Table of Contents
- Who Are You?
- Why Do You Homeschool?(I have lots of reasons!)
- What Are Life's Most Important Questions?
- What About Socialization?(Turns out to be homeschooling's greatest asset!)
- What About A Diploma And College?(Colleges like homeschoolers:-)
- What About Handicapped or Gifted Children? (Some kids need HS even more than others)
- When Did Homeschooling Start?
- Who Can Homeschool? (What qualifications do you need?)
- Can The Average Parent Possibly Teach The 3R's?(If you know it, you can teach it. If you don't know it, but DO have the answer key, there is a good chance you can still teach it:-D)
- I can't afford to homeschool.(I can't afford not to)
- Shouldn't I Support Public School s By Sending My Child There? (Better question; why would you want to support your public school?)
- Shouldn't I Send My Child To School To Be Light And Salt?(Of apples and barrels)
- Wouldn't a Private School Be Better?(Better than what?)
- Does Homeschooling Cause Child Abuse? (Uhhh, No)
- How Do I Know They Are Learning What They Should?(You don't need fancy degrees to tell if a child knows how to read)
- How Would I Know What Grade Level To Teach Or What Grade To give My Child? (I give you some ideas)
- I Want To Homeschool But My Spouse Doesn't.(Take it to the Boss!)
- What is the Biggest Advantage of Homeschooling?
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- Can I Really Teach My Own Children All They Need To Know?(No)
- I've Decided To Homeschool. Now What?(Have you panicked yet?)
- At What Age Should I Begin to Teach My children?(Whatever age you are right now. Oh. You mean the child...)
- How Will I Know What To Teach?(I'll give you some lists of skills for each subject and age)
- Where Do I Find Curriculum?(I'll give you some email and addresses, though Google has them too).
- How Do I Start?
- Can You Break Down Each Subject?
- Prereading(Cow says "Moo." Dog says "Woof." A says "Aaaa.")
- Reading(I've taught 8 to read now and can tell you it isn't really very hard.)
- Bible (The most important subject)
- History
- Science
- Composition
- Grammar
- Spelling
- Penmanship
- Math
- Latin
- Art
- Music
- Let's break this down by age group.
- This Sounds Like a Lot of Work!
- I don't have a school room. Where do I do my teaching? (Where ever you do have.)
- How Do I Keep All These Books and Stuff Under Control?(Ideas for organization)
- I Have a Large Family. Can I Still do This?(I have nine now, and the Duggers have 19, so, yes, you can.)
- Will My House Ever Be Clean Again?(Probably not:-)
- When do I do everything?
- How do I Get My Children to Do all of this?(A few philosophies on discipline)
- THE BIBLE SAYS:(scriptures to help you decide.)
