Homeschooling help PLEASE?

-This will be my first year to homeschool my son who will be in kindergarten this fall. I have search overload from all the diiferent sites, so i really need help. What are the required course for kindergarten? Do i have to register with my state(louisiana)? i dont want an online public school. 100% homeschool. Is A-beka a good choice? please help me begin this journey!A-Beka is an Awesome homeschooling. Everyone i know that has used/using abeka absolutely love it! i did it k-2nd and i loved it and im doing it next year again and cant wait. I can tell you anything you want to know about abeka.

Its got great activities for the little ones and great books and it is very organized.



Not sure if you need to register with Louisiana you'll have to check.



(this is just stuff that you may want to know about homeschooling)> It only takes about 2 1/2 to 3hours of school a day. You can finish school early and he will get ahead of most every in the grade that he would be in, in public school.



If you need to know anything else about abeka you can email me at allykites@yahoo.com !



My mother said she highly recommends abeka, she loves it. and so does all our friends and family (:



Hope this helps! -Alexx
Abeka is great! However it is very easy (in fourth grade i had .only one book to read for the whole year). personally, i would suggest sonlight if you are Christian. Even if you are not, their programs have amazing read alouds. My mom did sonlight with me for 4 years and i loved every minute of it! Another great program is homeschool in the woods. If your son enjoys coloring and compliling his work into a large activity folder, i highly suggest this program. Currently my mom and little sister (5 grade) are doing a combination of sonlight and homeschool in the woods, and to be honest, im somewhat dissappointed i didnt get to do this with my mom at that age (im currently a freshman in high school).

Homeschooling is great! Although many people say that homeschoolers are unsocialized, that is far from the truth!! If you begin to feel that this is true, but dont want your son in public school, there are many umbrella programs and co ops. I have been going to a school for homeschoolers once a week for 3 years now and i love it! I have made so many friends! My mom has also informed me that many people comment on how mature my sister and i are in conversations, even conversations with adults. Before i was homeschooled i was uncomfortable speaking to new people, but now that im home all day most of the week, meeting new people has become part of my life. Im also comfortable having conversations with adults and feel that i have a better understanding of life and other peoples feelings now. I am also much much closer to my mom than i ever was!

I hope you have a great time homeschooling your son! Best wishes on choosing a program! God bless!!
Im home schooled and i did A-Beka for 2 or 3 years. My mom did not like it because she needed to plan all the lessons and stuff but you get the books and they give you things you need to know by the end of the year. I liked A-beka because it was a good program so i highley suggest it the only reason my mom didnt like planning the lessons because she works night shifts almost every night so she didnt have time for the work so i now go to a cyber school but i would rather go to A-beka so i suggest it to you! Good luck!
A-beck is a wonderful option. There are really no "required" subjects for Kindergarten. And in most places it is not even a required grade level.



My daughter is 6 and I have acquired a variety of curriculum from various sources. She has a science project she is currently working on we call Orla's Ark that is of our own making...where she teaches and learns at the same time. She is 6 now.



Good luck home schooling your son! I really enjoy it myself. Wishing you great success.
You have to look into LA state homeschool laws to find out if there are required courses.



I'm pretty sure you don't even have to register him in LA until he turns 7 (compulory laws-- check them)... so if he is younger, you don't have to worry about it right now-- you can still educate him, you just don't have to follow state laws.



"Best" curriculum is completely subjective. What works for one family may be hated by another and a complete waste of an investment.



I think there is a lot to consider about your own educational philosophies, style of doing things, and your child's learning style before you can really make an informed choice on curricula. So many people buy it for the wrong reasons; not because they really like the approach, but because they felt pressure to do something "schoolish" or were too worried about going rogue. They want a safety net, and sometimes it just ends up getting in your way if you don't like it, or gathering dust.



Once you learn about and can properly evaluate what will suit your needs, you can make a better choice about which (if any) curriculum will serve them, or what other materials and supplies you'd find useful.



That doesn't mean put education on hold; there is still tons to do together-- reading, games, printable worksheets or bookstore workbooks to practice shapes, letters, numbers, etc.; field trips, lapbooks (those are really a fun way to learn!) or scrapbooking around an educational topic; units, etc.; there are thousands of free or cheap printables on the internet-- for grade K, I personally like enchantedlearning.com, it only costs $20 per year but has tons of resources. Check it out because it offers a lot of free stuff, too.



So my recommendation is just don't rush into a major purchase before you're ready, just to have something on the table that first day. You don't need to treat homeschooling like "school at home".