Any newbies to home ed starting next week?

[3asAbird]

Well summer holidays been slipping away and I panic im not ready.
I have brought books, signed up subscriptions just need buy new printer, stationary and craft stuff.

We hoping make local not back school picnic.

we home edding due to no suitable school places daughters 5 in few week.

3year old starts preschool
8year old starts year 4

Feels very odd and nerve racking people keep asking daughter if shes looking forward starting school next week.

Then I explain they give me pity and look at me like a loon.

have cotend with fb back school photos next week and her little mates in their informs in school playground when pick up eldest.

Just hoping daughters not too upset is happy shes looking forward spending some alone time with me and planning few trips, fun activities.

Just feel nervous pit of stomach feeling im guessing this is normal.

I plan be semi structures and loosly follow nc as eventually she will join a school god knows when or where.

Hello 3

We are not just starting but can remember the feeling you speak of.
I think it is natural to feel like this, after all education is important and you want to be secure in the knowledge you are doing the right thing.

I'm sure your dd will be fine, perhaps you could let her know how lucky she is not to have to wear a uniform and go to school like everybody else and how she can choose what she wants to do etc. This might help to settle her easier.

Good luck.

We de-registered our daughter from reception class a few weeks before the end of term. She is 5 now and we have a 3 year old. All home ed stuff stopped over the summer. So i am really looking forward to the not back to school picnic and the home ed group so we can meet other home edders near us in person and not just online :D

I bet a lot of the parents whose children are starting school are worried too It's just a sign of caring about the quality of your child's education, whatever choice you made.

I remember feeling as worried as you, 3asAbird. It was fine, really. It's not scary at all once you start and you'll probably both love it. I have dipped in and out of home ed, according to my DC's needs. I think it's a fantastic way to educate. As your DD is only five, you can just have lots and lots of unstructured play and trips out. Don't stress! Just enjoy your one-to-one time together.

Hope the home ed picnic goes well and that you make some good contacts in the local community.

This is our first week of Home-ed. I have been feeling ok about it after reading HE forums but I get quite nervous when people start asking when my son starts school.
At first my reply would be "he is not returning to school he will be educated at home" but after the negative responses I now just say he is going back on Wednesday

We will also be going to our first meet up / not back to school picnic on Friday. I am looking forward to meeting people that don't think I am a complete lunatic

Hi OP - we were exactly in the same place as you a year ago .... and everything was fine. My daughter is actually going back to school this week (her choice) but we have had a fantastic year and she is really happy and confident again (she lost both in her old school).

We were fairly structured too as we always knew it wouldn't be forever - we wanted to make sure our daughter would be in a good place when she returned to school.

A great local (well an hours drive) group was what made it for us - lovely people and great things on offer for the children - without them it would have been much harder, and not so much fun.

Good luck - I hope you all have a great time.

I'm home edding now. Im coming back home this weekend from our holiday so will be getting ready to face the music with LA soon.... I don't feel ready despite months of prep! Lol

OP, your spelling and grammar is terrible, you should be nervous.

I can't believe as soon as someone forgets to use a paragraph people start complaining and saying they "can't read" and no one finds it puzzling that a Mum who intends to home educate writes like this.

Citizen, if you had seen home education in action you would not be puzzled. Children do not have to have education poured into them by an omniscient person in order to learn effectively. They learn from everything around them.

Except in the case of children who are prevented from interacting freely with the world and all the excellent examples of writing which are to be found in the world, writing style is not contagious. You are thinking of school. It doesn't work that way here.

How many teenagers do you know who have been home educated by severely dyslexic parents? I know a number of them, and they have been educated very successfully. Their parents' skills do not limit the skills they develop. From samples of their writing, you would be unable to distinguish their teenagers from mine, or yours.

I have to add, also, that I was frequently shocked by the bad spelling and grammar of some of my sons' teachers. Didn't stop them becoming teachers.

Hello. We're also new to HE officially (oldest turns 5 soon). Our approach at present is also semi structured - some English and maths work each day and then a planned activity, either some project work or some planned play or creativity session. There is then plenty of other time for free play with siblings, by self, meeting up with friends, attending HE groups, learning trips out to library, shops etc, lots of stories being read, learning time with other family members (we are thankful to have supportive family).

It really helped me earlier this year to record what we do & what DC have been learning. Firstly, I found it reassuring that actually we did a lot more than I thought and I could start to identify patterns of what works well or not. Secondly, it helped me see gaps of things I wanted to introduce to our learning journey. From this and working through some inspirational emails from www.homeschooling-ideas.com on planning your 'Best Homeschool Year Yet', I've fine tuned things a bit to what works well for us now.

We love HE, but definitely believe it's important to remain flexible, be reflective (however you choose to do this) and adapt where necessary.

Oh yes, yes!
I'm always amazed at the state of the teacher's and their assistants' handwriting, grammar and vocabulary. I always want to get out a green pen and return it to them with comments, such as, "see me" or "redo in best handwriting".

I have a degree but I know plenty of others who hated school and their HE children are fantastically knowledgeable with large vocabularies and gentle personalities.