In my area there are a few homeschool options. One is to do it all yourself. You registar as a independant school and you're not accountable for any state or local testing. My friend does this and she uses a book that lists what you learn in each grade in general. For reading her oldest studies scriptures.
What I'm most interested in is charter schools. I have an other friend that does this. They are given a curriculum guides. This means that they can either teach how they want, or refer directly to this book which has each thing that they learn explained out, with pages to fill out for the child. In this area, the charter school gives the parents an allowance of $1800 a year per child to purchase approved supplies and classes for the child. They have a list of approved classes. Right now my friends are taking Tae Kwon Do and horse riding. They've also done art classes, dance and girl scouts. They can use this allowance for pens and papers and books also. The charter school kids are registered to this school, which gets money from state and local. The kids meet once a week. Kindergarten through 2rd grade meet together, as does 3th through 5th. During that time they learn and do group activities. They also have field trips occasionally. On Fridays they have an optional meeting time for parents where 'child care' is provided, so that parents can discuss ideas. Also, every 3 months the main teacher comes to you homes as a support.
Third option that I'm aware of is through the local public school, you're given the same material as the kids in regular classes and follow along with them at the same pace. I don't know much more about this program.
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