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SOME  THOUGHTS ON HOME EDDING THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOL -PART 2-

If you or your child are struggling and you are feeling like throwing in the towel, consider a tutor or home ed group tuition class, even if it's just for one subject. That 1 less burden may make all the difference.
Try and find groups and meet ups so your child can make some friends. It may take a bit of effort as not many people home ed into secondary age compared to primary. You may well have to initiate your own.  FB is where all the home ed groups and activities are advertised. If you're weary of FB consider opening an account strictly for home ed stuff only and put your privacy settings up to maximum. There used to be a lot of email groups before with info on group meet ups but most of them are now obsolete.
When you're overwhelmed, take a week or two off. It will help refresh you and it is a good time to take stock and remind yourself why you decided to home ed in the first place.
Mentally prepare yourself in advance for some serious backchat😕. Try and get advice on how to communicate with teens and set reasonable boundaries. Have some clever succinct answers for their questions thought up in advance -and if they try to argue with you don't engage. Sometimes the dads are better at this than mums, so have a conversation with hubby or a male relative like an uncle and let them know in advance you will be calling them for backup. It's especially necessary with teenage boys.
Try and get your child involved in setting rules so they don't feel everything is all completely forced on them. They need to be given the opportunity to take more responsibility for things and so you will have to slowly step away from the micro- management. Make sure they are taking responsibility for chores around the house so it prepares them for life and relieves the burden from you.

SOME  THOUGHTS ON HOME EDDING THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOL -PART 1-
Don't look too far ahead or you'll scare yourself. Just have a rough idea of your road map through secondary level, and worry about the details when you get to that year.
You don't have to study the KS3 National Curriculum in order to do GCSEs - so study what you like until then if you want to. Focus on skills - strong reading and writing, an ability to analyse etc. If these are done well you're child can sit any GCSE. I would say only maths may require some sort of structured programme in order for your child to be ready for GCSE level, but again it doesn't have to be a National Curriculum based programme.
Many home edders stagger their GCSEs - doing two or 3 a year from age 11 upwards until they have completed several by age 16. GCSEs can seem to take up your whole life if you do them all in the last year or two, and they seem really dry and boring when you've been engaged in interesting and dynamic learning up until them. Staggering them allows you and your child to have a life beyond GCSEs, making the process a bit more enjoyable. Sciences and Maths are easiest to start with. English and History require a bit more maturity so do them when your child's 14+. Keep an eye on the literature your child will have to read to cover the syllabus. Many of the themes will have dubious elements in from an Islamic perspective and so you will need to have some delicate discussions about them there and then.
In most cases you'll find that you will be doing less teaching and more overseeing as your child begins to study independently. But you do need to check in on them, even the really mature intelligent ones as they can get distracted too.

.. continued in Part 2

For all those who want to know the course for their children (0-6 years old) eagerly .
The optimal course of study for the young child (0-6) is as follows
Running
Jumping
Climbing
Washing
Smiling
Swinging
Sliding
Splashing
Tumbling
Hoping
Singing
Buttoning
Dirtying
Locking
Unlocking
Twirling
Sorting
Crawling
Assembling
Reaching
Falling
Stomping
Tip toeing
Raking
Mixing
Snapping
Crashing
Marching
Tugging
Pushing
Catching
Blowing
Zipping
Hammering
Laughing
Lifting
Pressing
Slicing
Spreading
Painting
Threading
Sawing
Cutting
Rolling
Planting
The young child should spend majority of the day ( 6/8hours ) on this course of study. Preferably outside and use whatever you can to intoduce them to Islam while they're busy in their work!

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