<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Coinneach:
Homeschooling is the best way to go, but unfortunately requires jumping some major hurdles.[/B][/quote]
Coinneach, what "hurdles" do you refer to?
MissD,
I would encourage you to consider homeschooling your daughter. NOW is the time when it would be the easiest to teach her at home. It only takes about 2-3 (yes, that's right) hours a day at that age/level to homeschool. Now that my daughter is heading into 2nd grade, we spend about 4 hours a day on it. But I've added Geography, Spelling, and History.
In Kindergarten, and in early elementary years in general, all that is really needed is the three R's. You can teach her Social Studies or History while in the car! At this age, you don't have to buy a "textbook" for every subject. We are teaching history by reading "living books." The "Little House" series, "Carry on Mr. Bowditch," Bios on the Founding Fathers that are written so kids can understand them. My girl can't read these yet, I READ them to her! We spend about an hour a day reading books. The beauty of HSing is it's flexibility!
As far as gathering Curriculum goes, there are TONS of companies out there that provide it, either thru mail or on the Web. The Elijah co. is one, as well as Lifetime Books and Gifts, the Abeka Co, the Bob Jones University Press. Heck even Barnes and Nobles sells homeschooling books (and they give a 20% discount to home educators!
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I am sending my daughter to a Science class in the Fall taught by a man w/ a Masters in science that used to teach at a PS. There she can "socialize" with other children and will get to do all sorts of neat experiments, w/o having evolution shoved down her throat (a whole other can of worms).
From age 2-7 are the most formative years of a child's life, who better to teach her during those years than her mother? If you keep her home, YOU will be the primary influence in her life, NOT some liberal minded teacher, and/or kid who lives in a crack house down the street. You can give her a good foundation, and then if you can't continue to HS on down the road, she will be much better equipped to handle what she'll face in PS. BTW, you'd be surprised at what all my daughter "learned" about in Kindergarten. A short list: drugs, alcohol, the "finger," curse words, and all other kinds of bad behavior. She has been a changed child since we pulled her from PS. Her gentle disposition was suffering there, and it broke my heart.
We take it a year at a time. The first year is always the hardest. As someone else mentioned, I sometimes wonder if she's getting enough, but then I SEE her reading chapter books, and I see other fruits of my labor. I truly believe I am doing what is best for her. I am her mother, and I know her the best, not some teacher who will only spend a few minutes a day with her (one on one).
Just my .02, and sorry for the long post.
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"At last we shall reveal ourselves to the Gun-Grabbers, at last we shall have revenge at The TFL End of Summer Meet on August 12 & 13, 2000..."
"Pray as if your life depends on God, Act as if it all depends on you..." -Texas Preacher
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Homeschooling is the best way to go, but unfortunately requires jumping some major hurdles.[/B][/quote]
Coinneach, what "hurdles" do you refer to?
MissD,
I would encourage you to consider homeschooling your daughter. NOW is the time when it would be the easiest to teach her at home. It only takes about 2-3 (yes, that's right) hours a day at that age/level to homeschool. Now that my daughter is heading into 2nd grade, we spend about 4 hours a day on it. But I've added Geography, Spelling, and History.
In Kindergarten, and in early elementary years in general, all that is really needed is the three R's. You can teach her Social Studies or History while in the car! At this age, you don't have to buy a "textbook" for every subject. We are teaching history by reading "living books." The "Little House" series, "Carry on Mr. Bowditch," Bios on the Founding Fathers that are written so kids can understand them. My girl can't read these yet, I READ them to her! We spend about an hour a day reading books. The beauty of HSing is it's flexibility!
As far as gathering Curriculum goes, there are TONS of companies out there that provide it, either thru mail or on the Web. The Elijah co. is one, as well as Lifetime Books and Gifts, the Abeka Co, the Bob Jones University Press. Heck even Barnes and Nobles sells homeschooling books (and they give a 20% discount to home educators!
)I am sending my daughter to a Science class in the Fall taught by a man w/ a Masters in science that used to teach at a PS. There she can "socialize" with other children and will get to do all sorts of neat experiments, w/o having evolution shoved down her throat (a whole other can of worms).
From age 2-7 are the most formative years of a child's life, who better to teach her during those years than her mother? If you keep her home, YOU will be the primary influence in her life, NOT some liberal minded teacher, and/or kid who lives in a crack house down the street. You can give her a good foundation, and then if you can't continue to HS on down the road, she will be much better equipped to handle what she'll face in PS. BTW, you'd be surprised at what all my daughter "learned" about in Kindergarten. A short list: drugs, alcohol, the "finger," curse words, and all other kinds of bad behavior. She has been a changed child since we pulled her from PS. Her gentle disposition was suffering there, and it broke my heart.
We take it a year at a time. The first year is always the hardest. As someone else mentioned, I sometimes wonder if she's getting enough, but then I SEE her reading chapter books, and I see other fruits of my labor. I truly believe I am doing what is best for her. I am her mother, and I know her the best, not some teacher who will only spend a few minutes a day with her (one on one).
Just my .02, and sorry for the long post.
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"At last we shall reveal ourselves to the Gun-Grabbers, at last we shall have revenge at The TFL End of Summer Meet on August 12 & 13, 2000..."
"Pray as if your life depends on God, Act as if it all depends on you..." -Texas Preacher
[This message has been edited by Darthmaum (edited June 16, 2000).]
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