Comments on: Why Home Schooling is Every Parents’ Job

By: PFM

PFM — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:41:20 +0000

Every moment can be a teaching moment. I think a big part of it is staying involved in what your child is doing. Even watching cartoons you can engage your child and point things out and ask what is going on. Too many parents think public school is all a child learns in. A child learns everywhere and the ones who are the most engaged will be better off for it.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:32:10 +0000

My kiddo does run circles around me - actually all three do! Now it is nice to just sit back and enjoy the show or the lessons! Scotland - yes Yummy with a spoon! I am in the too excited phase today...can hardly focus Patricia’s last blog post..Hesitation

By: cindy platt

cindy platt — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:14:20 +0000

Patricia: Scotland. Yummy with a spoon. How fortunate to travel and learn with your daughter. I love the learning exchange between parent and child. It is so humbling when they are faster and know more about a subject matter like Spanish or technology. Sometimes they run circles around me, but I receive and accept their lessons as patiently as they accept mine. I feel this kind of reciprocity is the good stuff making a family is about. cindy platt’s last blog post..You are a Writer

By: admin

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:26:45 +0000

ginabad: I feel we have a lot of resources that would be helpful for you and your children. Your “to do” list is manageable and we have several resources like early language help and potty training power. Sean and I would like to send you a complimentary Potty Training Power Training Kit to help you make your summer goals. The Early Learning Language Kit will be ready soon and we will keep you posted on how to obtain this valuable, systematic approach to help all children acquire and extend language opportunities. Nameste.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:47:34 +0000

I did a combination of home schooling and public schooling - but we were always learning. Now this summer I am going to Scotland to learn about my Father's homeland and my oldest daughter will be helping me learn more IT skills for my blog. Always the love of learning. Nice post Patricia’s last blog post..Summer Reading: Thin is the New Happy ~By Valerie Frankel

By: ginabad

ginabad — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:18:30 +0000

My kids both have learning disabilities, and are both attending summer school (they don’t mind, they’re only 3 and 6). My youngest got an autism waver for in-home music therapy, so that’s starting soon. They also have therapeautic support, however, your post has given me pause.

There are in fact, some things I’d like them to learn this summer:
1. As she heads into the 1st grade, my older daughter who has Down syndrome has great difficulty counting. So I need to focus on math skills.
2. My little one still doesn’t have speech figured out yet, although she is slowly improving, so I need to get focused on some speech therapy.
3. Both need potty training.
4. Swim lessons! Thanks for the reminder, I’ll be looking at the local Y today. They LOVE the water and swimming will empower them.

And then before I know it, it’ll be September…

By: cindy platt

cindy platt — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:56:46 +0000

Tracy: I love taking at least 20 minutes to enjoy reading with the children every day. I feel it is good for them to see us reading also. When we go to the library I make sure we all have a non negotiable number of minutes to read silently. So peaceful. Empowering the older ones to read to the wee ones promotes compassion and modeling that can easily be maintained during the summer.

Janice: School holidays are the best for connecting and reflecting. Your experience and investment in the children has paid off. You are an inspiration to us all.

Lori: Lessons from life are the most memorable. Agriculture captures life at it’s most basic element. My beginning years were spent on a dairy and tobacco farm and the children love hearing stories about my adventures. Unforgetable.

Susan: Wow! Your children are fortunate to be well traveled and with a balance of back to nature and the basics with camping as well as the exotic rainforest of Panama. A passport of travels and writing down the adventures is food for the soul.

Trina: Love the park/playground survey. That’s innovative and a keeper for the idea file. We are going to implement this one during our Staycation this summer. Memorable and purposeful. Love it!

KoolAid: All of your ideas sound like the formula to a well rounded summer of learning. I agree. The playground survey is top drawer.

Lisa: Absolutely. Drill and kill is not fun learning. The natural approach of thinking out loud and making big and small moments teachable and intimate is what our children remember the most.

By: dadinsider.com

dadinsider.com — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:02:04 +0000

Home Schooling – Every Parents’ Job…

Great article on the importance of parents being involved with schooling their kids….

By: LisaNewton

LisaNewton — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:06:51 +0000

Teach on the playground, in the kitchen, while getting read for bed, and every moment of the day. I’m not talking about drilling your child, but your line “play can have purpose as well” really works.

When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I remember reading to her, talking to her, just as if she were sitting right in front of me. And funny enough, she was………………….:)

By: Kool Aid

Kool Aid — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:30:29 +0000

We’ll be traveling some this summer, maybe head to a museum or something along those lines, especially on those rainy or too hot days. As far as keeping up with math and reading skills, Monkey is an avid reader and reads to Little Man a lot. She loves trips to the library, so we’ll do that a few times, too.

I’m also planning on picking up one of those general grade 2 activity books just for something to do. More importantly, though, since we will be homeschooling in the fall, we plan on starting one or two classes early on, maybe as early as July. I really believe in the year-round school schedule, so we’ll start to follow that this year.

I really like Trina’s idea of exploring and rating the playgrounds. I think we might work that into our summer, too.