New here!! Glad to meet you all

[momofangels]

Hi my name is Heather and I'm a mother of 4. I homeschool my youngest (5) and I love it. But i'm running into some problems here and there, I could us some help on which way I need ot go. This is my first yr in homeschooling my others go to public school ( not my choice 2 of them live with dad ). But I'm so happy I found this site, i would love to get to know all of you and get some help to steer me in the right direction.
My hubby and I are very dedicaded to this and want to suceed at this. So drop me an email and we can chat.

Thank you and take care, Heather :love:

[CrystalB9]

Welcome! Just ending our 4th yr hsing. I have 8 children ages 7 months to 14 yrs.

[ABall]

I have 4. 5, 6, and twin 8's. What exactly are you needing advice on......... advice here is free!------I meen given freely.

[Mom2ampm]

Welcome! You'll get lots of ideas and advice here. I homeschool my two children (3rd grade and PreK). We have been homeschooling for about three years.

[Hoosier Mama]

Welcome, Heather! I am finishing my first year of homeschooling. It has been challenging, but very rewarding! My kids are 11 and 9. Hope you enjoy all the gals here! They have alot of good ideas and wisdon to share!

[HomeschoolG'ma]

Welcome from a veteran HSer - 17 years!

[momofangels]

:?: Hi Gals and thank you. But the question I have is how do you know your teaching the right thing and that your on track with all that needs to be taught? I'm so afraid that I will miss out on something that she needs! And how do you keep the child's attention? HELP !! LOL..

I want this to be so meaningful for her and I and I want her to get the most out of this, Please someone steer me in the right path.
Thank you so very much, Heather :oops:

[KrisRV]

Welcome Heather. My name is Kris I have been homeschooling in sunny Texas for 5 years. I have two daughters ages 13 and 11. We have days but who don't. Mostly it rewarding and lots of fun.
Heather what books are you using for her? You said she is five well there's nothing you can do wrong at that age. There is so much out there on the net that is free to download like papers and stuff. Read to her, have her read to you. You will do just fine.

[Syele]

I was worried about making sure I didn't leave things out too so I got a copy of the Core Knowledge Scope and sequence. I found out I was not ovnly not leaving stuff out we were ahead of the game. also if you can't find that every state has standards the public school uses so you can just check to see. I like Floridas website cause it's ewasy to look them up and you can save lesson plans if you feel like it (it's also free weher the book isn't) http://www.ibinder.uwf.edu/steps/

But like Kris said.. with the small ones it's really tough to make a big mistake. They are so curious and want to figure it all out on their own at that age anyhow.

Welcome to Homeschool spot! I have one daughter and two girls I watch 12 hours a day so I feel like i have 3 girls!

[momofangels]

[B]Wow you all are so helpful thank you so much. I haven't really got "Any" certain type of "Book" per say but I do download A-L-O-T of papers of of free sites. Like www.abcteach.com www.atozteacherstuff.com www.schoolexpress.com www.pbskids.org and I have so many more i'll make a list when I get time and post them. But wow thank you for the "relaxed" feeling of reasuring me that I couldn't do anything wrong at this gae!! Thank you Girls, Take care, Heather