Re: Jen OT: Quaker Schools

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I home school the older three of my 4 kids and have from the start. My oldest will be going into 7th grade this coming school year. There are so, so many myths and misconceptions about home schooling it's just beyond ridiculous.

Home schooling doesn't take hours and hours a day (though it can on days when the kids really get into something they find interesting). It does take time, but then, raising children takes time if you have any intention of being an interactive parent. My husband and I both worked full time before having kids. We made a lot of changes in what we considered 'necessities' vs. 'wants' after our first child came along so I could be a stay at home mom. Neither of us drive brand new cars, but both our cars are paid for. We live rural which is cheaper and it also allows us to have our farm which is an amazing experience for the kids and lets us raise a lot of our own food. We gave up the bling, the name brands, suburbia and keeping up with the es. I love it and wouldn't change it for anything.

We go to events with three different homeschool groups (one of which is over a hundred families strong). If we went to every possible event going on we'd never have time to get anything done! Socialization isn't an issue. We don't live under a rock. My children interact with people of a wide range of ages in a wide range of settings on a regular basis like people in the 'real' world do vs. the artificially controlled public school setting where kids of the same age and same lack of social skills are all stuck together in an artificially controlled environment with questionable adult supervision. We get *so* many compliments on how well behaved, polite and articulate our kids are.

We use a variety of curriculum from very simple (and inexpensive) to very cool programs like our math that comes complete with a DVD that outlines every lesson in the book. You'd have to be dense as a brick to be unable to teach with what is available out there today. Never mind the fact that given good interesting materials most kids will take off and learn on their own. My 12 year old is primarily self taught at this point (something many people stumble on when they hit college and don't have as much hand holding and structure as there is in public school). He comes to me with amusing parts of his lessons, he comes to me if he gets totally stuck on something and he comes to me to show me his completed work. Otherwise, he is totally self sufficient with his core subjects (we do science, history, art, etc as a family). My younger kids (9 and 5) are at various points in obtaining that same level of self sufficiency. It's very cool!

Anyway, I really enjoy home schooling my kids. I have friends whose kids go to public school and it seems like it's just one horror story after the next. Even in the 'good' schools. I don't know what happened/ is happening to public school but it just isn't good.

Liz

Re: Jen OT: Quaker Schools

I think I would have to hire somebody once we reached Algebra.;-) Too teach us both! I have completely forgotten anything past basic algebra. But it would be fun to learn it together. Which is in part what I am hoping for - the day we become fellow students.I don't even have kids yet. Stupid biological clock!a

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[Guest guest]

I home school the older three of my 4 kids and have from the start. My oldest will be going into 7th grade this coming school year. There are so, so many myths and misconceptions about home schooling it's just beyond ridiculous.

Home schooling doesn't take hours and hours a day (though it can on days when the kids really get into something they find interesting). It does take time, but then, raising children takes time if you have any intention of being an interactive parent. My husband and I both worked full time before having kids. We made a lot of changes in what we considered 'necessities' vs. 'wants' after our first child came along so I could be a stay at home mom. Neither of us drive brand new cars, but both our cars are paid for. We live rural which is cheaper and it also allows us to have our farm which is an amazing experience for the kids and lets us raise a lot of our own food. We gave up the bling, the name brands, suburbia and keeping up with the es. I love it and wouldn't change it for anything.

We go to events with three different homeschool groups (one of which is over a hundred families strong). If we went to every possible event going on we'd never have time to get anything done! Socialization isn't an issue. We don't live under a rock. My children interact with people of a wide range of ages in a wide range of settings on a regular basis like people in the 'real' world do vs. the artificially controlled public school setting where kids of the same age and same lack of social skills are all stuck together in an artificially controlled environment with questionable adult supervision. We get *so* many compliments on how well behaved, polite and articulate our kids are.

We use a variety of curriculum from very simple (and inexpensive) to very cool programs like our math that comes complete with a DVD that outlines every lesson in the book. You'd have to be dense as a brick to be unable to teach with what is available out there today. Never mind the fact that given good interesting materials most kids will take off and learn on their own. My 12 year old is primarily self taught at this point (something many people stumble on when they hit college and don't have as much hand holding and structure as there is in public school). He comes to me with amusing parts of his lessons, he comes to me if he gets totally stuck on something and he comes to me to show me his completed work. Otherwise, he is totally self sufficient with his core subjects (we do science, history, art, etc as a family). My younger kids (9 and 5) are at various points in obtaining that same level of self sufficiency. It's very cool!

Anyway, I really enjoy home schooling my kids. I have friends whose kids go to public school and it seems like it's just one horror story after the next. Even in the 'good' schools. I don't know what happened/ is happening to public school but it just isn't good.

Liz

Re: Jen OT: Quaker Schools

I think I would have to hire somebody once we reached Algebra.;-) Too teach us both! I have completely forgotten anything past basic algebra. But it would be fun to learn it together. Which is in part what I am hoping for - the day we become fellow students.I don't even have kids yet. Stupid biological clock!a

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[Guest guest]

Neat! I learned a new trick!

> > >When I think of the

> > > way I learned multiplication in school it was memorization of the

> > > tables, not an understanding of why 3X3 is 9. That came later. Here,

> > > they seem to teach that first, and then there is no need to really

> > > memorize those darned tables!

> >

> > hi donna - im having this problem with my 10 year old. you see,

> > the public school skipped him over grade 3, which seems to be the

> > grade that kids are learning times tables around here. (they

> > put him into a split 3/4 class and the teacher just taught all of

> > them grade 4 math... ugh!, long story... but ds didnt do so well,

> > even after doing the grade 4 material again the next year while

> > in a proper grade 4 class

> > he really needs to know the times tables for grade 5 (he is going

> > into a grade 4/5 split this year which should also help him, but

> > still he should know this stuff already). the thing is, i never

> > had luck memorizing the times tables when i was a kid and ive

> > tried to get ds to memorize them, but he just cant seem to do it.

> > im no teacher, especially when it comes to math, so im

> > wondering what the best way is to teach him the times tables.

> > maybe i should get 8 year old ds, who is going into grade 3 in

> > september, to teach him.... LOL. no, seriously, do you have

> > any ideas that might help?

> >

> > :*carolyn.

> >

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[Guest guest]

Neat! I learned a new trick!

> > >When I think of the

> > > way I learned multiplication in school it was memorization of the

> > > tables, not an understanding of why 3X3 is 9. That came later. Here,

> > > they seem to teach that first, and then there is no need to really

> > > memorize those darned tables!

> >

> > hi donna - im having this problem with my 10 year old. you see,

> > the public school skipped him over grade 3, which seems to be the

> > grade that kids are learning times tables around here. (they

> > put him into a split 3/4 class and the teacher just taught all of

> > them grade 4 math... ugh!, long story... but ds didnt do so well,

> > even after doing the grade 4 material again the next year while

> > in a proper grade 4 class

> > he really needs to know the times tables for grade 5 (he is going

> > into a grade 4/5 split this year which should also help him, but

> > still he should know this stuff already). the thing is, i never

> > had luck memorizing the times tables when i was a kid and ive

> > tried to get ds to memorize them, but he just cant seem to do it.

> > im no teacher, especially when it comes to math, so im

> > wondering what the best way is to teach him the times tables.

> > maybe i should get 8 year old ds, who is going into grade 3 in

> > september, to teach him.... LOL. no, seriously, do you have

> > any ideas that might help?

> >

> > :*carolyn.

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

yeah jordon taught me that trick just this past april theres another one and if someone already saifd it sorry working backward to night. on ok a piece of paper do this count down 0-9:0123... on down to 9 then on the right side next to the 0 count backwards 9-009182736455463728190he taught me that one too. TrishaFrom: a Frey

<paulajfrey@...> Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2009 6:25:22 PMSubject: Re: Jen OT: Quaker Schools

Neat! I learned a new trick!

> > >When I think of the

> > > way I learned multiplication in school it was memorization of the

> > > tables, not an understanding of why 3X3 is 9. That came later. Here,

> > > they seem to teach that first, and then there is no need to really

> > > memorize those darned tables!

> >

> > hi donna - im having this problem with my 10 year old. you see,

> > the public school skipped him over grade 3, which seems to be the

> > grade that kids are learning times tables around here. (they

> > put him into a split 3/4 class and the teacher just taught all of

> > them grade 4 math... ugh!, long story... but ds didnt do so well,

> > even after doing the grade 4 material again the next year while

> > in a proper grade 4 class

> > he really needs to know the times tables for grade 5 (he is going

> > into a grade 4/5 split this year which should also help him, but

> > still he should know this stuff already). the thing is, i never

> > had luck memorizing the times tables when i was a kid and ive

> > tried to get ds to memorize them, but he just cant seem to do it.

> > im no teacher, especially when it comes to math, so im

> > wondering what the best way is to teach him the times tables.

> > maybe i should get 8 year old ds, who is going into grade 3 in

> > september, to teach him.... LOL. no, seriously, do you have

> > any ideas that might help?

> >

> > :*carolyn.

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

yeah jordon taught me that trick just this past april theres another one and if someone already saifd it sorry working backward to night. on ok a piece of paper do this count down 0-9:0123... on down to 9 then on the right side next to the 0 count backwards 9-009182736455463728190he taught me that one too. TrishaFrom: a Frey

<paulajfrey@...> Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2009 6:25:22 PMSubject: Re: Jen OT: Quaker Schools

Neat! I learned a new trick!

> > >When I think of the

> > > way I learned multiplication in school it was memorization of the

> > > tables, not an understanding of why 3X3 is 9. That came later. Here,

> > > they seem to teach that first, and then there is no need to really

> > > memorize those darned tables!

> >

> > hi donna - im having this problem with my 10 year old. you see,

> > the public school skipped him over grade 3, which seems to be the

> > grade that kids are learning times tables around here. (they

> > put him into a split 3/4 class and the teacher just taught all of

> > them grade 4 math... ugh!, long story... but ds didnt do so well,

> > even after doing the grade 4 material again the next year while

> > in a proper grade 4 class

> > he really needs to know the times tables for grade 5 (he is going

> > into a grade 4/5 split this year which should also help him, but

> > still he should know this stuff already). the thing is, i never

> > had luck memorizing the times tables when i was a kid and ive

> > tried to get ds to memorize them, but he just cant seem to do it.

> > im no teacher, especially when it comes to math, so im

> > wondering what the best way is to teach him the times tables.

> > maybe i should get 8 year old ds, who is going into grade 3 in

> > september, to teach him.... LOL. no, seriously, do you have

> > any ideas that might help?

> >

> > :*carolyn.

> >

>

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Donna M-P wrote:

> For instance the 9 times table repeats backwards:

> 9, 18,27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81.

oh geeze, this is going to sound dumb, but im almost 46 years old

and ive never realized that! :/

:*c.

[Guest guest]

Donna M-P wrote:

> For instance the 9 times table repeats backwards:

> 9, 18,27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81.

oh geeze, this is going to sound dumb, but im almost 46 years old

and ive never realized that! :/

:*c.