The requirement for IN HSs is that we have 180 school days. This has opened up a whole world of opportunity for my girls. Since daddy sometimes works away from home, we are free to travel with him or visit with family and friends. I've even heard of people who've packed up their school and headed on cross-country trips...oh yeah, that's us!
We've traveled to Miami Beach (SoBe), Atlanta GA x2, Charleston & Asheville NC, Knoxville TN, Northern Minnesota, throughout lower Michigan, Columbus OH, Norfolk VA, & Washington, DC.
If you go on the Indiana Dept of Ed website you can download the "standards" for each grade level. http://www.doe.state.in.us/standards/welcome.html This is what the schools are teaching toward and it gives you a good idea of where to start off. (I find that these lists are helpful, but not all-incompassing, meaning there are other things I want to teach...e.g. bible, orals, & values...and those aren't covered in the requirements.) Another thought on standards, we don't wait until 4th grade to teach Indiana History...we learn it every year at the Johnny Appleseed Festival!)
This freedom also means that my kid can learn to read at 3 or 10 and it doesn't mean that for the former they need "extra help" to stay with the crowd that's his age or for the latter she is bored and getting into trouble. This also means that my kid can learn more about topics that interest her and we can come back to things that don't. I truly feel that they will learn what they need to learn...just give them time.
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