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Being a Single Parent and Homeschooling

Fri, 2006-02-10 22:55 — Rashlien

Since I've made the decision to homeschool I've talked a lot with my mom about my ideas.

She said that she would have liked to homeschool me too and that was one reason she became a teacher. She would have loved to take me different places to learn about the world.

However, we never had a lot of money and she always had to keep a job so we could have food and a place to live.

I was curious as to what single parents who want to homeschool do to make it work?

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Wed, 2006-02-15 11:50 — 2Trouble2

Co-ops?

Have you seen homeschool groups that teach as a co-op or help each other out with the teaching? This would benefit single parents and married parents.

Wed, 2006-02-15 12:39 — Rashlien

Re: Co-Ops?

I know that the homeschool group in my area gets together for field trips and different activities, they have resources they share, but I think the parents all teach their own children.

Wed, 2006-02-15 12:20 — mDad

Re: Co-ops?

I've seen a lot of co-ops for the high school years, but not so many for the younger children. You should contact the homeschool groups in your area and see what they are doing. If they don't have one maybe you can recommend starting one.

Wed, 2006-02-15 11:54 — GreenT

School offerings

One of the charter schools in our school district allows homeschooled children to attend selected classes (like foreign language or math). I'm not sure on all of the classes, but you could look into that for addtional help.

Sat, 2006-02-11 00:13 — Alexis

Another example

I have a friend who is homeschooling. Her dad is a single parent and works from home. On some projects that require him to go to the clients location he lets her go with. She helps him with presentations and is looking at studying more about graphic design when she goes to college.

Sun, 2006-02-12 15:05 — mDad

Participation at work

I love letting my kids participate in my work activities, it not only allows them to learn about what I do...it helps me enjoy what I do a little more. And my kids ask questions I would never had thought about so I get to learn a little more as well.

Wed, 2006-02-15 12:42 — Rashlien

Participation at work Anticipation

My son is really into playing on the computer right now. With some of the business ideas I have I hope that he gets to help me with programming and other computer related work when he gets older (and that he wants to). Right now he's so funny, because he gets right in my face and says "Can I work on the computer too? Please, pretty please." It's sooo cute.

Fri, 2006-02-10 23:08 — mDad

A Couple Solutions

I have seen a few single parents homeschool their kids.

In one homeschooling group I was in, in Pennsylvania, there were three mom's who helped each other out, by taking turns teaching. They all worked full-time jobs. They used each other for emotional support and their kids loved all of them.

Another single parent I knew, also working full-time job, used her family and a few friends as a support system.

There are definately ways to homeschool when being a single parent.