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little_mage




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Oct 06 2016, 9:08 am
I've been a SAHM since my son was born, and we've always planned on homeschooling. He turned five this summer, so we're ready to start doing things formally. For "preschool" we (DH and I) felt that it was best for him to just explore and play naturally. Now, we've always done various events in the community, and some of those did have times, but there wasn't much scheduling involved otherwise.

I've been kind of winging it for this month, but it's not working because we aren't actually doing anything. I've also got an almost three year old, and I'm due in November, so if I'm going to manage a school, too, I need to get a organized daily schedule down. Any advice on how to go from a no schedule to a schedule? It doesn't have to be super regimented, especially since for right now I don't want to be doing more then an hour or so a day of school, and not necessarily all at once. But I need to make the transition into a schedule. If we can establish that this year, it'll make it easier when we start getting into more intensive work as well in future years.
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amother
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Post Thu, Oct 06 2016, 9:24 am
I'm homeschooling my 12 year old son but he pretty much works on his own. For kodesh he does an online school (shluchim online school but they have a division called Jewish online school). That starts at 2.30pm. In the morning he does maths, english, science, ivrit (we use duolingo but not sure if that is too hard for a 5 year old), history and geography. We also use an online program for some of those subjects - basically they send us the textbooks and he has to submit assignments every couple of weeks. There is also an online portal with suggestions of online resources. He uses khan academy if he doesn't understand a maths concept.

If you are in the USA I have K12 is great and free in lots of states.

Basically he works from 9-12 or 1 and then he has an hour break before his kodesh class starts. He does spend a fair bit of time playing games and watching random khan academy videos. I just installed a heavy filter on his computer so he needs my permission for game sites because he was spending too much time playing games.

For your sons age I would say afternoon field trips are a good idea - museums, libraries, nature walks, etc. Also maybe sign him up for extracurricular like sports or music. Maybe there is a local talmud torah class he might enjoy for the socialisation aspect as well as educational.
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yaelinIN




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Oct 06 2016, 9:55 am
Making a homeschool schedule for such a young one should be similar to making a schedule for when you have a doctor's appointment or the like you have to go to.

So, take what you want to work on with your child (I.e., math, spelling, phonics). Plot out how long you think the session might take (I suggest no more than 5-10 minutes, maybe 15 if it is something involved). Get those materials ready the night or morning before. Put them at times you naturally have some free time (before younger one wakes up or at nap time or nursing time). Repeat until you have covered what you want for the day. At that age, the two Rs are most important (Reading and aRithmetic) and if the child can handle it a little writing. Continue to read to your child (or have quality audiobooks) and teach through life events. Voila! Don't worry about getting it all in every day if someone gets sick or something gets in the way OCCASIONALLY (not every day). You'll do great!
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