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Hi,

I'm newly trying to homeschool my twin daughters, going into 9th grade.   Couple of questions.  Can one count "music practice" as "lessons?"  This is a time they're not learning music theory, but just practicing voice and piano.  I'm also really wondering how people do two different age groups.  I SO wanted to keep my 2nd grader home too, but so far, it just doesn't seem possible.  I'm spending ALL of my time, just trying to get things together for 9th grade (maybe I need more of a prepackaged curriculum) that I don't have ANY time for my youngest.  Last night, was the final straw when she put herself to bed because I forgot.   HELP!!!!

Yes you can , if y ou practice for 30 minutes that is a 30 minute Music LAb

 Hey I am fairly new to homeschooling too, but I have watched my sister homeschool her five children and have picked up a few ideas

from her. You can homeschool various ages. She has done it. Most of your effort will need to go to the 9th graders since you don't 

have them for very much longer. You will need to fill in the gaps, if there are any, from being in the public school, but as my sister says

don't stress! You will fit it all in. You have a ton of time with your second grader. I am not saying that you shouldn't spend time teaching

her. I am just assuring you that it will all work out. I don't know how you feel about religious curriculam, but Abeka DVD homeschool is

excellent and you won't have to set everything up. They do it all. And if you get on a certain package, they will even grade it for you. 

It is pricey, but the education your kids will get is wonderful and there won't be any gaps in learning. My sisters kids have all done Abeka

grammar and her ninth grader is better than me at it (and I'm a writer)! If you don't want to do Abeka there are a lot of other one out there. 

If you need more I can reply with more ideas. Good luck and don't loose heart. You can do this! (PS I can't find the spell check on this thing, so 

excuse any errors). 

Hi, I'm out here looking for some answers too. I just started home schooling my 7 year old son and I'm struggling with the times that he doesn't seem interested in his work and looses concentration. He's good half the time but there are many days when his head is in another planet or something. Do you have any ideas on how to handle this?

 Hi, I asked my sister the same question. Her youngest daughter is very very bright, but when she was younger she had 

a terrible time sitting still. She loved school, but her mind would go all over the place after a few minutes. We have the same

problem at our house. What my sister told me to do was take a break. Have a snack and then let the kid go do something physical

for a few minutes. Jumprope, trampoline, or ride bikes. Whatever to get their energy out. Also once I start to loose the attention

of my daughter I go onto something else and then go back to that later. I don't think we should totally cater to their ADD tendencies

but when we loose them, well we loose them. I also try to rotate my schedule so it's math, then art, then english then hands on

science. Whatever are your son's best and favorite subjects are, thread them through out the day and say, "Okay let's finish this up 

and then we get to do..." Whatever it is. That helps to keep them on task. Hope this helps.  Good luck and have fun.