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OT Homeschooling.
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Question:
I have a ton of questions on homeschooling and I've seen several posts from people
that homeschool....
If you have the time to answer my silly questions, could you please message me on
one of the following programs??
Answer:
- I chose NOT to homeschool my kids because I figured we could do *much*
better academics at home...through the computer, etc...but what my kids REALLY
needed that I could NOT give them at home was the social experience of being in
"The Herd" and dealing with lots of people, many of whom don't love or even
like you. (we never did Day Care, so they didn't get it then). This is
something you have to know how to deal with if you want to live and work in the
world, even if you only go there once in a while... So they learned to be part
of the Large Experience AND we supplement the academics at home.
- I've homeschooled DD for two years. We joined a homeschooling coop and she gets way
more socialization than I ever did at that age. DD is nearly a grade and a half
ahead of her peers, gets along famously with everyone - kids and adults. She
studies two hours three times a week, plus full day field trips once a week. Some
kids do well this way. Mine happens to be one of them, and I don't regret a single
minute of it. We don't have a super structured schedule, but instead use teachable
moments as they come. If we hadn't joined the homeschooling coop, we wouldn't have
access to science equipment or other curriculum which we can't afford. For sports,
there are always community teams, and since we're military, we have all those things
at our disposal as well. The resources are there, you just have to look for them. I
don't mean to step on anyone's toes, but the socialization argument against
homeschooling just doesn't fly with me, because I've successfully worked that out,
and so can anyone else who truely wants to homeschool. If anyone wants to discuss it
with me off group, they're more than welcome. I love to talk about education.
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