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Homeschool Book of Answers (Pdf) Homeschooling Book of Answers! Homeschooling Book of Answers (to your questions!) from www.homeschooling-ideas.com Copyright www.homeschooling-ideas.com 2013 Homeschooling Book of Answers! It is natural to have questions when you first start thinking of homeschooling. I get a lot of questions from new homeschoolers and I have started collecting them and asking my wonderful Facebook fans for their advice and opinions. This e-book then is a collection of their wisdom and experience – with some of mine thrown in too! I hope that it will help you with your worries and questions and help you to feel as if you have had a friend to talk to. If your particular worry isn't here, then do keep an eye on my Facebook page – it may be posted soon. Or come and ask for yourself! You will find everyone helpful and supportive. I wish you much joy in your homeschooling journey. Best wishes, Julie http://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/ Copyright www.homeschooling-ideas.com 2013 Homeschooling Book of Answers! Julie says : I think that schools have done us a great disservice in making us think that we must 'teach' children! Children are hard-wired to learn and you will probably find that you can't keep up with him! My children are forever surprising me with things they know – things I don't know even! We often learn things together and it is amazing how much we learn from conversations and just being out and about. You are sure to be able to teach him 'enough' – it will be hard not too! In terms of grade, that is an arbitrary level imposed so that schools can monitor their effectiveness. But this doesn't need to apply with homeschooling Children fluctuate in their learning. Sometimes behind, sometimes ahead. Learning isn't a lovely smooth curve. It happens in leaps and bounds then a chance to catch your breath! Sometimes you might feel that you aren't keeping up in certain areas and then 'whoosh', you will do a whole lot in one go. And over a period of time all the grade level subjects will be covered. Homeschooling-ideas Facebook Fans say : That was my biggest worry too. When my kids were tested eventually as they wanted to try school again my one daughter was 4 years ahead of her peers Copyright www.homeschooling-ideas.com 2013 Homeschooling Book of Answers! and my daughter with a learning disability had made better progress at home than she ever had at school. With the result that school didn't work out for them at all and they were back to home schooling after one school year. Don't worry about grade year, just concern yourself with their age and aptitude! One of my 9 year olds is 9-10 in maths , 6-7 in literacy, 8-9 ish in comprehension so we work to his level, that's the blessing if homeschooling xxxxxx Grade level is a public school system idea. It doesn't even apply to homeschooling in my opinion. It really is just another way of trying to put ALL children in ONE category, when everyone knows that children are all different. This is WHY The homeschooling method works so well. Truly with homeschool, it IS "No child left behind." He will teach himself. All will be well. Can't that be said for any form of education? As long as we are able to provide them with unbelievable learning opportunities then we are half way there. They also need to do the learning! Don't stress!! The great thing about home education is that *you* will learn so much more than you ever imagined, both through following things your child wants to learn or through finding it inspires your own desire to learn things...eg we are learning German together and I've started re-learning Latin although she is not interested! But as an adult with access to the resources and able to make contact with organisations and people, your role is to facilitate. Your child wants to learn about particle physics (we just got an email about an opportunity to meet a scientist working on neutrinos so it's on my mind:)) but you know squat about it...but you can hire a tutor or help them find a website that explains it or see if there are any museums/universities/whatever running events you can go to Gees grade school learning, as far as I am concerned if a child starts at a grade 2 level in prep a year before he should be starting school according to them and they think that dumbing him down is the answer it pretty much shows you that its not worth sending them to school at all. Only began homeschooling this week and have already realised-stuff grade levels. Homeschooling is about working at the level of the child you have. No Copyright www.homeschooling-ideas.com 2013 Homeschooling Book of Answers! pressure for them, leaving them relaxed enough to absorb it all-Yaaaay! My daughter was at school, she stayed on the same grade level for 3yrs there and was getting funding to help her!!! I don't think I could be that bad if I tried lol In the end, by 18 they will have all they need - what they actually NEED, including so much they wouldn't get from school!! Eg: What school actually gives life skills like cooking and managing personal money, getting along with family...the list is endless! So much of school's learning is forgotten right after the test anyway, but the real learning that goes on at home, they don't forget...like, how can you forget the math or reading you use in regularly in life, or the interesting things you learn about the things that really matter to you? work to their strengths, that way they are way ahead of others in knowledge understanding and pride in their own achievements Something I will have to remember for years to come when I feel inadequate as a teacher in my own home. Yeah how much do we remember from when we went to school. I can tell right now if I took another so called standardized test to see if I know anything from high school I guarantee you I couldn't remember most of what I learned in school. I hope I can teach my son everything he needs to get through life with and then some and retain everything he has learned when he is in his middle ages. Good answers to read for myself as well. Just have faith in yourself, in your kids and in your creator that all will be okay and they will learn everything they need to know. Follow their lead. Every time my daughter comes to me with a question we start some research and even I learn something new through her curiosity. I am grateful for the opportunity to be at home with my baby girl. We are all individuals. We have strengths and weaknesses. With homeschooling we usually have super strengths. It is a communist idea that we should all be fed the same thing and no one should rise above that blanket. Teach your kids to be thinkers and problem solvers by letting them struggle through only helping when absolutely necessary. It's not the information that we feed them that matters, it's that we allow them to be curious, provide plenty of opportunity to learn. Leave curiosities laying around. Squelch the tv, radio, mp3 player! Every time they have a question tell them to look it up. Let them do their assignments where and when they Copyright www.homeschooling-ideas.com 2013 Homeschooling Book of Answers! want during the day. They will learn time management and concentration. Ask questions back to them when they want you to just give them the answer. If you just want them to be at grade level buy a pre-packaged curriculum. My husband was educated in a one room schoolhouse and was the only student in his grade, much like our homeschooling. After spending a week or so working with his father on the ranch so that the cash crop could be brought in, his teacher told him he was behind in his schoolwork. His reply was, "Behind whom? I am the only one in my grade." He was right. We can better our best and strive to move forward each day. Every moment is a learning moment and a schoolbook is not required at all times. Chances are he will be ABOVE his grade level with a dedicated parent behind him. I love reading all of these answers! You all are amazing! I just started homeschooling for the first time and i was terrified and still am! But we went in for monthly testing and my 5 yr old score way above average! And i thought she was just busy having fun but she is so relaxed and rested and enjoying MATH!!! I am thankful for having this opportunity!! Just thought i would share from a beginners side! they have people who can help you with that. i have a student cordnator I think if you, or maybe your spouse, is concerned, you should set a date for testing. I think every year is a bit much, but many of my friends pick every two - four years. For my boys, we have made the eighth grade their only testing year so we know what to focus on for high school.
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