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We are a Montessori homeschooling family in Virginia. We are currently homeschooling our preschoolers, who will start Kindergarten in the Fall of this year, 2012.I am doing everything I can to be able to continue teaching from the Montessori method, but am nervous and unsure about what exactly Virginia requires for Homeschool families curriculum wise. I was just reading over the Homeschool law in Virginia on this thread but still have a few concerns/questions. I have a high school degree, and am a few classes away from a two year Early Childhood Degree. I also have an extensive work history with children. I have found a few informal Montessor curriculums online, mostly written by homeschooling families, that I could use as guides along with guides about what your Kindergartner should know. I also have several Montessori Guide books as well as Early Childhood text books. Is all this sufficient material to show we are following a curriculum? Is only having a high school degree enough for me to not have to follow a boxed curriculum?
Homeschool Law and Curriculum in Virginia
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Re: Homeschool Law and Curriculum in Virginia
Since you are working on a degree in education, you should understand that the word "curriculum" does not mean "that stack of books there." Also, the law doesn't say you have to "follow a curriculum."
IOW, you do not provide the titles or the publishers of the instructional materials you are using. The law says, "Parents must submit a 'description of curriculum,' which is a list of the subjects they intend to teach. Families are not required to describe the content of the individual courses." You list the subjects you intend to teach: reading, grammar, composition, spelling, early American history, life science, etc.
The law says one of the options is that you have a high school diploma. The end.
Here's HSLDA's legal analysis of Virginia law.
IOW, you do not provide the titles or the publishers of the instructional materials you are using. The law says, "Parents must submit a 'description of curriculum,' which is a list of the subjects they intend to teach. Families are not required to describe the content of the individual courses." You list the subjects you intend to teach: reading, grammar, composition, spelling, early American history, life science, etc.
The law says one of the options is that you have a high school diploma. The end.
Here's HSLDA's legal analysis of Virginia law.
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