It’s one of the most common questions I see from homeschool families: “Where should I place my child?” When we switched to Memoria Press five years ago, it took me months to decide where to place our struggling learner! I’ve learned a lot since then and this yearly process is now far easier than it used to be.
Here are my top tips for placing a struggling learner with Memoria Press!
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Homeschool Outsourcing: Why, When, and How to Make it Work
My husband and I are second-generation homeschoolers so we remember what homeschool was like before outsourcing. There were no online classes and co-ops didn’t exist in most places until the end of our high school years. While some curriculums offered VHS classes or grading services, and some kids dual enrolled in community college, none of that was really common.
I know those early homeschool parents would have given their right arms for the resources we have today!
But when is outsourcing a good idea, when is it not, and how on earth do we make it affordable?
Changing Our Homeschool Math Curriculum
While most of the world turned upside down in March, we were headed that way last September. With crises in our immediate and extended family, worsening health in myself and one of our children, an evacuation due to near-riots, and everything else #2020, our homeschool has really suffered.
But math has been one of my main worries.
I Didn’t Want a Boxed Curriculum
Up until four years ago, we were eclectic homeschoolers. We did everything from Charlotte Mason to Montessori, Traditional, Unschooling, and Unit Studies. The one thing I never thought I’d use was a boxed curriculum.
Read more2019-2020 Homeschool Curriculum Plans
I have to admit I’m pretty nervous about this next school year. For the past three years we’ve been part of an academic co-op with other families from our church. But things are changing…
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