When you are getting startted, there are 2 things you should do. Join a local support group for Christian homeschoolers, and attend home school shows. Not sure if they are still having them because of Covid, but its just a show where they have vendors come and some guest speakers.
We were very eclectic and untilized unschooling. So we practiced counting going up the stairs. Practiced colors and math at the grocery store. Neither of us prefer canned curriculums, that sort of defeats half of the purpose of homeschooling for us. So you have to ask yourself why you are homeschooling and develop your curriculum acccordingly. Is your child gifted? Learning disabled?
In the early years, just reading to your child, even nonfiction, is beneficial. Usborne is a good brand of books like this, not curriculum per se.
Also, you have to weight the cost and effort as a family. Tuition at a good Christian school might be $6-$30,000 and meet most of your goals, maybe even more of your goal when you consider things like music, art, sports, social network. A parent making just $20 hour working 40 hours earns $40,000; a handyman or housecleaner charging $35/hour makes $70,000. So you have to ask yourself are your deluding your family about the benefits of homeschooling just so you don't have to go to a job every day?
I had seen the Memoria Press website before, but I will look into it more closely now. Thank you!
