http://findgoodniches.com/769/how-invovled-do-parents-get-in-the-teaching-part-of-home-schooling/ Addictions, Alternative Medicine, Blogging, Business Opportunities, Camping, Cell Phones, Computer Games, Crockpot Recipes, Family & Home, French Language Tutor, Home Schooling, Internet Business, Jewelry, Laptops, Money, Motor Cycles, Photography, Weddings, Work At Home & more... Fri, 25 May 2012 10:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://findgoodniches.com/769/how-invovled-do-parents-get-in-the-teaching-part-of-home-schooling/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Janis B Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:47:36 +0000 http://findgoodniches.com/how-invovled-do-parents-get-in-the-teaching-part-of-home-schooling/#comment-539 I have the theory, that no matter how advanced the academics are, if kids can't read, write and do basic math, then they do not have a real education. That is my experience with the kids who are coming out of the public school system. They do well enough on a subject to pass a test, but they do not have an education. I am very involved in teaching my son, even though I work outside the home. I have a schedule that gives me 2 hours in the morning and several hours in the afternoon. He is not self motivated and we, my husband and I, do what ever we can to encourage him to make progress. We work in the school system and have a little knowlege of the jargon. By that, I mean that if you look at the list of standards in the curriculum for each grade level, it appears that the teachers are teaching complicated concepts. If you put it down into common everyday language, it isn't that complicated. Another issue I have with the standards is that just because a teacher teaches it, doesn't mean that the majority of students learn it. Our area bragged recently when 51% of students passed the 8th grade writing test. That's sad. The best place to look for information on home schooling is here on the internet. If your budget allows, there are some wonderful curriculum that would mean very little work on your part. We are not fortunate enough to have that type budget, so we put the work into it and create our own from library resources and used book stores. I have the theory, that no matter how advanced the academics are, if kids can’t read, write and do basic math, then they do not have a real education. That is my experience with the kids who are coming out of the public school system. They do well enough on a subject to pass a test, but they do not have an education.
I am very involved in teaching my son, even though I work outside the home. I have a schedule that gives me 2 hours in the morning and several hours in the afternoon. He is not self motivated and we, my husband and I, do what ever we can to encourage him to make progress.
We work in the school system and have a little knowlege of the jargon. By that, I mean that if you look at the list of standards in the curriculum for each grade level, it appears that the teachers are teaching complicated concepts. If you put it down into common everyday language, it isn’t that complicated.
Another issue I have with the standards is that just because a teacher teaches it, doesn’t mean that the majority of students learn it. Our area bragged recently when 51% of students passed the 8th grade writing test. That’s sad.
The best place to look for information on home schooling is here on the internet. If your budget allows, there are some wonderful curriculum that would mean very little work on your part. We are not fortunate enough to have that type budget, so we put the work into it and create our own from library resources and used book stores.

]]> http://findgoodniches.com/769/how-invovled-do-parents-get-in-the-teaching-part-of-home-schooling/comment-page-1/#comment-538 SHANE J Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:50:10 +0000 http://findgoodniches.com/how-invovled-do-parents-get-in-the-teaching-part-of-home-schooling/#comment-538 No it would'nt be a problem , I homeschooled my son until freshman year of highschool and he did just as well as most of the students in his school. All you have to do is have a good curriculum , a computer, a good science experiment kit and a few good books. check here for help http://donnayoung.org/forms/help/plannin…http://homeschooling.about.com/od/curric… there are so many other sites that can help you just put homeschooling help or just homeschooling in your web browser. Don't fall for all those wonderful deals of a complete curriculum in a box, they are alot of wasted money just go on- line and see what the average child in your childerens grades are learning and go from there. there are hundreds of sites that have free printables for everything imaginable. It takes alittle time but is well worth it if homeschooling is for you. there are sites that have everything from history to english to spelling all free on the web use them and you will save lots of money. Good Luck P.S. at first I bought alot of books and things but later learned that I could do it all from books from the library and information and worksheets on the web. One more thing is that I only taught my son for about 3 hours a day on average and was able to teach him enough to get into one of the best high schools in New York City, so it doesn't have to take over your life to homeschool. No it would’nt be a problem , I homeschooled my son until freshman year of highschool and he did just as well as most of the students in his school. All you have to do is have a good curriculum , a computer, a good science experiment kit and a few good books. check here for help http://donnayoung.org/forms/help/plannin…http://homeschooling.about.com/od/curric… there are so many other sites that can help you just put homeschooling help or just homeschooling in your web browser. Don’t fall for all those wonderful deals of a complete curriculum in a box, they are alot of wasted money just go on- line and see what the average child in your childerens grades are learning and go from there. there are hundreds of sites that have free printables for everything imaginable. It takes alittle time but is well worth it if homeschooling is for you. there are sites that have everything from history to english to spelling all free on the web use them and you will save lots of money. Good Luck
P.S. at first I bought alot of books and things but later learned that I could do it all from books from the library and information and worksheets on the web. One more thing is that I only taught my son for about 3 hours a day on average and was able to teach him enough to get into one of the best high schools in New York City, so it doesn’t have to take over your life to homeschool.

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