Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 , remind me -- do your girls get IVIG? I hate to see someone chose homeschool just because of CVID. If they are not on IVIG, that, to me, would be the next most logical step. If they are -- and you are still getting major infections -- then you've got to consider different options. I personally home educated both of my children, but that decision was made many years before Katy showed any symptoms. I agree it's an ideal way to educate your kids -- but only if it's your choice. Doing home-bound is another option if you don't feel " called " to be Mom and Teacher and nurse and chaufeur and referee -- you get the gist. I absolutely love home education and am actually teaching some courses for a Mom that's homeschooling her four -- just because I miss it so much. A good book to get started on is Colfax's " Homeschooling for Excellence " . It gives the basic premises of " why home educate " and then there's tons of good books at Christian bookstores. Home Schooling Legal Defense Association is a good resource for getting started and finding out what the current books are. Homeschooling two is easier than homeschooling 1 because they can stimulate each other and do projects together. My two are 2 years apart and I taught the history and science level between the two so they could do it together. Then they did English and Math at their own grade level. I found it to be very rewarding and satisfying -- other mothers just feel trapped. But the best advice I ever got in regards to educating my children was this and it was told to me by a guidance counselor for the public schools in New Jersey (we lived in Westfield at the time). He said: parents often think when their child is starting school that that's the only time you need to look at style of learning -- but it's not. Every single year -- at the end of the year-- parents should reevaluate their child's strengths and weaknesses and decide which type of school he/she should attend the next year. One year they may need Montesorri and the next Military Academy, one year they may need structure and the next they may need stress-free development. Don't ever put your kid in one school and leave them there for 12 years without reevaluating their needs. So, not knowing what we would do for the future -- we started homeschooling and did it for 12 1/2 years! We re-evaluated curriculum and made changes as necessary, but never felt a need to change the home educating! is now a senior at Wheaton College in Chicago and Katy is a Sophomore at Azusa Pacific University in S. Cal. When do you start? At birth. attended Kindergarten and we loved his teacher and the things he learned there, but his first grade year was wasted and we took him out in the middle of his second grade year and had to undo some damage of " hating " school. Katy only had 1/2 year of Kindergarten and loved the social life -- but hated the " academics " because they were so boring. With God's help, we decided the time was right to move into home schooling and we've never looked back. Hope that helps. In His service, Dale Frajerman wrote: >How and when do you start to homeschool? Should we try Kindergarten and see how it goes? then make our decision? Sara 4 loves school but is exhausted when she gets home. My family doesnt support homeschooling but I wont get into that. How do we get ready to homeschool? Can anyone give me advice or good literature on the subject? We currently live in NJ but we are moving to Florida in the spring in hopes to provide a better lifestyle for the girls. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Hey I have a couple questions about home schooling. First of all ph 12 has never really liked going to school not if something happened or if it is just sepperation anxity, at times it is a struggle to get him out of the van and he is getting bigger and I am pg, so not really an option for me anymore I hate having to fight him to go. So what I was wondering is how do you get started? If he is more hands on then writing and reading which he dose not excell at all at what do you do there? Just getting my options out there. Heidi mom to ph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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