tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post9154513566771682507..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Thinking of Homeschooling? A Teacher Prep List.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-4271764196133386612016-01-03T01:54:54.545-06:002016-01-03T01:54:54.545-06:00If they had any interest in gardening, but they do...If they had any interest in gardening, but they don't :(Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-65837504413327771202016-01-02T09:04:17.096-06:002016-01-02T09:04:17.096-06:00Keeping the joyful learning is SO IMPORTANT! It&#...Keeping the joyful learning is SO IMPORTANT! It's why we get "truancy" and so on later. Now I am reading of little second and third graders starting to burn out, as they've been drilled since preschool.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-75268731395394425592016-01-02T09:02:41.152-06:002016-01-02T09:02:41.152-06:00That'd be a bit weird if you did, but you coul...That'd be a bit weird if you did, but you could teach them to garden! :)Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-31039834403249159442016-01-02T04:31:04.036-06:002016-01-02T04:31:04.036-06:00I want to add...for parents of kids who spend so m...I want to add...for parents of kids who spend so much time on homework, he used to spend up to 4 hours a night just on homework. He spent 4 hours a day at homeschool.And learned just as much.Usethebrains Godgiveyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026223483117357541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-44401228212780186682016-01-02T04:26:59.616-06:002016-01-02T04:26:59.616-06:00Having been trained as a teacher (special ed), whe...Having been trained as a teacher (special ed), when I started off everything was all kosher---used the same books. By year 3, I was looking at unschooling, which previously had been a dirty word. Still, Ben was prepared for Tech School, and just graduated with an associates in CNC Machine Tool. Unschooling amounted to preparing him for his future by picking up on skills he would need, and things he loved. I loved homeschooling, whether kosher or unschooling. He worked so hard, but like you said of homework...none of that stuff. No "busy work". He was a joyful learner.Usethebrains Godgiveyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026223483117357541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-77185384366419179542016-01-02T03:30:50.023-06:002016-01-02T03:30:50.023-06:00I read this even though I have no thoughts at all ...I read this even though I have no thoughts at all of home schooling my kids. Because they are in their 30s and 40s now :)Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com