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MY Top Ten List - Why to homeschool
- Aug 12, 2009 at 12:17 PM
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I'm just starting with my 3yo so I'm sure my list will change over time, but here goes for now in no particular order:
1. I love planning, being flexible, and being responsible for his curriculum based on his learning styles and needs.
2. I love that he won't be the smallest AND youngest in his class. (He's in the 5th percentile for height/weight - thanks to my genes - and with an August birthday.)
3.
I love that I can protect his innocense better keeping him home, I have
seen what kids his age are exposed to and I don't like a lot of it. So many
people think that little kids swearing and talking about sex is CUTE. Yes, that talk comes out of kindergarteners - and younger!
4. Relating to the above two, I don't have to worry about the very real threat of bullies. I was a girl and I had a hard enough time with it because of my size (being so small, now I'm 4'10 and 95lbs) I know it would be worse for a boy.
5.
He doesn't need to be held back academically by other kids goofing off in class, nor does he
have to be overlooked when he's struggling with a topic.
6.
More time together, and more quality time at that. No rushed mornings
trying to get to school on time, no rushed afternoons trying to squeeze
everything in after school and around a million sports.
7. Moral teachings: I am glad to be the one to teach him morals and values, which includes tolerance, kindness, and fairness. I don't want some stranger and certainly not the state teaching morals to my child!
8. Fun socialization: homeschooling group activities, field trips, sports, etc. Not trying to socialize when he should be learning, and not learning socialization through bullying and fashion wars.
9.
No "back to school rush" - no shopping like mad to get a new wardrobe in
one month, no getting all the supplies on the class list at one time, etc.
Buy as necessary, when everyone else is in school and the stores are
not packed. ;)
10. No state standardized tests!! I've seen what my stepdaughter goes through, she gets stress headaches and more. She says the school nurse says they are always swamped that time of year. Why all the stress? The schools and teachers get more pay if the kids score higher. Also the schools spend up to SIX MONTHS a year studying JUST to pass that test. Complete craziness. My boy will be studying to learn, not spit out information to benefit the school. It will be for his benefit - as it should be. My son is not a dollar sign.
Comments:
There are TONS of FREE resources out there for preschoolers. I have some other journals with info. Also feel free to PM me, I belong to some great CM groups that are TONS of help!
if i had the ability to homeschool i likely would. but the schools here do 110% better than I ever could with schooling my child. you have a well written journal though. thnk you
My daughter is going to homeschool her four year old this year mainly because she had a micro preemie in April who can not afford to get sick by her older brother coming home with colds and fevers from other families. And save money on the expense, and many more reasons.
Reading thru your list...well, I could have written a lot of it from our experience as well! Although, my children are NOT small on ANY level...everything else {well, except for the testing thing, too...we do virtual school, so we do still have to go do the testing} hits home with us as well!
Great read...thank you SO MUCH for sharing your thoughts!!!
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I have always been interested in how to homeschool a child. I have a three year old and I would love to homeschool him I think, but how do you go about it? How do you know what they are truly learning? He is going to go to school this year because I think he needs other children to be around. Tell me alittle bit about how you go about homeschooling.
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