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Homeschooling for free?
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Question:
Homeschooling for free?
Answer:
-The last couple of parents who have discussed how they were "homeschooling"
their kids with me have described something that was not all that different
than a smaller version of regular old school.
I'm starting to realize that in some cases "homeschool" is just a small,
private, unregulated school.
-In many cases that's exactly what it is. I've seen a lot of drill and
practice (in and of itself not a bad thing) and a lot of worksheets
and canned curricula. Some people are happy with that and that's
okay by me because I believe parents should be allowed to make
these decisions. Tho when I homeschooled, I did it precisly to
get away from that kind of instructional method.
-To each their own, but I don't see the point of homeschooling when a "canned
curriculum" is being used. Many families homeschool through the school
district here (which is one of three options) and that means the district
decides what textbooks are to be used, and all the rules involved make it
almost pointless to homeschool.
I agree though, parents should be allowed to make that decision.
- are you planning to homeschool Allegra? we were planning to homeschool
even before Boo was born. granted he's going to start Montessori
preschool this year, but that's just so i can avoid the state placing him
in a really horrible (dark, only used/broken toys) preschool for
developmentally delayed kids (he's in speech therapy). i think he'll do
better with 3 hours of being with 15 3-5 year olds, than with 8 hours of
being with 30 other developmentally delayed kids, most of whom don't have
just speech delays & therefore consume more teacher time.
i expect he'll be back to home schooling by first grade, unless *he*
chooses to stay at the Montessori school.
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