seriously considering home ed any advice ?

[happyfaceschildcare]

My dd is 8 in yr 4 she has already suffered bullying and she also suffers a slight hearing defect in her left ear which the school does not seem to take seriously, she absolutely hates school she cries when I drop her off sometimes she makes herself ill where she is so worried about school she doesn't like her teachers and doesn't have any what you'd call best friends all her friends she sees and plays with regularly are from outside school so this isn't even a reason to keep her there. I am really keen on the idea of home schooling I'm positive she would do so much better my dp may need a little convincing tho can anyone recommend any good websites for advice or give me any good tips as to what I might need to do ? my only concern is that I'm a childminder and I worry if she would get enough concentration time ? although I'm sure it's no different than children who have siblings, it could also be a positive thing as I run my business well and we already do lots of eductional trips and outings. I'm getting lots of support from my mum who also thinks my dd would get on much better from home I'm just looking for a little advice on how to go about it really.
Thanks very much

[julienoshoes]

Hello happyfaceschildcare

Our youngest was 8 when we deregistered her-along with her two older siblings.

There are quite a few home educators who are childminders-and some of them offer the service to other home ed families

We have written threads containing all the info you are asking for, just for newbies to home ed to read-I'll go bump them all for you.
There are threads on deregistering/How to find other home educators locally/books on home ed/websites on home ed.

If when you have waded through all of them, you have any more questions, folks here would be happy to answer them for you.

[musicposy]

Hi there,
It sounds like you have nothing really to lose and everything to gain. Maybe DP would agree to a trial run? I am sure he would quickly be persuaded - we had a lot of doubters in our family at first who now think we did the best thing ever.

My DD2 was 8, in Y4, when I took her out just over a year ago. We've never looked back. Now my eldest, 12, is home educated too and school seems like a distant memory. Looking back, I wonder why I put up with so much for so long, they are so much happier now and we all love the life we have.
I do hope it all works out for you.

[happyfaceschildcare]

Thank you for all the fantastic links and info you sent me, thanks to all this have managed to convince dp that it's a good thing and we are going to start immediately both dd and I are extremly excited, today we have been doing a project on pocahontas as we live in the area where she was buried so it's been great fun and I have also involved the little ones that I childmind to, one mum is extremly pleased I am home schooling and sees it as a way her children will be gaining a head start on education so it's all good.
Thank you so much and I'm sure to see you on here again soon with more questions )

[onwardandoutward]

Wow!!!!! That's just too exciting for words!

[TeenyTinyTorya]

Great to hear that you have such good news, good luck with everything! I loved being home-educated, it gave me the best start in life I could have asked for.