What links for a hs'ing interested mama?

[darien]

A neighbor told me today that she's considering hs'ing her kids. They're 7 and 5 and currently in Catholic school. She's a pt teacher herself-- science and math.

Reasons she gave for considering hs'ing were-- wanting more time with her kids, not having to work around a school's schedule, and dislike of the drill and kill math program her kids' school uses.

She says her dh will be hard to convince.

I'm going to send her a link to Lillian's page, of course. :thumb What else should I send?

[mrs.yd]

A neighbor told me today that she's considering hs'ing her kids. They're 7 and 5 and currently in Catholic school. She's a pt teacher herself-- science and math.

Reasons she gave for considering hs'ing were-- wanting more time with her kids, not having to work around a school's schedule, and dislike of the drill and kill math program her kids' school uses.

She says her dh will be hard to convince.

I'm going to send her a link to Lillian's page, of course. :thumb What else should I send?

On the Sonlight Website they have some articles about homeschooling. Their curriculum is a literature based approach and is easy to use in a relaxed manner, which sounds like something she might like.
www.sonlight.com

Another good site I've read a lot on is DonnaYoung.org
Lost of great info on that site.

As far as convincing her husband- if he is at all libertarian leaning, I would highly recommend anything by John Taylor Gatto.
www.johntaylorgatto.com

You can listen to his talks on You tube or on Altruists.com
http://www.altruists.org/downloads/search/?restype=0&rescategory=0&resauthors=John+Taylor+Gatto&restitle=Enter+Keyword

My dh absolutely loves John Taylor Gatto. Not everyone will, but it's worth a shot.

As far as math- I would recommend looking into Right Start Math. That is the program we use. Very hands on, manipulative based. No drilling, no memorizing of lists. It is a wonderful program that I highly recommend.
www.alabacus.com

[*Jessica*]

Here's a link to a free online Catholic Charlotte Mason inspired curriculum. Mater Amabilis (http://www.materamabilis.org/)

[HilMama]

Ditto to the suggestions from ppt’s.

I'd start with a review of different homeschooling styles. A to Z Home’s Cool has tons of information. Scroll down the left side for topics, including homeschooling approaches (unit studies, Charlotte Mason, classical, links to Calvert and other curricula, etc., etc.):

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/

She can learn a lot by reading forums for a few weeks, too. This one, obviously. I also read the Well Trained Mind forum, which is very active and not homogenous–approaches from strictly classical to eclectic to some unschoolers:

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/

Homeschooling gifted children: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/home_school.htm

Free Charlotte Mason curriculum: http://www.amblesideonline.org/

[Lillian J]

I'm going to send her a link to Lillian's page, of course. :thumb

:lol I was just about to post it. Be sure to tell her to look over in the left hand column for the links to Gatto's site and the "For Dads By Dads" articles in NHEN's site. - Lillian