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Question: What financial advice would you give to a couple in which the woman planned to stay home and homeschool?

this couple is still engaged and has all the time in the world for financial planning

Answer: Wow, you are really planning ahead. That's good.
Try to purchase your home first as well as any big ticket items like appliances, cars etc. Do not run up any credit card debt.
Arrange your life so you can live on less. (Don't live too far from the workplace to reduce commuting costs, try to get a place with a large enough yard for a garden and orchard, learn to live modestly, within the scope of one income, or have the woman devise some method of earning money at home)
You know, that is how people used to live and they did just fine. We have gone chasing after the consumer laden lifestyle and now require two incomes to support it. What a shame.
You will find that if you home educate your children and you stay home you will have time to plan a more economical life, with home cooked nutritious meals. And your children will not feel compelled to wear expensive designer clothes and have all the latest gadgets so they can blend in with the crowd.

The frugality that your grandmother exercised is not recognized in this age. Few people make their own presents, sew, knit, can or freeze fruits and vegetables, and educate and entertain their own children. Few people even use the library as a place of edification or entertainment anymore.

Good Luck, Good Planning.

How to Homeschool Your Child : How to Plan a Home school Schedule

Question: I am planning to homeschool my 8 year old, and I want some tips about curriculum.?

Which curriculum do you use, and why? Also, any tips to keep us on track and help keep me sane with my chatty cathy being home all day every day. Thanks in advance

Answer:
Keeping on Track: I have finally found a method that works well for us.
I sat down and divided each subject into 40 week segments. I will refer back to that list every week or so to see if we are keeping up with each subject.

Keeping sane: Find activities outside of the home for both of you.

Here is a C/P of my answer on curriculum:

Do you want prepackage/complete curriculum or by subject.
We are secular non-christian homeschoolers.
Right now DDs needs are better met by not using a complete "school in a box" curriculum.

The following are what we are using this year. Most subjects we have used the same source for 2-3 years.

Singapore math www.singaporemmath.com
Easy Grammar & Easy Writing http://www.easygrammar.com/
Mega Words (spelling)
History Odyssey http://www.pandiapress.com/history_odyss...
Writing Strands
Great Science Adventures http://www.commonsensepress.com/greatsci...

Most of the above, including anything without a link is available at

http://www.rainbowresource.com/index.php

Complete curricula:
Oak Meadow http://www.oakmeadow.com/
Calvert http://www.calvertschool.org/calvert-sch...

We will likely switch to Oak Meadow for 7+

Sonya Shafer on Planning your Charlotte Mason method homeschool