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For those who homeschool...
Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:52 pm
As already stated in other posts. I intend to home-school the newest addition to the Kittie family. Granted, she is still too young (just a few months old) but I am starting to prepare already. i will start teaching her basics at age 2 (colors, letters, numbers, simple words and math concepts).
So here are a few questions I have that I would like input on.
For those who are already home-schooling, what curriculum or style are you using?
Is anyone using the Louisiana "Connections" online school? LINK
What was your main reason for choosing to home-school?
Do you participate in a group with other home-schooling parents so that your kid(s) have socialization with others?
I'm interested in hearing your experiences and how you accomplish and the results you have seen.
(Our situation and why we will home-school: We are in a rural area with horribly failing public schools. Private schools are over 30 miles away. So this calls for an other option.
I have my B.A. degree in Elementary Education. I taught public and private schools for a great many years. I have the experience needed and know-how to run a small private school ( which our school will likely be). I also home-schooled children for wealthy families.
I home-schooled my child when he was young. When I put him in first grade in a public school, he tested as 99.9 percentile and was reading on a 6th grade level. ( I put him in public school then because it was a good school and I took a job teaching in the next parish over.)
Therefore, I feel it would be silly to send the grandchild to an inferior school or to a private school far away when I can create a superior learning experience for her on my own.
She will have friends in her "class" because I feel socialization is important ( and we have friends and family who love my ideas and know I am great with kids). We will go on field trips and do other activities as well.
The children will be expected to take standardized tests and to excel on those. I will ensure that they are taught everything the Dept of Education expects of each grade level and for my students to exceed those standards.
I love teaching and this is a perfect opportunity for me, my granddaughter and the other children who will make up our small school.)
So here are a few questions I have that I would like input on.
For those who are already home-schooling, what curriculum or style are you using?
Is anyone using the Louisiana "Connections" online school? LINK
What was your main reason for choosing to home-school?
Do you participate in a group with other home-schooling parents so that your kid(s) have socialization with others?
I'm interested in hearing your experiences and how you accomplish and the results you have seen.
(Our situation and why we will home-school: We are in a rural area with horribly failing public schools. Private schools are over 30 miles away. So this calls for an other option.
I have my B.A. degree in Elementary Education. I taught public and private schools for a great many years. I have the experience needed and know-how to run a small private school ( which our school will likely be). I also home-schooled children for wealthy families.
I home-schooled my child when he was young. When I put him in first grade in a public school, he tested as 99.9 percentile and was reading on a 6th grade level. ( I put him in public school then because it was a good school and I took a job teaching in the next parish over.)
Therefore, I feel it would be silly to send the grandchild to an inferior school or to a private school far away when I can create a superior learning experience for her on my own.
She will have friends in her "class" because I feel socialization is important ( and we have friends and family who love my ideas and know I am great with kids). We will go on field trips and do other activities as well.
The children will be expected to take standardized tests and to excel on those. I will ensure that they are taught everything the Dept of Education expects of each grade level and for my students to exceed those standards.
I love teaching and this is a perfect opportunity for me, my granddaughter and the other children who will make up our small school.)
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 5:54 pm
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Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:54 pm to gingerkittie
She'll rack up on the Class Favorite Awards.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:58 pm to gingerkittie
What happens if one of those other kids is a tard, you going to ship it off to the public school system as not to affect the others in your school?
Posted on 7/16/15 at 6:09 pm to gingerkittie
My GF homeschools her son.
She is an Unschooler LINK
I'm a little skeptical of that. I helped my GF do some research about online schooling. She eventually decided not to go in that direction, but if she had, it wouldn't have been through the LA offerings. We weren't too impressed with the virtual charter schools associated with the LDOE for several reasons. There are some very good choices out there-Laurel School, Calvert School, and especially the ones associated with Stanford University and Texas Tech. She almost put him in the local Episcopal school this year but decided to do at least one more year at home.
She went to highly competitive high school and an Ivy League college, and came away burned out and disillusioned by the educational assembly line. She wanted another path for her son. They also wanted to diagnose him ADD/ADHD and she was adamantly opposed to medicating him for it. She's been successsful in avoiding that.
She did, but he's too old for most of the activities now. They're designed for elementary age kids for the most part. They're big equestrians, so most of his socialization is around horse activities. She's looking into some kind of work-study or aprenticeship related to that for him.
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what curriculum or style are you using?
She is an Unschooler LINK
quote:
Is anyone using the Louisiana "Connections" online school? LINK
I'm a little skeptical of that. I helped my GF do some research about online schooling. She eventually decided not to go in that direction, but if she had, it wouldn't have been through the LA offerings. We weren't too impressed with the virtual charter schools associated with the LDOE for several reasons. There are some very good choices out there-Laurel School, Calvert School, and especially the ones associated with Stanford University and Texas Tech. She almost put him in the local Episcopal school this year but decided to do at least one more year at home.
quote:
What was your main reason for choosing to home-school?
She went to highly competitive high school and an Ivy League college, and came away burned out and disillusioned by the educational assembly line. She wanted another path for her son. They also wanted to diagnose him ADD/ADHD and she was adamantly opposed to medicating him for it. She's been successsful in avoiding that.
quote:
Do you participate in a group with other home-schooling parents so that your kid(s) have socialization with others?
She did, but he's too old for most of the activities now. They're designed for elementary age kids for the most part. They're big equestrians, so most of his socialization is around horse activities. She's looking into some kind of work-study or aprenticeship related to that for him.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 6:15 pm to gingerkittie
Just teach her how to make a damn good sammich.
/thread.
/thread.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 8:32 pm to gingerkittie
Congrats on the future social misfit.
But seriously this country is getting cray cray. I may go join the Mennonites in Belize.
But seriously this country is getting cray cray. I may go join the Mennonites in Belize.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 8:43 pm to gingerkittie
....are smart as hell but lack social skills.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 8:47 pm to gingerkittie
Very simple answer
My daughter home schools my 13 yo granddaughter and 10 yo grandson for the last 4 years.....you just have to spend 15 minutes speaking with them and you will be convinced.
The best part.....they can pray and pledge alligence to the flag with no B S from fricking Wacko Liberals. If you need help my daughter knows every details.
Good luck.
My daughter home schools my 13 yo granddaughter and 10 yo grandson for the last 4 years.....you just have to spend 15 minutes speaking with them and you will be convinced.
The best part.....they can pray and pledge alligence to the flag with no B S from fricking Wacko Liberals. If you need help my daughter knows every details.
Good luck.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 10:10 pm to gingerkittie
Ya know what they call the kid who finishes last at the end of the year in homeschool?
Your kid.
Your kid.
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