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When the Older Siblings go Back to School

TheNanny612 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:50:36 +0000

It is back to school season. It can be a very exciting and nerve-racking
time for students heading back to school. But, what about the younger siblings
left at home? This is a trying time for them as well. There are quite a lot
of feelings that could be going through them at this time. It can range from
stress and anxiety to even excitement.

Keep in mind that any change in routine or structure can mess young toddlers
and preschoolers up. Children love structure. And structure gives your child
something they can count on.

This time doesn’t have to be full of anxiety. Here are some ways to make the
transition easier.

7 Ways to Make Transition Easier when Older Siblings Go Back to School

Have a Plan - Knowing that the first day of school
might be difficult on the younger child is half the battle. Planning
out what you are going to do to ease there discomfort is the other half.
Write down your concerns and what you think would ease your child’s
worries. You know your child better than anyone else. What do you think
will make this time easier? What are his or her hobbies? How will you
and your child spend the school days together until the older siblings
come home? Having a plan will make this time not only easier on the
child, but easier for you as well.

Start Preparing your Child Early – Yes, we know this time
can be scary. But, what is even scarier for a child is not being prepared
for change when it happens. So, start preparing the younger child for the
fact that the older children will be starting school soon. Ask the child how
he or she feels about it. Let the child know that everything will be okay
and what your plans will be for the day when the older children are at school.
Your child will find comfort in knowing what’s ahead.
Start your child taking Lessons that coincide with their older siblings
going to school – One of the feelings that your youngest child might
be feeling is jealousy. Your child might be jealous in the fact that the older
children will be heading to school to learn. Why not have your youngest child
start a class of his or her own. There are tons of lessons your little one
can take. What does your little one want to learn? What are his or her interests?
Check out your local YMCA, JCC or Community Center for Lessons. Your child
will love the fact that they can learn something new too.
Do something daily just the two of you – One nice thing
about having the older children away at school is that there is much more
time for you and your little one. This is a great time to spend quality time
together. One
on one time with your child can really deepen your relationship with them.
Let your child know that you are looking forward to doing something special
together. Sit down with your youngest and come up with some ideas of how you
are going to spend this time together. Don’t be surprised if your little one
is no longer scared and sad about the older children going off to school…..
but instead these feelings are replaced with excitement. Your younger child
will probably be thrilled to have some alone time with you.
Realize the feelings that the child left behind might be feeling
– There are a ton of feelings your youngest might be feeling about the older
siblings going off to school. Be prepared for them and it will make this transition
for you and the younger child easier. Some of the feelings your youngest might
be feeling are…
- Fear
- Anxiety
- Sadness
- Excitement
- Stress
- Worry
- Loneliness
And these are just some of the many, many feelings your child might be
feeling. Make the transition easier by talking with your youngest child
about their older siblings going off to school. Let them know whatever feelings
they are having about it are understandable and that they can always come
to you with whatever they are feeling and you will help get them through
it.
Plan the Days out for your Little one – Children love structure
and don’t like change. When older children go to school and leave the littlest
one at home that is a change of structure for your little one. It is very
scary. Adding structure back into their life will help your little one feel
more secure and less stressed during this transition. They love to know what
they could expect next. So, plan away….. and include your youngest one in
the planning process. It will get them more excited about the time to come.
Start a School for your Child at Home – Your child might
feel left out when the older children go back to school. Why not start them
in a school of their own as well. There are Preschool Curriculums out their
that are perfect for teaching your young Preschooler at home. Just make sure
to choose the right Preschool
Curriculum for your Child. And, don’t forget to name the School. Giving
your at home school a name will make it more official and special for your
little one.

Yes, this time can be very stressful and sad for your little one, but it doesn’t
have to be. With a little planning and preparing it can be a happy and
exciting transition for your little one.

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Leaf Crafts for Kids

TheNanny612 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:40:45 +0000

Fall is a terrific
time to incorporate leaf crafts into kids’ daily activities.
You can take kids outside to get some fresh air and physical activity while
they collect the leaves. Then you can come indoors again and keep them busy
with the crafts. Leaf crafts are fun and they also help to build motor skills
in young children. Plus leaf crafts can be used in conjunction with learning
other lessons like how the seasons change.

There are many different
leaf crafts for kids and you can probably think up many more
on your own but here are a few to get you started:

Faux
tree. Take brown construction paper to create the trunk of
a tree. Then make the leaves of the tree with the leaves which you have
collected from outside, gluing them on to the construction paper branches.
You can hang this on the wall and write things on the trunk of the tree
such as the birthdays that are happening in the fall months.
Leaf
photo frames.
Pick up some cheap photo frames or create your own using construction
paper. Have the kids glue or tape their leaves as decorations on the
frame. Then, take some fun fall photos. Dress up like scarecrows or
go pose by the trees outside. Kids can pick a favorite photo to stick
in their fall photo frame.

Leaf
rubbings.
Take a leaf and place it on a table or desk. Cover it with a blank piece of
paper. Kids can use charcoal or crayons to rub over the paper and the impression
of the leaf will come out. This will seem magical to young children who can
then draw or decorate the new leaf. A variation on this is leaf tracing.
Leaf
scrapbook album.
Use construction paper and yarn to create a scrapbook. Kids can glue their
leaves to each page to create their own album. One variation on this is to
create a fall story, writing the text underneath each leaf on the page. Another
variation is to have children glue one leaf on each side and to describe what
is the same and what is different between the two leaves that are facing each
other.
Leaf
Strings.
For this you’ll need string or yarn and the leaves as well as a hole
puncher. Punch holes in the tops of the leaves and then string them to make
a decoration. Eventually, the leaves will crumble and fall off; you can use
this to reinforce lessons about the changing of seasons and the way leaves
fall off of trees.
Leaf
Wreath.
All you need for this one is the leaves, some glue or tape and a paper plate
or other round shaped object. Have the kids glue or tape their leaves to the
plate to create a wreath (cut out the center to make it more wreath-like).
Add decorations such as ribbon, glitter or coloring. Variations on this leaf
craft include the Thanksgiving Wreath in which you write “things you’re
thankful for” on the leaves or on the center of the plate where there
aren’t any leaves.

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How to Teach your Child about Fall

TheNanny612 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:59:16 +0000

What better time
to teach your child about fall than when we’re right about to enter the
midst of it? Fall is a great teaching tool because it applies
to so many different areas of life. Not only do kids learn about the seasons,
but they also learn about the nature behind the seasons changing. As kids get
older, these lessons can be used again and again in different ways. For example,
as adolescents, they will learn about literature and poetry and the images and
lessons of fall will play a big part in that. And when it comes time to learn
hard lessons about death and loss, your kids will have a better grasp on it
if they can compare it to the changing of the seasons.

But
how do you teach your child about fall? After all, you’re
obviously not about to introduce poetry and death into the conversation
right away. No, instead, you’re going to want to teach your child
the very basics about fall. More than the other seasons, fall is a season
when you can really see the changes that are taking place in the world around
you. This makes it the best season for using actual hands-on experiences
to understand the changing seasons. And the best way to teach your child
about fall is to get out and immerse them in the experience of the season.

One thing
that you can do with your child is to keep a journal throughout the season.
This may be a written journal, a photo journal or both. You may keep
it daily, a few times each week or just once per week. Each time that you go
out, you will focus on looking at certain things in the neighborhood. For example,
there may be a big tree at the end of your block that you journey out to each
day. You’ll take a picture and write down observations about what you
see. At the end of the fall season, your child will have an entire book of observations
that he or she made. You will be able to see how the trees changed, how the
weather altered, and what other differences took place because of the changing
of the seasons. This will really help to reinforce the seasonal changes that
your child might not be able to see on a day-to-day basis. Plus, this
kind of observation is great for developing a science background for your child.

Of course, it’s
not just the changing of the leaves that fall is all about. Another
important fall lesson is that it’s a time when we normally start to eat
different foods. Watermelon and other summer foods are out and we eat
more squash and pumpkins. We may also eat more stews and foods for warmer weather.
Learning about fall foods will help your kids to learn about nutrition
and how we eat different things in different seasons to give our bodies a well-rounded
diet. Kids can also learn about cooking during the fall months and cooking is
great for all sorts of different lessons that kids need to learn. While cooking
fall foods, you’ll have reason to discuss what importance the different
foods have to different cultures and you’ll have an open doorway for teaching
your child about important fall holidays like Thanksgiving.

By teaching your
child about fall from a young age, you’ll be teaching him or her many
different lessons. Learning about the change of seasons will be the most important
of these lessons because it will apply learning to understand the seasons (or
cycles) of life. But there will also be many minor lessons learned that will
help your child with different areas of life for years to come.

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Back To School – Ready or Not Here it Comes

TheNanny612 — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:09:00 +0000

Well, it’s
that time of year again. Summer is coming to a close and it’s time to
get back to school. There’s a lot to do before the summer
is over starting with school shopping. But there are also a few days of summer
left to be enjoyed before you get back into the busy school year routine. Here
are some tips for enjoying these last days of summer while still getting prepared
to start the school year.

Start
getting in to the school routine at home at least one week before school
actually starts. Bedtimes are probably earlier, dinner is probably
followed by a homework hour and the transition back to school goes a
lot more smoothly if you ease into it the week before school actually
begins. If bedtime is ten during the summer but nine during the school
year, make it 9:45 then 9:30 then 9:15 as the week winds down so the
kids can get used to the back to school hours.
Make
a scrapbook or diorama depicting the summer that you had. Pictures,
mementos and coloring sheets can be used to create a book that commemorates
your summer but brings it to a close.

Make
the weekend prior to this “get into routine week” a fun time.
It should be the “last hurrah” of summer. (Don’t wait until
the weekend before school starts for this because it creates chaos.) You can
have a summer party, plan a big weekend at the beach or just BBQ with the
family instead of eating indoors.
Use downtime
at home to get the kids re-adjusted to doing some quiet activities.
But make them fun! Decorating backpacks and notebooks for the new school year,
creating crafts that are related to the return to school and otherwise doing
projects that help the kids wind down but simultaneously get excited about
school will help with the back to school transition.
Get the
school shopping done early. You probably already have a back to school
shopping routine but decide if it’s really right for you. If you pick
out everything for your kids, there’s no need to take them along for
the trip so send them to the sitter and get it all done in one shot. Or, if
you do let them pick out their back to school stuff (or need them to try on
clothes), set aside a whole day for it and make it a special trip that you
enjoy together. Get ice cream or some other treat during the process to break
it up and make it more enjoyable.
Have
the kids tell you all of the things that are excited about for back to school.
Kids often think of going back to school as a sad time because it means summer
ending. Have them think of it in terms of a beginning instead.
Set aside
the first weekend after school starts as quiet time at the house.
The first week is going to be hectic for everyone and you should just wind
down together when it’s done. Don’t plan activities, don’t
do work at home and don’t let the kids have their friends over. There
will be plenty of time for all that as the school year continues!

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Preparing Your Child To Start Preschool

TheNanny612 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:32:42 +0000

No parent is ever
ready for the day that their child goes off to preschool. But
that doesn’t mean that your preschooler can’t be ready. Even if
you’re nervous about the separation, you should do your best to make sure
that your child is prepared to head off to preschool when the time is right.
You want to do well as a parent and part of this means giving your child the
tools to go off on his own, even if it’s just for a few hours at preschool.
And by preparing your child both educationally and emotionally for the preschool
experience, you’ll help to quell your own fears about the situation.

Here are
some of the things that you need to do when preparing your child to start preschool:

Get
your child used to following directions by using them regularly in your
home.
Use simple one-step directions first (such as “brush your teeth”).
Then incorporate a second step (such as “brush your teeth and
then get in bed”). Over time, your preschooler will get used to
following directions and this will make doing so in preschool easier.
Involve
your child in a play group or other social activity.
Your preschooler is going to need to learn to share items, take turns
and otherwise interact with children so make sure that you’ve
given him the skills to do so.

Know
where your child should be academically. Your preschooler doesn’t
have to be right on track or ahead of the game, but you should have some basic
child development knowledge of where other kids of the same age are going
to be. This varies depending on the age that your child enters preschool but
can be figured out by checking out basic parenting books on development. Help
your child reach an average academic place before sending him off to preschool
so that he doesn’t start at a disadvantage.
Point out the
ways in which your child is growing up and make it a point to say
that preschool is a big kid thing. This way, your child will be proud
and excited about preschool, not scared.
Purchase
some special preschool items that your child gets to use only when going to
preschool.
A backpack, lunchbox, set of crayons … these small things that are for
school only can help with the transition to preschool.
Use a
schedule at home since your child will be on a schedule in preschool.
Have a playtime, a nap time, a video time, and an outside time that are basically
the same every day. The routine itself may be different in preschool but the
process of getting used to a routine won’t be new.

And of course, the
most important thing about preparing your child to start preschool is that you
have to prepare yourself. Even parents who are eager to return to work
feel a twinge of regret when it’s time to send kids to preschool. It’s
a change that breeds fear. But if you are overly anxious about it, your child
will pick up on that and the transition to preschool will be more difficult.
Trust that you’ve prepared your child for preschool and rest easy in that
knowledge.

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Lap Books – A Great Tool to Teach Your Child Preschool at Home

TheNanny612 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:24:31 +0000

LapBooks
are a terrific part of a good home preschool program. Lapbooks combine
all of the work done in a single subject area to really pull it together for
your child. They can be reviewed at later dates to make sure that learning is
cumulatively building itself. But more than this, they give your preschooler
(and older kids as well) something to look at where they can see their progress.
This can be a great source of pride which allows children to be more successful
in their learning over the long run. And they’re fun for you to put together
with your child; they basically take the joy of scrapbooking and apply it to
education.

Lapbooks
are something that you can make yourself with your child. They use a file
folder system which makes organization easy but you can add your own touches
to this system to make the lapbooks more personalized. As you’re
putting the lapbooks together with your child, you’ll be reviewing
the subject matter that she’s already learned which helps to reinforce
that learning. And every time that your child takes out the lapbooks
to show them off, she’ll be re-learning that material again.

And she will definitely
want to show off her lapbooks. Children of all ages, and especially preschool
children, love to be proud of themselves. They like showing off their independence
and their knowledge to others who are supportive of their developmental growth.
So whenever favorite aunts and uncles, family friends and grandparents come
to visit, you can pull out the lapbooks so your child can show off
all that she knows. She’ll be proud of herself which will encourage
her to continue on with her studies, learning more so that she’ll have
more to share. And as you watch her sharing all that she’s learned, you’ll
be proud of her … and maybe even a little bit proud of yourself for all
of the education that you’ve already given to her.

Besides being a
terrific tool for compiling your child’s work and encouraging her to continue
it, the lapbooks are a great activity that you can share with your
child. They’re a part of the learning process that is truly just
fun to do. You and your child can work together in scrapbook style to get everything
put together. And when your child looks back on what her home school education
was like, she’ll probably remember these times as fun. Add to them by
creating a ritual like listening to music, making and eating pop corn together
or going shopping for stickers to add to the lapbooks. These little touches
will make creating the lapbooks a shared experience that you’ll both
look forward to … and then look back on fondly!

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Family Time – 5 Ideas for Making Time for Family

TheNanny612 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:27:34 +0000

We all lead busy lives. Even those of us who try to simplify often have
more multi-tasking going on than we would like to admit. We’re always
only half-listening to the stories that our kids tell us while we’re
simultaneously checking email, scheduling appointments, planning our next
kids’ party or taking care of daily chores. Often, we barely see
our spouse in passing as we hand off the kids to get a little adult alone
time – even if it’s just a quick bath. It often feels like
a necessary situation to getting everything taken care of that needs to
be done on any given day.

But what really
matters more; that the laundry all got done and folded or that you got to spend
some time with the people that you love? Making time for your family is not
only possible, it’s necessary. And it doesn’t take another twenty
four hours in the day to manage it. It just takes a little bit of organization,
a willingness to let a few things go sometimes in order to be with your family
and the will to make it work.

Here are some ideas
for making time for your family which you might find helpful if you’re
starting to feel like you never really hear your kids and never really see your
spouse:

Make
family time a priority. You aren’t going to be able to
get everything done all of the time and still spend quality time with
your family. Sometimes, your email won’t get answered, your floor
won’t get vacuumed and your car won’t get washed. It’s
okay. The reality is that it’s not going to matter if you sleep
on sheets that should’ve been washed yesterday or the cat has
to eat tuna today because you didn’t make it to the pet food store.
But it does matter if your kids feel like you’re always taking
care of the house and never taking care of them.

Designate
an actual family time. Traditionally, dinner time used to be
family time. But that doesn’t work for all family these days when
hours in the office run late and kids have activities several nights
a week. That’s okay. But your family needs to have some sort of
time, every single day, that is family time. Figure out what works for
you. It might be just the twenty minutes before everyone goes to bed.
Or maybe you can get the family up half an hour early to spend the morning
hours together. Whatever works for your family works. Just plan it and
always spend that time just having quality time with your family.

Plan
special time with certain family members. Maybe the girls in
the family will have a girls night’ out while the boys stay home
and eat pizza with Dad. Or perhaps Mom and son will have a monthly movie
night and Dad and daughter do the same on a different day. It’s
often easier to coordinate schedules with less people so make some bigger
chunks of family time go more smoothly this way.
Take
a “well” day. Rather than a sick day, take a “well”
day now and then. Parents don’t go to work (or stop work from
home for the day), kids don’t go to school and activities and
you all just enjoy a day of being home together. Just like on days when
you’re sick, you can all cuddle up under blankets and watch a
movie together, eat chicken soup and do a lot of nothing.

Make
five minutes special. Everyone can spare five minutes. Make
yours worth more by having a special ritual that’s just for your
family. For example, do a “five favorite things in five minutes”
each day in which the family has five minutes to come up with a list
together of their five favorite things that happened during the day.
Little games and moments like these bond families and create quality
time even when there’s not a lot of quantity time to give.

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10 Ideas for Quality Time with the Kids

TheNanny612 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:56:17 +0000

I will be the first
to admit that life is busy. I find that I don’t have much time by myself. I
am a Wife and a Mother of five children ranging in age from nearly 17 all the
way down to 4. I also run a busy business out of my home. However, I try to
make sure that I spend some quality time with each of my children every single
day. Here are 10 ideas for just that…

I came across a
wonderful post
at ZenHabits.
ZenHabits lists ten ideas for spending quality time with the kids. I have summarized
the list of 10 ideas below. Make sure to check out the post
in it’s entirety.

Make a date
with your child.
Read with
them.
Make time
with them after work.
Have everyone
share their highs & lows of their day at the dinner table.
Work on a
goal together with your child.
Play with
the children at their level.
Talk to the
children in the car.
Have a Family
Day… no work, no cleaning… just fun stuff with the family.
Have weekly
Family Meetings.
Snuggle Time!!!

We all lead busy
lives. And, our busy lives probably are not about to slow down anytime soon.
But, our kids will be grown up in no time. Make sure to make time for your kids
every single day. You and your kids will be better for it!!

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Educational Activities for the Summer

TheNanny612 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:12:35 +0000

We all remember
the joy of summer vacation. It was when we went on trips, enjoyed some leisure
time with friends and family and otherwise got to have a little bit of a break
from the daily grind of our many years of formal education. But as an adult,
you know that a lot of learning can get lost in those months if you let it.
Learning should be an ongoing activity that your child does each day of his
life … but that doesn’t mean that you have to give up the joys of
summer vacation altogether. Instead, engage in fun educational activities with
your kids during the summer to keep their minds sharp even as they enjoy their
seasonal adventures.

Perhaps
you want to have a more relaxed schedule with your kids during the summer.
If so, take the chance to incorporate learning into your every day fun activities.
For example, if you like to spend time outside in the kiddie pool with your
kids, engage in games and songs centered around the pool that teach your
kids skills while they play. Make dioramas from items collected on daily
walks. Practice reading while you eat popsicles outside. Make every activity
one in which you are engaged with your child and helping him learn.

Summer Activities

Chitika | Owna

Also, take
advantage of the summer educational opportunities that exist in your neighborhood
or community. Summer reading sessions at public libraries, hands-on activities
at local museums and other such activities can be a great way to get your
kids out of the house and involved in something fun while giving them
a chance to learn things that they might not have otherwise learned. Anything
indoors that helps you escape the heat and spend a few hours doing something
educational will be both a tool and a reprieve for your family.

Make vacations
an educational opportunity. Involve your children in the planning stages
of the vacation. Help them to pack their things and teach them the skills
that go along with family travel. Keep daily journals with your kids during
the trip and make scrapbooks about the experience when you get back home.
Instead of just going on vacation, you’re family can really engage
themselves in the vacation. Not only will your kids learn a lot from this
experience but they’ll remember more about the trip as well!

Make
downtime a time for learning. There’s a lot of downtime in the summer,
when you’re all too hot to do a whole lot of anything. That’s
okay. But make sure that you’re using that time on positive educational
activities. For example, instead of letting your kids watch TV shows, put
on educational videos for them. Or instead of going out to buy ice cream
cones, get a kit and make ice cream at home. Use your time wisely with your
kids. After all, these summer vacations are going to be something that they
treasure for the rest of their lives.

Parachute
Fun!

Chitika
| Owna

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Homeschooling Styles

TheNanny612 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:59:45 +0000

You’ve decided
that homeschooling is the way to go with your child, at least during the early
preschool years when you want to retain more influence over your child’s
learning than you would have if he went to a public school. But making that
decision is just the beginning. Now you’ve got to decide what type of
homeschooling style you’re going to use to make sure that you’re
providing your child with the kind of education that suits your parenting style
but also prepares him for the academic and social worlds he’ll encounter
in the future.

Let’s take
a look at some of the different types of homeschooling styles that parents out
there are using to educate their preschoolers so you can get a better idea of
what your options are and how you’re going to exercise them.

Classical
Homeschooling Style :

The classical homeschooling
method relies on teaching your child “the classics” meaning the
common works of literature and other basics of a standard “old-school”
education. The classical homeschooling style is based on the idea that logic
skills and communication abilities are crucial to teaching children how to think.

Delayed
Homeschooling Style:

This method of homeschooling
is geared towards parents who believe that homeschooling is the preferred option
for children under a certain age. These programs teach parents how to homeschool
their kids through the early elementary school years, allowing the parent to
retain control over the child’s education until well after preschool.

Traditional
Homeschooling Style:

Parents who
are planning on sending their child to public school after preschool often
use the traditional homeschool style which makes the home into something
that resembles a traditional classroom. Using centers, workbooks and other
methods of public school, this teaches the child the social abilities
necessary to succeed in public school once he or she transitions from
homeschooling.

Principled
Homeschooling Style:

Some families opt
to homeschool their children because they want their children to have an education
which is centered around religious beliefs. This type of homeschooling, generally
specific to the Christian faith, uses faith-based teachings as the foundation
of the education.

Mason Homeschooling
Style:

This homeschooling
style is one which is widely used and is often incorporated into the curriculums
created by many homeschooling worksheet designers. It is a method which
is based on reading and writing.

Montessori
Homeschooling Style:

Parents who
believe in allowing their children to direct their own learning and to
exercise a lot of freedom in designing their own education, even from
an early age, are most likely to make use of the Montessori homeschooling
style. In this method, materials for learning are provided and children
are allowed to choose

what
they do with them. Many homeschooling parents use this style in the early
preschool years and engage in more structured activity as time goes on.

Unschooling:

This is an
extension of the Montessori Homeschooling Style and is probably not something
that preschool parents are going to need to concern themselves with. It
is general for older children who are not doing well in a school environment.

Of course,
many parents who homeschool don’t want to follow any particular
style but rather want to put together a system which works for them. In
this case, the eclectic approach, in which parents learn a number of different
homeschooling methods and then choose the ones that work best for them,
is probably the way to go. What works for your family is going to depend
on the structure that you’re comfortable with as a parent and teacher,
the curriculum that you want your child to learn during the years of homeschooling
and your family’s plans for eventual public school for your children.
There is no one right way to homeschool your kids but you can learn about
the different options to be better prepared in selecting the way that
works for you.

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