such as barton reading - it's not about memorizing spelling it's about learning the rules.
My son used IXL in public school, last year for fourth grade, and it’s actually one of the many reasons we pulled him out of public school. He did NOT do well with IXL, they relied heavily on it and had no alternatives for the students that didn’t respond well to it. I truly hope it works well for you, definitely wasn’t for us, but that’s the beauty of homeschooling, you get to make those choices. ❤
We love the spiral method for math as well. We are using CLE for math level 700 and level 300 and will most likely be switching to Saxon math for algebra and beyond. This works well because CLE and Saxon include geometry and algebra into the curriculum. I love that we will not be stopping algebra for a year to work only on geometry! Anyway, thank you for sharing this information!
I'm a teacher/consultant with a BA degree in elementary and SPED that is starting a practice to help homeschoolers with SPED homeschool. I am so curious about homeschooling moms experiences with how much help they receive homeschooling. Thank you for any videos you post on this subject. I am helping Homeschool students who have autism and reading disabilities currently.
I’m also a veteran homeschooler and struggle with the same things as you as far as wanting to be involved in every single subject for all of my kids. I do have another older child with down syndrome and I’m using so happy to learn program with him. Not sure if you’ve ever heard of it but it’s not really a curriculum but more of a learning teaching style program and it’s just really excellent if you ever have a chance to look at that there’s a Facebook group for it also
Thank you! We are just starting homeschool for our 4th grader and this is very helpful. I have been looking at the good and the beautiful. Thanks for sharing in so many areas of your life. I love your videos.
Former HS math teacher here (hubs is, too). Absolutely loved IXL. Full endorsement. Very little about it that I didn’t like.
We moved our history and science to video based this year due to so much going on. Mystery Scince has been super nice for keeping my kids engaged. Also I just discovered History Alive. It's a wonderful video history with the ability to add on to as wanted. Just some ideas 😊👍
Thank you! I love history but I have a special-needs teen, a typical teen who actually likes history, and a four year old. So as much as I try history is a little difficult.
I'm thankful to you for sharing the things you are doing with Rosie. Our son, Levi, is 3 and has Down syndrome, so these suggestions will be incredibly helpful.
Love these curriculum suggestions! My 8-year-old is using the Math 3 from TGTB & loves it, but I will say, I found it to be quite a jump from Math 2. He's doing great with it - maybe the "3rd grade year" is just overall more intense. Also using TGTB Level 3 Cursive introduction this year - super slow, which is great for not overwhelming.
That’s good to know about the jump from 2-3. I thought it was because we used the old version through 2 and switched to the simply math for level 3. Which is anything but simple!! My kids hate it and they have loved TGTB math until this point. I’m so bummed we are going to have to switch. But we have tears every single day over math. It isn’t worth it. The lessons are so so long compared to the old version and very boring with just being worksheets and no hands on learning.
My kid hates level 2 math too and he won little math awards at his previous school. 🤷🏻♀️. Not sure what to do. He does complain less now toward the end of the first unit and did enjoy taking the test.
Yes! Please do a specific homeschool video for children with Down syndrome. My little boy will be 3 next month and while I don't have plans to homeschool right now it's always in the back of my mind. And as an avid learner myself, knowing how I can help him learn would be a benefit to both of us. :) I love watching your videos. Thank you for sharing your life!
So Abeka is a wonderful curriculum…however it’s not at all something I would recommend unless you child is super advanced. Abeka tends to be very far ahead of what you would normally have in a specific grade level. When we pulled our oldest out of public school that’s the curriculum we chose…she just literally struggled the entire year it was terrible. Also like you said it’s not at ALL flexible! There are no ‘sick days’ or ‘field trip’ days or else it’s a nightmare to try to catch up…We now use ACE for all 4 kids and it’s been amazing. Of course it also has its flaws and we will change things up a bit next year. But I definitely just wouldn’t recommend Abeka unless you have a ton of money, want a strict school schedule and basically have started from kindergarten or have a very advanced student.
I agree completely! I stopped using Abeka because my child lost a lot of confidence and was continuously frustrated completing the lessons. Eventually I had him doing only about half the problems but he still dreaded it everyday. Way too many tears using that program. Now we are using Simply the Good and the Beautiful and he loves it😊.
I'm prepping All About Reading for the first time while watching this video!
I’d love to hear more homeschool related sharing regarding special needs students! My autistic daughter is just starting K and right now she’s attending half days in public. I feel overwhelmed but would love to bring her home!
Hugs! If I can encourage you in anyway...follow your instincts. I felt completely unequal to the task of homeschooling my autistic son but I can honestly say I wish I had done it sooner than I did! You can do it!!!!
@@homeschoolautismlife Thank you! I actually feel like I could teach her at home, and would enjoy it. But the challenge is that I have three older kids I’m homeschooling and three not yet school age, so that’s where I feel overwhelmed mostly!
That sounds like an organizing challenge for sure!!! I homeschool my two daughters as well and I know the challenge is real! May you be granted grace and wisdom! Hugs
Excited for your upcoming preschool curriculum video!
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This video has given me hope for this school year! My husband deploys in two weeks and our school year is mess so far. Thanks for all the ideas!
thank you for your husband serving and also for your sacrifice too 💜💜 i pray your mess calms down and you get your groove on fast!
We have used Time4learning for years on and off. Also Teaching Textbooks for Math
Hi. I’m early. I have no children but I love all of your videos. I want to home school when I have kids and your videos give me confidence that I can.
Getting so excited to start homeschooling in the new year 🥰
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The IXL looks great! I’m homeschooling preschool this year so I’m interested in how you’re using it with the twins!
I recommend the logic of english. It fixes all this "English doesn't make since" business that everyone always talks about. In reality, English does make since, it's just that none of us were taught the rules.
Yesss! I'm using it with my almost 6yo and 4yo brother likes to join. It's very thorough and goes at a great pace
I’ve been using AAR with my dyslexic son but I can’t say we love it. Thinking about switching to LOE for him and other kids down the line.
@@homeschoollifemom I use LOE for all of my children, one of which practically taught herself to read in about 2 months, and one child who has dyslexia, and my other children who learned to read at a more typical pace. The LOE program worked beautifully for them all. I highly recommend it. We also did a lot of practice with BOB books and leveled "I can read" readers.
@@homeschoollifemom may I ask why don’t you love AAR?
@@Svargasc3 Some lessons are exceedingly long. Takes us up to 4 days to get through one lesson. My son hates seeing pages and pages of hard words to read. It’s very overwhelming for him. This is in level 2. Level 1 went fairly okay. I didn’t really notice any improvement in his reading but he didn’t hate it.
Love your family and videos! I'm a homeschool mom of 6 (including a baby). Have you every heard of ctc math? That is what we use and I love it. I also use abeka for just my preschooler and1st grader. I actually just buy 10 hrs of video time from abeka and you can stream any subject, grade, and day that you want. It works out great because I literally just stream the prek phonics and give him a few coloring sheets and he is done in 30 mins or less. 😉
I've been waiting for this video. Thank you so much for this.
We did Abeka Academy. For my special needs kids, it was way too distracting. They focused more on the other kids than the lesson. We switched to BJU press distance learning and they do SO much better with it. We only use it for certain subjects but they really enjoy it and it takes a little weight off me when working with so many kids.
Also, with BJU if you find a local rep near you, they do 50% off all the time. Yes, it’s still pricey but way more affordable than Abeka doing that and you get 18 months access to the videos so it’s more flexible.
Woodin Math is an amazing free math I found this year that was designed for kids with learning differences. It has been so helpful.
This is our third year using Lexi core 5 in our homeschool. It's particularly helpful for kids with dyslexia. Obviously we love it or I wouldn't be mentioning it ;)
Edit to add, we are also big fans of All About Reading and use it in our homeschool. We've been homeschooling for about 12 years now. Have 2 highschool graduates. Why I love the relatively new addition of Lexia Core 5 to our homeschool curriculum is that you can do as little or as much as you want throughout the week. It tracks very specific skills your student has accomplished. It's extremely engaging and there is no prep for the parents / teacher.
I’ve never heard of Lexi core 5! Is this an online program?
@@homeschoollifemom yes. We pay a yearly fee for it. A good friend who actually has 5 kids, all with dyslexia introduced me to it. It has taken an enormous load off my shoulders. I still love and use All About Reading but Lexia has become our core curriculum.
@@matanotofeden999 is it just for reading or other subjects as well? I’m using AAR for my dyslexic child but we don’t love it. 🙈 unpopular I know.
AAR has been great for our slightly struggling reader, but for our child with significant dyslexia, Lexia Core 5 really made all the difference and to be honest, dyslexia or no dyslexia, all of our kids greatly benefit from Lexia Core 5. Additionally, in the beginning, we also used the first 2 levels of the Barton Method, so that's another option to look into. The Barton Method does the job very effectively as far as helping the child with dyslexia to crack the code of reading, it's just very dry. Besides for the usual reading and decoding, Lexia also covers spelling, reading comprehension, pretty much all things language arts except for writing.
We have found the Simply Math to be way longer and advanced then their previous version. We have loved TGTB math until this year when we used the Simply version for the first time. It’s anything but simple! Such long lessons without that hands on, multi-sensory learning approach that we loved so much with their old version. I’m going to have to eat words and switch curriculum cause I’m not making my kids do math every day for a whole school year that makes them cry.
I have toddlers but I get so excited for all these videos lol and excited to do your intro program in a couple years 🙂
Super interested in an update on IXL. I do have some kids with hidden delays. We have reached algebra and hit a wall, so I picked up learn math fast to kind of review and find the stumbling blocks. This ixl looks like it could potentially help in this regard as well.
Yes, yes, yes!!! Hidden disabilities are very challenging! Please look into Equipping Minds for your special needs kids. It’s an amazing program.
I have 3 and consider myself expert level as they’re all close together so it was very hard once upon a time lol and if you have 8 and homeschool them you are 100% an expert in homeschooling lol there is no way to gain more experience than to do anything with a large amount of children.
You would be an amazing school teacher. 😊
Thanks for all the ideas. Going to try IXL for my special high schooler next year. He’s finishing his 4th credit for math this year so I just want for him to review for his twelfth grade year.
Love All About Reading and All About Spelling! I really liked Teaching Textbooks for a couple years but unfortunately in VA we have end of year testing and I didn't feel they were taught enough for the testing 😞 We're trying Monarch online for my three older kids for math and a few other subjects...... I'm not sure if it's going to work out though.
We used IXL over the summer for math and the kids liked it. It was affordable too.
Was All About Spelling great for helping your kiddo with writing independently ?
@@jessicaladd85 They do eventually have sentences they write independently but it's more like you say the sentence, they repeat the sentence back to you, and then correctly write the sentence. You check the sentence for spelling errors, capitalization, punctuation, and neatness. I hope that helps to answer your question.
This is a Helpful and Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing!
Checking out IXL right now. I didn't watch anybody else's curriculum videos this year. I am getting my 7th kid on Saturday. You are my go to for ideas on how to homeschool all these different needs. Just a friendly piece of info from an Abeka mom. I used Abeka as a child in private school, and I use it for math for my kids now. I have a ton of kids, we have special needs and therapy and all the things. Abeka is a lot. I wouldn't touch Abeka's language arts ever again! It was dreadful! Abeka math is exactly like tgtb math without the fun. You will have no transition at all. We do video lessons for our boys (3 of them all in 3rd grade) with the workbook and test and speed drills book. They all like it. In this group I have 1 very young 3rd grade boy who is typically developing and highly motivated, 1 very young 4th grader who has adhd and works slowly, and 1 old 4th grader (Oct birthday) who will be adopted and joining our hs in Nov. My adhd kid is really good at math and still struggles. I know you are the research queen, and you know what's best for your family. Just a friendly heads up, Abeka can be more work than it's made out to be.
I love your homeschool videos! Please make more!!
IXL is really good I use it for my daughter who has special needs but does well at it she is homeschooled
I love your sweater today!
We are using abeka and it is a handful. It will challenge a child but is not something we will be able to use for our younger kids or special needs child.
Checking to see if there is the app video yet? :) :)
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Good morning! Thanks for the info
New homeschool mom here who just jumped in. Honestly I don't know much about anything I'm using TGB but I see so many other homeschool moms saying it's too much amd I see their videos and it doesn't look like they do much and I see yours amd you do more. I like how your saying their might be gaps because that does worry me. Where can I find info to understand the difference of mastery and other types of teaching?
We use it and it's not too much for us. So I think it depends on the child. There will be gaps no matter what curriculum you use. This happens in public school also. You can find all kinds of resources online to check on your child's progress if your concerned. There are books showing what should be learned at each age.
**Please, please** can we see your favorite educational apps...?! 🙏🙏 It would be so tremendously helpful! Even if you don't have time for a full video, just a written list would be amazing! 🙏💕💕
I am definitely waiting for your video on educational apps.
Great video!!! Thanks
I love it Angie
Finally an apps video! Can't wait!!
I love IXL
I would love app info! We don't homeschool, but I'd prefer their tablets be more educational tools, so app suggestions would be great!
What about social studies and science?
the homeschool course can be used in any state because I am homeschooling my 10th grader who has ADHD, so I was just wondering about that enjoy your homeschool video I live in NY City
Looking for information for middle schools ad high school grades what do you use.
Hello Angie, any chance you can list any of the learn to read apps you recommend? Thank you x
What do suggest for history?
What would you recommend for an apprehensive writer? He knows how to read but struggles when it comes to the writing part. We have an all around language arts program that covers everything and he dictates ideas to me---but independent writing is something we need help with!
Depending on the age and the student's comfort level with using the keyboard, Night Zookeeper can be quite helpful. (It's an online program.) Otherwise Usborne has some creative writing books which we love as well.
My 5th grader is using WriteShopJr. this year, and so far no meltdowns about writing. It’s very parent involved, you are their writing partner. But it seems very gentle.
Instead of IXL this year, my kids have been enjoying Moby Max
I have a special needs child (teen now) that is not visible and it’s very challenging to navigate.
I think ABeka is too rigid for us
Have you looked into CTC math?
Good morning. Do you do all 4 levels of all about reading ?
I am new in homeschooling special needs my kid is 10 years old he cant read no writing i need a curriculum if you can please help he has cerebral palsy moderate
Your audio has a high pitched whine. I wonder if it is the lavalier mic?
Check out nessy and learning ally!
Are you using Outschool classes at all?
What do you use for spelling?
Ok. Really serious question. Do you even have bad hair days? How does it always look so good?!
Do you feel the need to add more language arts (writing, grammar) to the elementary school kids schoolwork?
I cannot IMAGINE you and your family enjoying abeka, esp the video school. Everyone I knew growing up did it. It’s fairly curly and it’s history is straight up wrong, and it’s just absolutely awful and culty. I would NEVER USE IT.
Ahem. I’m fine, just triggered. 😂
You do whatever you want, obviously. 🤷🏻♀️
I actually agree with this. I taught Abekka one year at a private school and know a lot of ppl who use the videos now in their homeschool so tried a one week trial video for my son and it was an immediate nope. Just based on what I’ve seen of Angie she won’t like it.
Not trying to be a jerk at all, but if you have several kids needing attention, therapies, tutoring, and then are doing a lot of online classes…. Why not just send them to regular school? They do all that there. Regular school and then add in a Bible curriculum or something
In theory they help children with special needs. In theory. In reality, the public school system is severely lacking and fails children with learning disabilities frequently. My five year old was bullied by his teachers because he has ADHD and behaved differently than the other kids. Sending your kids to public school doesn’t guarantee they will get the help they need and may actually squash any love for learning they did have.
Public school over all is failing all students. For some it works but the system as a whole is very broken. For most families school is first and foremost a "free" babysitter and may have little to do with true education. For most parents who homeschool the sacrifice of homeschooling, even multiple kids, is worth the sacrifice.
I know many moms who have had to FIGHT the public school system to get the referrals, ieps, etc that they need. Then the kids are "labeled". Special needs because this identity in public school. We have a few families in our co-op that said their special needs kiddos did better after coming home, both academically and socially.
I would think getting one on one tutoring and help specialized for the child's learning disability would be way better than public school any day!
Thank you all for your perspectives! I am familiar with the public school system in New York State, although I have heard it is one of the best. Maybe other states are much worse than I have experienced. I am also not super familiar with individual special needs, except that they do usually receive 1:1 or 1:4 attention during the day. But you don’t even need to send them all the way to public school, send them to a private school. As far as baby sitting, if you’re doing online classes then you’re using the computer for a baby sitter as much as you’re using a teacher for a baby sitter. Seems like I would want my kids with other children
I'm a mom of three and all three have disabilities (physical, mental, learning) and I totally understand what you are saying. Because of this, I homeschool two of them and send one to a small private school. Praying you find the best fit for your son!
We also use IXL and I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love that it helps with very specific skills. But, I don't like that if they get an answer correct, they only move up a few percent, but if they get it wrong they are knocked way back. It can be very discouraging for kids... And parents🫤
My kids use ixl too and I understand what you are saying. However I use the opportunity to tell my son that efforts above results especially when he is just learning a new skill. So I use timing for him, sometimes I ask him to stop after doing certain numbers of questions, and this as resulted in him wanting to push to the end when he sees that he is almost at 11 percent smart score