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I want to do homeschooling
But I'm unsure where to start.
I have a 5 year old, a 3 year old and an 8 month old, all girls. The oldest is at school - my wife is set against homeschooling as their only form of education (I think incase we get it wrong) but I'm set against schools. For one thing they are too religious.
Even though my daughter is at an all-denomination school, she is prevalently taught about God. A few other parents are peeved at this, too.
My oldest loves school, and was crying when we told her she would be on holiday for two weeks at Easter. She spends a lot of her free time making up sums to try or learning to spell new words (on her own, we don't force this).
I would like to take her interests as an opportunity to hometeach her somethings; mainly I think beginning work in geography, chemistry, biology and computing. I'm currently trying to work out a curriculum.
I would like to teach my 3 year old to read/write before she goes to school. She is a good talker when she wants to be, and can count to twenty unaided. She tries to spell (copying her sister) and knows the alphabet fairly well.
I'm unsure how to actually go about teaching her to read. Are there any good websites on how to do it? Does anyone have any advice?
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4/24/2009, 11:21 pm
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Re: I want to do homeschooling
Have you thought about looking into any school supply stores in your area for the books teachers use?
Or, if I'm not mistaken, you can find such books at Walmart where the kindergarten lined paper pads and flashcards are.
Here are a few URLs that may help
http://www.ehow.com/how_2335700_teach-children-read.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art
http://www.succeedtoread.com/
http://www.readinglesson.com/article1.htm
To get more ideas, just type in 'How to teach a child to read' into your search engine and see what all comes up.
I hope these help you get started! 
I can say good and bad things about both public and home schooling. With public school, the child has more enteraction with kids their age, and learn social skills a bit quicker. With homeschooling you have a better handle on what your kids are being taught, and how it's being taught.
I'm not sure how it is where you are, but here in TN, you have to have a teachers certificate to homeschool, AND, you have to go through a state approved home schooling program, which, ALL of the ones here are Christian based. If you haven't already, you need to find out ALL of the ins and outs of homeschooling. You can call the local school board and find out what the requirements are, if you don't already know.
Good luck regardless of what you end up doing. I hope things go well!!
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Re: I want to do homeschooling
In Scotland, they require any person homeschooling their kids to register with a local school, for progress tests. They will give you a list of all the books you need, and will expect you to follow the same subjects as the schools provide. There was some talk a couple of years ago, to change that, but I don't think it has happened yet, so you need to look hard at that lot of regulations.
Homeschooling is very much better for the kids than any school I have ever seen - typically home schooled children are better communicators, don't have peer issues, and do better work - In the US these facts upset the authorities that are trying to ban home schooling completely.
I was home schooled - my family did not trust the local schools to accept my Paganism, and felt it better to keep me away, rather than have me subjected to the prejudices that the highlands still have towards witchcraft. I achieved a far higher standard of education than any of the children in the area, had all the matriculation requirements satisfied a couple of years before the local schools, and got a very easy acceptance into university. Funny thing was, I never felt any pressure to learn, goofed around a lot, didn't do much work, had fun, and still did better than the schools. The way of gathering knowledge that such a system gave me has lasted, to my advantage, throughout my life.
I would happily recommend homeschooling for anyone. ( You really don't need to be a genius to teach your kids, just read the books, before you teach them. That is how a LOT of teachers do it, so go for it. )
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Re: I want to do homeschooling
Like I said, my wife is set against it - she reckons going to that school didn't do her any harm. But then again, she's an atheist, so what does she know
I will look into school supply shops, thanks for the info.
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My husband is set against homeschooling our future kids. I agree that sometimes the social interaction of public school is very important. I wish you could do part time public and part time homeschooling. I might be able to convince my husband of that one.
There is a pagan homeschooling site somewhere...ah, here it is:
http://barbooch.homestead.com/PaganHomeschool.html
And they have a yahoo group. I bet if you sign up with them, they could point you in all sorts of useful directions!
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A thought for you...
If the parents of 180 children in the US in the last 12 years, had thought of homeschooling, they would not have buried their children.
180 kids in 12 years is WAY too many kids to die in school incidents. Not all incidents involve firearms, most are violence in the playground, or deaths from exhaustion in cruel sports games.
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Well, I teach in public school, and it's not that bad - nowhere near that bad - in most places in the U.S., at least.
I'm surprised to hear that non-denominational schools teach that much religion where you are, Blitzen. If somebody tried that in a Michigan school, they'd get sacked pretty quick.
Anyway, homeschooling and public schooling can both be pretty good, or pretty bad, depending on how well managed each is. There are public schools here that I wouldn't let my kid in, ever (I did my student teaching in one like that), but the school I work at is quite good (although very poor - I buy most of the art supplies we use out of my paycheck).
And I've had kids come in who were home schooled who were way ahead of the other students, but I've also seen some who were, essentially, not taught anything at all.
If you're going to do it, do it right - and it will eat up a lot of your time, and change your relationship with your kids (either for better or worse). Be aware of those two things before you start.
But - consider this - assuming the local school is reasonabley good, you can get the best of both worlds by supplimenting your kid's education at home. Take them to museums, talk about the things there, watch TV with them, talk about what you see on TV, talk to them at meal time, do projects with them, talk about what they've done or been told in school, etc.
Probably these are things you already do with them, but do them with the idea that, not only are you enjoying the company of your children (and they your company), but you are actively teaching them as well.
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A neice and nephew of mine were homeschooled, and I would be amazed if either got into college. Especially my nephew. He's eighteen..just turned, and he can't graduate because he simple doesn't have a clue, and can't take the needed tests.
Granted, a lot of that has to do with the person doing the teaching...in this case, it was their mother, but she failed to actually TEACH. She gave them their lessons, and then went off to do other things around the house, leaving them to figure it out for themselves. I have no idea how the kids managed to pass the tests that the state they're in requires every so many weeks. Not to mention, my nephew is dislexic, and it was never caught. Had he been in a public school, the possibility of it being caught sooner than it was is greatly higher. His mother refused to discuss the possibility of dislexia with my BiL when my BiL first became aware of it.
Also, as a substitute teacher when I was in AL...I subbed in a public elementary/middle school, and a lot of those kids never would have made it in home school.
Keep in mind that I am not against homeschooling if it's done right, and the kids have a social outlet such as music, sports, ballet, etc. They need to also have that group interaction in order to become a well rounded person. I do have a problem with a homeschooling regimine where the kids have no outlets in order to have some kind of social life with others their age.
I like the idea of, if you have to send them to public school, taking them on family field trips, talking about what they are learning..and if need be, counterbalance that. You may even want to talk to the kids about their preference....if they'd like to try public school, or homeschool. Right now they're not old enough to know what either of those are...nothing to compare them to...but somewhere down the road, perhaps that's something to think about.
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Homeschooling done right is a full time job. And I don't mean the usual full time job of simply being a stay-at-home parent. Essentially, you have TWO jobs - being the stay-at-home mom/dad AND teaching. Expect to put in the full time hours for both jobs if you are going to give the kiddos the right stuff!
Our neighbors are extremely successful at educating their homeschooled children. Their oldest just went off to TAMU (Texas A and M) in the fall and he is excelling there. I bet all of their kids will.
A friend near the farm is "unschooling" her kids. And it shows. I doubt either one will make it to college. And not because they aren't intelligent but because they simply won't be prepared for entrance exams, essay writing, etc and they also probably won't be encouraged to explore the option. I think it's a shame.
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*dyslexic (I think it's right this time! lol)
That is a shame, Texas. Those poor kids. that's like my niece and nephew. It breaks my heart, cause they're really good kids and deserved so much better than they got/are getting. My niece is almost 21 and is out on her own, rooming with a friend. she's working at a Merle Norman shop and is happy there.....but that's not going to provide an awful lot in the future should she need it. Her ultimate goal is to get married and have babies. Nothing wrong with that, but if something happens to her husband (when she marries) she's going to be up the creek if she's got kiddos to take care of too.
Blitzen, if you do homeschool, please be sure you are doing it the right way, and giving your kids all of the advantages you are able to.
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