Hi I am wanting to home school my four children(ages 4,4,6,8) but have a few questions on how to get started. Such as, how to withdraw them from the public...
well, I feel like I spend a fortune, but in reality it costs me less to school the boys at home than it did to send them to public school (fees, clothes,...
HI and Welcome! When I took my daughter out of Kindergarten I just went in and told them my intentions and they asked me to fill out a piece of paper with our...
There is a form for withdrawing your children from the public schools. It is the same one you would fill out if you were going to send them to any other...
Please see the Illinois HOUSE (Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience) web stie at http://www.illinoishouse.org/ . There you will find a sample letter for...
Does anyone know of a math curriculum which is designed for the child to read it himself and learn on his own? I am currently using Saxon but I believe my son...
I am trying to think of what it is called, but when I was a math teacher there was a curriculum put out by the University of Illinois. This was meant to be...
blah.......... Everyday Mathematics by Scott Foresman and the University of Illinois Chicago Math Project .... tis the reason my kids aren't in public school...
LOL! Thanks for at least naming them, I was going nuts! I never used it, just had a sample textbook to look at and I thought it was neat. Then again, I am ...
it isn't the working at their own pace that bothered me ... it was the lack of computation that they had. I sent back 2nd grade math assignments that I had no...
We use MCP Math - and once the kids could read they could do it mostly themselves. It's very step-by-step and orderly, imho. MCP goes from Kindergarten...
Wanted post card kids around the states especially Illinois! We need you! Hi everyone I hope you don't mind me joining y'alls group for a bit to see if anyone...
Does anyone have any experience with Singapore Math? How does Singapore Math compare with MCP Math? Thanks for the link Christine, I will check that out next...
Oh Tracy, Please tell me you are joking. Arria Arria, nope, I'm not joking. I believe that was something I read long before my youngest son even started...
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In a message dated 3/5/2003 6:59:47 AM Central Standard Time, ... Tracy I am just shaking my head.......Oh my gosh... I mean what can you say...... I need to...
In a message dated 3/5/2003 6:59:47 AM Central Standard Time, ... Tracy I am just shaking my head.......Oh my gosh... I mean what can you say...... I need to...
Oh Tracy........ A friend on another list said that she used to work for the USA Today and she learned that it's written on a 4th grade level..... it's target...
<A HREF="http://www.lewrockwell.com/decoster/decoster78.html">TV Nation: The Killing of American Brain Cells by Karen De Coster and Brad Edmonds</A>...
Arria, LOL ....... well, I guess even the affluent business traveler doesn't want to have to THINK when he/she reads the newspaper, they just want the news. I...
Greetings, my name is Lisa and I live in Antioch. I'm currently hmschlg my son Charles 6,for k and his sister Elizabeth 4 is picking up on everything. Will...
In a message dated 3/8/2003 5:31:05 AM Central Standard Time, ... Are you expecting? I am too. With one of my pregnancies................. I once mail a bill...
Are you expecting? I am too. With one of my pregnancies................. I once mail a bill without putting in the check, the check was still in my checkbook...
Hi Lisa, Your son can turn 7 and not be on anyone's school list but yours in Illinois. If he hasn't been enrolled in a public school, then he only needs to be...
honestly, we don't have very good ones in IL. The only ones that you can go to without costing you an arm and a leg and an ENTIRE day are the Abeka ones....
