OT-() Homeschooling.....

[Guest guest]

Sorry to butt in on your homescholling conversation but I can answer that.

You and your husband can homeschool. There is probably a homeschool group

that you can join to help you. There is lots of cirriculum you can use. I

do right now (because my oldest is only 2) a child led homeschool approach.

Where when I see that he wants to learn something I teach it to him. There

is lots of ways to homeschool you just have to research what is right for

you and your child.

Hope that helps.

Rena

-- OT-() Homeschooling.....

,

I am very seriously considering homeschooling, my husband needs some

coaxing. He doesn't think we're " qualified " although we're both

educated... he thinks you have to pass a course or something to be

allowed to homeschool. I found out that in our state (NY) they are

leinient because they don't allow the child to receive a NY HS

diploma, so basically, they don't care, and offer little support.

But that's besides the point. Is there anything you can tell me to

help me make up my mind? I realize it will be a committment, but

can me and my husband do this? And can they transfer into a college

or even HS later on if that's how it goes???? I have two kids now, 3

and 2, and one due in about a week... I'm totally lost when I think

about it, but I really don't like the NYC public school system

atall. Anything you can offer would be great. We can talk off-

list, but I figured I'd post this if anyone else has anything that

can help, I'm all ears.

Laurette

> Don't feel bad. I never knew either. The doctor's make you think

that it's mandatory. Even though I am going to homeschool, the issue

never came up. They never asked, they just said, " He's getting five

(or four or however many) shots today " and would give a sad look and

I would give a sad look and we'd stick 'em. He hasn't been to the

doctor since, and he hasn't needed to.

> -

> Intro

>

>

> Hi. My name is , DH is Eddie. We have an almost 17 month

old

> girl Kiaralyn. So far she has been vaxed with everything that

she

> is " suppose " to have except MMR and Chicken Pox. The reason for

her

> vax's up to this point was because I didn't know any better. Now

she

> will no longer be getting vaxed. At her last dr appointment she

> received the DpT and had a " mild " reaction to it. I look

forward to

> learning more so that I am better able to justify my decision.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't have anything but a HS diploma. My husband was homeschooled up until

High School, and then he was transferred to a private school. (It was because

his mom passed on.) We are planning on having lots of fun homeschooling. I am

going to teach what I know and learn what I don't. I think me husband is

going to even help. He wants to teach music to the kids. I want him to teach

English and Music. That would be really nice, because I hated English. I

wouldn't mind teaching the basic English, but the advanced stuff, like essays

and such, I don't want to do.

In Texas, you don't even have to have a diploma to do it. You don't have to have

anything. I think it would be better, but what better way for your kids to learn

than for you to learn with them?? Then they realize that it's fun to learn and

that if Mommy can learn something new, then so can I! After you're done teaching

them, you could have them take the GED test, but that's not the same as a

diploma. If you have lots of money then you could order a curriculum online and

let them work it. Then, if it's accreddited, then you can get them a diploma for

finishing it. But, that costs an arm and a leg. Over $1000 a school year. You

could save that money and buy them a car!!

Think about it, you are teaching them from the minute they are born. Why not

continue their education the way you see fit, instead of just letting strangers

without the same morals and beliefs as you!!

Just think about it.

I could call you if you want. It has to be after 2pm Central Time. That's when

hubby goes to work and I get free time. (He works at home also, and is

constantly on the phone. ) We have the unlimited long distance plan.

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Intro

>

>

> Hi. My name is , DH is Eddie. We have an almost 17 month

old

> girl Kiaralyn. So far she has been vaxed with everything that

she

> is " suppose " to have except MMR and Chicken Pox. The reason for

her

> vax's up to this point was because I didn't know any better. Now

she

> will no longer be getting vaxed. At her last dr appointment she

> received the DpT and had a " mild " reaction to it. I look

forward to

> learning more so that I am better able to justify my decision.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not either, but we do homeschool. Believe me, you and your

husband can school your children, better than anyone else, IMHO. You know

your children better than anyone else.

We use The Well Trained Mind, a classical approach. I'm more structured, so

we do have to have a lesson plan. I plan/prepare the lessons, just like

school teachers do. I enjoy being their teacher. Like someone already

said...there are tons of curriculum out there...more than you can imagine.

It's really hard sometimes to decide which one you want...but I can direct

you to many different places to look at many different curriculum.

One thing that you could do is do tons of research, buy a few books so you

and your husband could read them. One you could read is " None Dare Call it

Education " .

Another book that you could get is called " Dumbing Us Down " by

Gatto. He was a public school teacher for 26 years. In this book, he speaks

against compulsory education and in favor of homeschooling. This isn't the

only book he wrote...he's written several....Underground History of American

Education, etc. If you just do a search on Gatto...you will

come up with more searches that you can go through! The following link is of

Gatto's acceptance speech as New York City Teacher of the Year

award in 1990.

Here are a couple of links to read some things about homeschooling and what

'seems' to be associated with homeschooling in some people's opinions. I can

show you more of the following subject, if you'd like.

http://www.homeeducator.com/FamilyTimes/articles/10-1article1.htm

Homeschoolers can get into colleges, just like anyone else...includes

Harvard and Yale... See the following link:

http://learninfreedom.org/colleges_4_hmsc.html

Here is another link that could be very helpful:

http://www.homeschoolzone.com/hsz/articles/cohen1.htm

We plan on teaching our children for all grades. They'll probably graduate

at age 14 or 16, at the rate they are going. They love to learn! If you

don't want to teach them for their high school years, there are many options

besides putting them back in public school. But, yes, you can do that too.

There are some who do. There are plenty of distance learning schools, etc.,

that are accredited and can monitor your child during high school and do the

transcripts too. There are many out there too.

Anyway, I'll stop....this is a lot of information for you to sort through. I

hope I've helped some.

Donna

Homeschooling mom to 3

Hunter (6), (5), and Abigail (born still 6/12/04, waiting on us to

return HOME)

[Guest guest]

Hi Rena,

Yes it does help. I see what you are saying. My husband and I do

the same with our kids. We see that they are interested in learning

somethign and we teach it to them. My daughter is learning how to

write her letters now, and recognize what starts with what letter,

and we are doing rhymes. My son, is learning different things, like

more " mechanical " type things I suppose... boy stuff but I get

what you are saying.

So there are cirriculms I can follow then, are they by grade level?

Thanks!

Laurette

> > Don't feel bad. I never knew either. The doctor's make you think

> that it's mandatory. Even though I am going to homeschool, the

issue

> never came up. They never asked, they just said, " He's getting

five

> (or four or however many) shots today " and would give a sad look

and

> I would give a sad look and we'd stick 'em. He hasn't been to the

> doctor since, and he hasn't needed to.

> > -

> > Intro

> >

> >

> > Hi. My name is , DH is Eddie. We have an almost 17

month

> old

> > girl Kiaralyn. So far she has been vaxed with everything that

> she

> > is " suppose " to have except MMR and Chicken Pox. The reason

for

> her

> > vax's up to this point was because I didn't know any better.

Now

> she

> > will no longer be getting vaxed. At her last dr appointment

she

> > received the DpT and had a " mild " reaction to it. I look

> forward to

> > learning more so that I am better able to justify my decision.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much! I will definitly read some of the books you

reccomend! I have a year before my oldest is supposed to start pre-

K... or not!

> I'm not either, but we do homeschool. Believe me, you and

your

> husband can school your children, better than anyone else, IMHO.

You know

> your children better than anyone else.

>

> We use The Well Trained Mind, a classical approach. I'm more

structured, so

> we do have to have a lesson plan. I plan/prepare the lessons, just

like

> school teachers do. I enjoy being their teacher. Like someone

already

> said...there are tons of curriculum out there...more than you can

imagine.

> It's really hard sometimes to decide which one you want...but I

can direct

> you to many different places to look at many different curriculum.

>

> One thing that you could do is do tons of research, buy a few

books so you

> and your husband could read them. One you could read is " None Dare

Call it

> Education " .

>

> Another book that you could get is called " Dumbing Us Down " by

> Gatto. He was a public school teacher for 26 years. In this book,

he speaks

> against compulsory education and in favor of homeschooling. This

isn't the

> only book he wrote...he's written several....Underground History

of American

> Education, etc. If you just do a search on

Gatto...you will

> come up with more searches that you can go through! The following

link is of

> Gatto's acceptance speech as New York City Teacher of

the Year

> award in 1990.

>

> Here are a couple of links to read some things about homeschooling

and what

> 'seems' to be associated with homeschooling in some people's

opinions. I can

> show you more of the following subject, if you'd like.

>

> http://www.homeeducator.com/FamilyTimes/articles/10-1article1.htm

>

> Homeschoolers can get into colleges, just like anyone

else...includes

> Harvard and Yale... See the following link:

>

> http://learninfreedom.org/colleges_4_hmsc.html

>

> Here is another link that could be very helpful:

>

> http://www.homeschoolzone.com/hsz/articles/cohen1.htm

>

> We plan on teaching our children for all grades. They'll probably

graduate

> at age 14 or 16, at the rate they are going. They love to learn!

If you

> don't want to teach them for their high school years, there are

many options

> besides putting them back in public school. But, yes, you can do

that too.

> There are some who do. There are plenty of distance learning

schools, etc.,

> that are accredited and can monitor your child during high school

and do the

> transcripts too. There are many out there too.

>

> Anyway, I'll stop....this is a lot of information for you to sort

through. I

> hope I've helped some.

>

>

>

> Donna

> Homeschooling mom to 3

> Hunter (6), (5), and Abigail (born still 6/12/04, waiting

on us to

> return HOME)

[Guest guest]

I'm butting in again too. lol. Yes, there are hundreds/thousands of

curriculum to choose from that are by grade level. You can even get some

that some public schools use. But, why be like them?

Here are a few of my favorite sites:

www.homeschoolreviews.com Reviews of mom's homeschool curriculum.

www.lovetolearn.net Love it! Mixture of everything..she tells you what she

likes in her summary of everything.

www.welltrainedmind.com Not only an approach, but they give you many

suggestions as to what kind of curriculum. The book is wonderful! Other

books that are wonderful are Charlotte Mason and a Jefferson

education.

www.mathusee.com

www.saxonpub.com

www.singaporemath.com

www.bfbooks.com history curriculum using real books...living books.

www.sonlight.com

www.calvertschool.org one of many that have the complete package of

curriculum....all subjects

Like I said...there are hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of

curriculum. One thing that I love to do yearly is go to my local homeschool

curriculum fair and purchase my curriculum. You should go to your next fair,

which is usually at the end of a ps school year or beginning of the next

school. There are usually others too. But our biggest one is at the end of

April and in July.

Donna

Homeschooling mom to 3

Hunter (6), (5), and Abigail (born still 6/12/04, waiting on us to

return HOME)

[Guest guest]

There are ciricculums to follow and they do go by age. However I do not

think kids need structured learning (using a certain cirriculum) until

starting with the first grade. By that I mean actually siting at a table

and doing homeschooling lessons. However that also varies by child. Some

kids will sit thru a lesson starting with kindergarten age and

some won't do it till second grade. Just whatever fits your child. Also as

far my education I dropped out of high school at 10th grade, got my GED and

then got 20 hours of college and my husband luckily has a degree in math.

So my weekest point in education will definitly be taken care of.

Rena

-- Re: OT-() Homeschooling.....

Hi Rena,

Yes it does help. I see what you are saying. My husband and I do

the same with our kids. We see that they are interested in learning

somethign and we teach it to them. My daughter is learning how to

write her letters now, and recognize what starts with what letter,

and we are doing rhymes. My son, is learning different things, like

more " mechanical " type things I suppose... boy stuff but I get

what you are saying.

So there are cirriculms I can follow then, are they by grade level?

Thanks!

Laurette

> > Don't feel bad. I never knew either. The doctor's make you think

> that it's mandatory. Even though I am going to homeschool, the

issue

> never came up. They never asked, they just said, " He's getting

five

> (or four or however many) shots today " and would give a sad look

and

> I would give a sad look and we'd stick 'em. He hasn't been to the

> doctor since, and he hasn't needed to.

> > -

> > Intro

> >

> >

> > Hi. My name is , DH is Eddie. We have an almost 17

month

> old

> > girl Kiaralyn. So far she has been vaxed with everything that

> she

> > is " suppose " to have except MMR and Chicken Pox. The reason

for

> her

> > vax's up to this point was because I didn't know any better.

Now

> she

> > will no longer be getting vaxed. At her last dr appointment

she

> > received the DpT and had a " mild " reaction to it. I look

> forward to

> > learning more so that I am better able to justify my decision.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

<<Amazingly my family STILL says she needs this type of

socialization,and needs to be *forced* to do work to keep up with the

other kids or everyone will tease here.>>

Sara,

You know you are doing the right thing, tell your family to take

a hike. She's your daughter and it's your job to do the absolute best

you can. Grrr. Preschools have gotten just as bad as the public

schools and I think that is so sad!

Ohio

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Mom to Brittany, born 8/31/93, dx'd-IDDM 5/28/01; , born 6/28/97;

and Shayna, born 6/1/00.

Vaccine free since 1999! See our site and get more vaccine info at

http://www.loonatics-fringe.com

For Ohio specific Vaccine Info - http://groups.msn.com/OhioVaxInfo/

[Guest guest]

Hi I'm a homeschooler too...but, just wanted to say that I know

Sherri gonna ask ya'll to take this offlist.

> ,

[Guest guest]

Laurette~

One more link for you to check out~ Homeschool Legal Defense

http://www.hslda.org/default.asp?bhcp=1 An AMAZING amount of legal and all

types of info on this site. You can find your own state laws/regulations

(every one of them is different), links to your local area's support groups,

all sorts of stuff. Very important organization, and Well worth the yearly

fee to be members. :-)

We've homeschooled for 12 years now and wouldn't even consider putting our

kids in public school ever again.

Jan G.

SAHM of 8, doula, breastfeeding advocate

[Guest guest]

> One more link for you to check out~ Homeschool Legal Defense

> http://www.hslda.org/default.asp?bhcp=1 An AMAZING amount of legal and all

> types of info on this site. You can find your own state laws/regulations

> (every one of them is different), links to your local area's support

> groups,

> all sorts of stuff. Very important organization, and Well worth the yearly

> fee to be members. :-)

Ahh...and then, from the other camp, I wouldn't touch this organization

with a 10 foot pole! They're constantly trying to push their own agenda

via legislation that claims to represent all homeschoolers, including,

sometimes, things like banning gay marriage; and if you're not

Christian, they won't represent you anyway. I actually believe that

they're doing more harm than good. The best thing to do is to do your

own research, and get in touch with other local homeschoolers that know

the regulations for your state. I do agree about never putting the kids

back in public school- never, ever again!!

Happy homeschooling and bright blessings!!

--

Breezy s - Facilitator, Blissful Hearth School

Lady Lasairíona of the Lake - Seneschal, Shire of Hrafnsfjordr, Oertha, West

{{What’s right is not always popular;

What’s popular is not always right.}}

[Guest guest]

Thanks Rena

I know that they can't follow a ciricculum right now, but later, at

6, 7 years old etc... it would actually help ME in teaching them. I

am sort of haphazard person, and because of that I end up in

circles... LOL So I know from my own experience that I need to

follow some kind of game plan or else I accomplish nothing. It

kind of puts me at ease about the idea, knowing that there are

structed ciricculums that I can choose from, even if I don't end up

following them to the T... wich, knowing me, I will not...

Thanks so much! I really have to convince my husband that this is

right.

Laurette

> > > Don't feel bad. I never knew either. The doctor's make you

think

> > that it's mandatory. Even though I am going to homeschool, the

> issue

> > never came up. They never asked, they just said, " He's getting

> five

> > (or four or however many) shots today " and would give a sad look

> and

> > I would give a sad look and we'd stick 'em. He hasn't been to

the

> > doctor since, and he hasn't needed to.

> > > -

> > > Intro

> > >

> > >

> > > Hi. My name is , DH is Eddie. We have an almost 17

> month

> > old

> > > girl Kiaralyn. So far she has been vaxed with everything

that

> > she

> > > is " suppose " to have except MMR and Chicken Pox. The reason

> for

> > her

> > > vax's up to this point was because I didn't know any better.

> Now

> > she

> > > will no longer be getting vaxed. At her last dr appointment

> she

> > > received the DpT and had a " mild " reaction to it. I look

> > forward to

> > > learning more so that I am better able to justify my

decision.

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

You can Still get a lot of good information off the HSLDA site without

joining or being involved with them if you don't agree with them. Plus,

sometimes this is the only way for newbies to homeschooling to even Find

local organizations.

Jan G.

SAHM of 8, doula, breastfeeding advocate

[Guest guest]

Ladies,

If you're worrying about home schooling don't.

My son taught Junior High Computer (now were are talking about a

number of years ago) he was also assistant coaching High School

football.

He knew almost nothing about computers, but his wife did, and that

first year she kept him one step or two ahead of his students.

One of the most important things that cannot be taught is common

sense. But, then again, if you have it it might be passed on

genetically!!!!! Book smarts are good, but . . . .

Jackie Noel

www.sagaciousairedales.com

www.sagaciousdogcountry.com