Ilda Porter

Thank you so much. I know now I can have a place to get help and learn. We were feeling so by ourselves in our struggles since in our congregation we are the only one homeschooling.

Thank you so much for all the information. I will look and get informed. I appreciate the tips and suggestions.

Hi friends. I am homeschooling my daughter for 8 year now. We did try regular school but she was diagnosed with ADHD. Schools in the time didn't have a curriculum available for her needs or teachers prepared to deal with special needs kids. I did try many curriculuns avaiable with no sucess. I end up having to research a lot to put a curriculum together since I could not find what I was looking for. I observed that I would have around 15 minuts to reach her, after that she would no concentrates and get distracted. To be able to be effective on such short of time, I would have to use a visually interesting material. At that time I didn't know about right and left brain learners, visual learning and the different type of learners. I don't speak English well, by the way forgive my grammar. I do much research and study first to be able to teach and I do use a lot of movies and sites like Teachertube and Youtube. She is 13 years old and in the 8 grade. She was tested last year with a doctor specialist in evaluation of kids and did very well. I have all the test results and his evaluation of the school level she is including his opinion that she is in a advanced level compared with the average school students he regularly tests. For high school level I don't fell I could continue to teach her for my difficulties with English. Recently I was informed for high school I would have to come up with her tests results of each subject for all the years we homeschool as well the curriculum I used. I don't have any longer all that. They told me the specialist and tests we did would not be enough for the school districts here in Austin, Texas. I am training her to work independently, she is responding well and I am increasing the level of material she works without my supervision. We are looking for a online school or some electronic curriculum trying to prepare for next year and so far being very frustrated with what is available. Or we find religion based, or boring not good material. We try this year a public online school and didn't work because is not appropriate for her needs. Right now I am panicking a little. Could someone tell me if you went through something similar and the solution you founded? I would appreciate curriculums suggestions too. Thank very much.

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Hi my brothers and sisters. I would like to share what we found about homeschooling our daughter. We are homeschooling her for seven years as many families in our congregation are doing the same with their Kids. Thanks to Jehovah it is being for us truly a blessing. We try to socialize her with the kids in the organization as much as possible. In many areas here in the U.S. is the best choice for the parents. It is hard work And requires a lot of dedication, but we are happy with the results. In the other hands, many brothers and sisters don't have the means or the desire to do it. Like in everything as Cristian we try to be balance and put ours decisions in Jehovah's hands trusting him for guidance, but in the same time, we are aware of brothers and sisters that don't agreed with our point of view. The good thing about Jehovah's spiritual education is the reminders from the slave for us not to be judgmental. Both sides have their positives and negatives, and definitely is a personal decision to be respected.

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