Just a few questions

[jenafur08]

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[Dianna]

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Hi, did you have a question for us? I've been sick with an ear infection lately and it has taken me awhile to get caught back up on the message boards. Let us know if we can help you with anything! :smile2:

Dianna

[jenafur08]

Hi, I did have few questions, but for some I found the answers. I am seriously considering homeschooling my kids the next school year.

I would love any tips or advice or homeschooling more than one at a time that are different grades. I have ages 11, 9 and 2. The doctor says the oldest is borderline Add. He does get easily distracted. I do not currently have him on any medication. My daughter's (9) teacher has suggested I have her tested as well. I'm just conderned about trying to homeschool them without them distracting each other. :doubt:

Thanks, Jen
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[MamaSweetie2]

Just a thought. Except for Math and possibly English, you may be able to combine their studies so they are working on the same topics. That may make it easier on you and them since they will be working together.

[Dianna]

Hi, I did have few questions, but for some I found the answers. I am seriously considering homeschooling my kids the next school year.

I would love any tips or advice or homeschooling more than one at a time that are different grades. I have ages 11, 9 and 2. The doctor says the oldest is borderline Add. He does get easily distracted. I do not currently have him on any medication. My daughter's (9) teacher has suggested I have her tested as well. I'm just conderned about trying to homeschool them without them distracting each other. :doubt:

Thanks, Jen
:aniflower

I second Christine's suggestion about teaching them the same topics at the same time in Science and Social Studies. Many homeschoolers do that and it works very well. If distractions become a problem with math and language arts, sit them at the kitchen table and you sit between them so you can keep them on task. You may find that they're less distractable in a homeschool situation and you won't have as many problems as you anticipated.

Dianna

[jenafur08]

Hi! :wave:
Thanks. Great idea. I guess I didn't realize I could do that. I think I am stressing myself out about this. Lol. I know I want to do this, I'm just worried I'm going to not teach them something they need to know. Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

[Dianna]

Hi! :wave:
Thanks. Great idea. I guess I didn't realize I could do that. I think I am stressing myself out about this. Lol. I know I want to do this, I'm just worried I'm going to not teach them something they need to know. Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

There are always going to be gaps in a person's education simply because there's so much to learn - we'll never know everything there is to know before we die. The thing to focus on is helping your children learn what's important to become good citizens and so they can be successful in life. Children who want to go to college will need different skills than those who want to become entrepreneurs or cosmetologists or automechanics or inventors or firemen or policemen or whatever. Regardless of what their career goals are, they also need to be able to learn how to learn so they'll be able to find the information they need throughout their lives.

I hope this makes sense! :smile2:

Dianna