Something Nubian

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By LaTrecia

You might have to put it together yourself.

Many who began to homeschool are in fear of not being enough for their child as far as teaching is concerned. Planning to homeschool is enough.

You had the idea to do something new as a melanin parent. Why you decided to homeschool should be the basis of homeschooling whether it is ‘they don’t teach black history correctly, teachers are biased, nutrition is awful, or the school system in your area is not up to par’. Why you decided to homeschool are the areas you must target while you are homeschooling and don’t forget.

Ask yourself what specific information you need, what topics you would you like to cover, or how your homeschooler will comprehend.

Depending on the age you can start with something simple such as people, places, and things they see every day like the number on their door (their address), streets to get to their neighborhood grocery store, emergency numbers, and types of people in their lives that are important to them. And then plug that into the subjects you are teaching such as social studies, science, math, history, reading, art, etc.

As your child grows, you can expound on this information based on their interests. As a melanin parent, I tell my children we involve ourselves in ‘other’ cultures so much that our own suffer. I do not teach anti-inclusion, but I do let my children know who they are first!

What I love to do is show them a map of the world and find where all the people that look like them are there. We discuss all nine areas of people’s activity (economics, education, entertainment, labor, law, politics, religion, sex, and war) because no matter what it is the topic all over.

I teach what I did not learn in school to instill self-love and confidence.

I traveled the world at a young age, and it left me feeling ashamed of my skin, culture, and spirituality. So as a homeschool mom, I find reasons to be excited about my ancestors, how they were able to utilize their resources and teach others (including slave owners), and their first religion was family so they created symbols and sigils so that others could recognize their tribes.

This year we plan to get all of our children passports so that we can travel to other parts of the world and show them the places we have learned about to see those historical areas that are stories today that shape our world.

Most times buying a curriculum is not really necessary (check with your state board of education) as teaching them the information they would need to complete state testing, which is just knowledge based on age.

At the end of the day, it is not about how your “classroom” looks, it is about what they are learning and what you are teaching. My entire house is the school. We teach based on chakras, so each day is based on spirituality, nutrition, history, astrology, reading, writing, crafting, rights, and responsibilities.

There are plenty of homeschool curriculums if you just need structure. When I began homeschooling, I started with the local school system and learned that you do not really need to buy anything through them, so I googled “black-owned homeschool curriculums” and read other blogs to find out what was out there and after I became unemployed, I simply used what I had, plus received books from teachers, used my old college books, and taught from my children’s understanding and what I could not do for them I continued to look outside for information such as libraries and other homeschool moms.

I used Teachers Pay Teachers, Woke Homeschooling, and Kamili Academy, just to use a curriculum that aligned with our household.

If you are a beginner, I strongly suggest finding a group or following someone on social media. Do not get into the trap of thinking you have to spend a lot of money. Our ego will make us think we have to have new things but re-inventing the wheel wastes a lot of time. If you want to take what you have learned and implement your own curriculum, then do what is best for you and your family but just know you are the principal, counselor, teacher, nurse, and field trip organizer and they must all get in one room and communicate.

For more information, I created this Step-By-Step Guide to Homeschooling

Sending positive energy