I have written many times on different social media sites as to why
we homeschool. There are numerous reasons and I can certainly address
those in a later post. We love homeschool - that's sums it up in three
words! We believe its the best thing for adoptive families - especially in the beginning. If you are a child adopted internationally, you are not only dealing with language barriers and culture shock, the educational system can be quite overwhelming.
Its so important to allow bonding time with a child the first 4-6 months after your adoption. Its vital to keep their world small to help with their adjustment to the environment and their new family dynamic. I would encourage you to use those 4-6 months teaching your child at home or atleast offering them another alternative to get them up to speed academically.
When we started our journey 4 years ago with our adopted daughter from Ukraine, I opted
to purchase a very large curriculum for A LOT of money. I was
overwhelmed and at times threatened to put Molly on the next yellow
school bus that drove by the house! After her Auditory Processing
Disorder diagnosis, we were told about a wonderful online curriculum -
TIME4LEARNING! The minute we signed up, Molly fell in love! She loves
the idea of working and doing school online - it makes her seem pretty
big! We used it for over a year and then took a break from it and went
with another curriculum based on our growing family dynamic. When we
adopted two older kids, we chose to use a workbook/history based
curriculum so that the three of them could learn together. Molly really
missed Time4Learning and asked all the time "When can I go back to my
online school?" After changes (once again) in our family earlier this
year and the stress our family was under, we chose to enroll her into
T4L and she was thrilled!
Everyday and numerous times
during her school day, she will come up to me excited about something
she is learning online. It has really encouraged her to research
further and to map out what she is learning in her notebook. She is
joyful and eager to get online each day to see what she will be
learning! This excites me to say the least and I credit T4L for helping
to create that passion in her.
I highly recommend
Time4Learning to be used as a homeschool curriculum for adoptive families. Its easy to use,
very user friendly, good curriculum and the best for our family. There
is no need to supplement and they provide spelling words and recommended
reading list - perfect!
Blessings,
Becca
Mom of three beautiful adopted daughters!
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Thanks for posting this. I am considering homeschooling my son and was looking for a good program. I have a question. Did you use any English language learning program?
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