home education packs

[pinkkoala]

hi

has anybody heard of a company online called structured home learning.

they provide structured education pack for teaching your child at home, think you get years supply of workbooks and other material at a cost of £299.

i have posted on home ed site before with regards to different topics as we are in the process of starting, it's making that first move, very scared.

I have heard of companies that do this but tbh with you just research which are the best books for you dc's age and get lots of childrens encyclopedia books, 'The Book People' have lots of differnt books that may help.....it really isn't as hard or scary as you think, I personally wouldn't waste £299 on them...you can do it!

Hi pinkkoala,
I have been HE ing my ds 9 for almost 2 yrs but I still remember the anxieties and doubts I had when we first started. How old is your child?
I spent hours researching online learning options and 2 yrs later Im soooo glad I didnt spend my money !!!
It is scary at first but you will be amazed how quickly you become confident in your own ability to 'teach' Your desire to 'teach' may wane as you become more confident and realise that your child WILL learn HOWEVER you approach HE, whether that's autonomously or structured -- or somewhere in between !!!
Try and go to some HE meets to meet other HE families and im sure you will come away with the knowledge that if they can -- so can you. Or how about joining some HE lists so that you can 'chat' to others who will share their experience and wisdom.
Very best wishes

The best advice I was given was to hang onto my money until I had been home edding for 6 months and see what we needed then.

I found my kids learned so differently from how I thought they would, through finding things that interested them, not through being made to do work they didn't find interesting.

Save your money for a while, if you really want to spend, buy something like an NT membership or a museum annual pass etc, it will be far more value for money than workbooks.

If you want an alternative view, I bought their pack after struggling for a couple of months to work it out for myself, and found it a godsend. It's not just a bunch of workbooks, at all. I and the DCs were much happier because I knew I was following a reasonable programme-not everyone needs this but I did- and the DCs liked seeing the schedule and the lovely materials-books, CDs, recipe cards, computer programmes. It boosted my confidence a lot, plus I think I would have ended up spending more, on more random stuff that wasn't quite right-the workbooks for example from WHSmith that I had bought myself were meant as an additional practice to school, not to explain something from the start.

it is good to hear that people have tried different ways of doing things. we are currently using a company called schofield and sims and buying their workbooks as i don't feel confident enough to try it on my own. Are their any other companies that you would reccommend.

GeneralAngst-how have you found the company structured home learning and do you use any other companies.