Re: Home schooling an AS child

[Guest guest]

These were two different people Roxanna....

> >

> > I don't understand how you can teach the kids without any

> curriculum. Aren't you afraid you are missing important concepts

> along the way? There are so many pieces to math, for example, and

> > ( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your input.

The reason we are checking it out is because it's still considered a public

school as far as curriculum. We'll still have an IEP, someone to call and get

help from, visits from a " special ed " teacher to see how he's doing, field

trips, etc, BUT,,,,,,I'll have the accoutability to make sure he keeps up

ACCADEMICALLY with what the rest of the world is going to require of him

someday. Kind of seems like a win-win situation.

Thanks again.

Robin

meiraharvey <meira-harvey@...> wrote:

One of my former students, severely learning disabled, is attending

a virtual school and is doing beautifully.

One of my neighbor's children, completely NT as far as I can tell, is

attending virtual school and not learning mych at all.

The key difference is parental involvement.

My former student has two very involved parents, one who stays home

with him fulltime, and they work with him assisting him in learning

everything put forth by the virtual school.

My neighbor's child sleeps all day, runs around the neighborhood or

plays on her computer all night, and does the minium required by her

online teacher. She has occasionally showed up on my doorstep to get

help with her math homework, extremely remedial stuff, that she

learns quickly when I work with her. It shocks me to no end that

such a bright child is so incredibly so far behind. But she rarely

sees her parents, and is pretty much left to her own devises, so it

makes sense.

Meira

>

> Anyone have any experience with a Virtual School? We are planning

on starting this in Sept.

> Robin

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[Guest guest]

Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on the skills.

Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling etc. We

work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody else. I

create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are reading a

book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with a unit

study.

I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas and we

borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of manipulatives and

real activities hands on.

By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything beautifully

packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't follow blanks

in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school system.

We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow the school

system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all the time.

I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have the

school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real and

natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

Momsi

[Guest guest]

For those who are unfamiliar with homeschooling, the concept of " not using a

curriculum " seems too scary. However, once in the homeschooling world, the

freedom discovered by parents is so intense that many do switch to using " no

curriculum " . What this basically means is that the parents have discovered that

textbooks really hinder learning and make it rather dull. So, the parents begin

using more and more object lessons and real life applications of what they are

teaching their children and, in effect, the lessons become unique and not text

book based. I have never met a homeschooling parent who does not want what is

best for their children. Some are more laid back in their approach, it is true.

However, most homeschooling parents are the most diligent and consciencious

students of life and curriculum that one would ever meet. I found homeschooling

to be an extremely eye-opening experience that changed my perspective on

education forever. Having a person's children

with them all day when they could be taking a break with them in school really

is not a lazy choice. Have you seen on Anne of Green Gables where Miss Stacey

takes the class outdoors and everybody begins to love learning more and really

thriving. This is how it is when a parent steps outside the textbook. The

content must be covered. When teaching as a parent, though, the topics are so

simple and straightforward that it is easy to cover everything without a

textbook. Documentation is very important. But the memories made and the whole

learning experience is something that most people seem to miss out on with their

children.

Marlicia.

( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on the skills.

Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling etc. We

work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody else. I

create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are reading a

book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with a unit

study.

I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas and we

borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of manipulatives and

real activities hands on.

By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything beautifully

packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't follow blanks

in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school system.

We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow the school

system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all the time.

I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have the

school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real and

natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

Momsi

[Guest guest]

Very well put! To document, we use a medium sized watercolor book

(large with thick black cover, about $8 at art store) to work in,

paint in, paste work samples in and pictures of

experiments/projects.

You really explained this well, thank you!

>

> For those who are unfamiliar with homeschooling, the concept

of " not using a curriculum " seems too scary. However, once in the

homeschooling world, the freedom discovered by parents is so intense

that many do switch to using " no curriculum " . What this basically

means is that the parents have discovered that textbooks really

hinder learning and make it rather dull. So, the parents begin using

more and more object lessons and real life applications of what they

are teaching their children and, in effect, the lessons become unique

and not text book based. I have never met a homeschooling parent who

does not want what is best for their children. Some are more laid

back in their approach, it is true. However, most homeschooling

parents are the most diligent and consciencious students of life and

curriculum that one would ever meet. I found homeschooling to be an

extremely eye-opening experience that changed my perspective on

education forever. Having a person's children

> with them all day when they could be taking a break with them in

school really is not a lazy choice. Have you seen on Anne of Green

Gables where Miss Stacey takes the class outdoors and everybody

begins to love learning more and really thriving. This is how it is

when a parent steps outside the textbook. The content must be

covered. When teaching as a parent, though, the topics are so simple

and straightforward that it is easy to cover everything without a

textbook. Documentation is very important. But the memories made

and the whole learning experience is something that most people seem

to miss out on with their children.

> Marlicia.

>

>

> ( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

>

> Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

>

> I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

>

> We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on

the skills.

>

> Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling

etc. We

> work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody

else. I

> create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are

reading a

> book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with

a unit

> study.

>

> I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas

and we

> borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

>

> They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of

manipulatives and

> real activities hands on.

>

> By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything

beautifully

> packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't

follow blanks

> in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school

system.

>

> We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow

the school

> system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

>

> We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all

the time.

>

> I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have

the

> school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

>

> Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real

and

> natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

>

> Momsi

>

>

[Guest guest]

What you're doing sounds much like the Charlotte Mason Method. " A

living education " ...that's what we use..

>

> Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

>

> I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

>

> We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on

the skills.

>

> Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling

etc. We

> work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody

else. I

> create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are

reading a

> book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with

a unit

> study.

>

> I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas

and we

> borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

>

> They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of

manipulatives and

> real activities hands on.

>

>

>

> By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything

beautifully

> packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't

follow blanks

> in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school

system.

>

> We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow

the school

> system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

>

> We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all

the time.

>

> I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have

the

> school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

>

> Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real

and

> natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

>

> Momsi

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Marlicia!

Momsi

[Guest guest]

Where I live. there is a Christian School that does teachers like that. they

don't use those text books that public schools use. They have different age

groups in each class. they go by your academic level instead of age groups. I

was unfamiliar with this, so I kept my kids in public school.

marlicia travis <marlicia123@...> wrote: For those who are

unfamiliar with homeschooling, the concept of " not using a curriculum " seems too

scary. However, once in the homeschooling world, the freedom discovered by

parents is so intense that many do switch to using " no curriculum " . What this

basically means is that the parents have discovered that textbooks really hinder

learning and make it rather dull. So, the parents begin using more and more

object lessons and real life applications of what they are teaching their

children and, in effect, the lessons become unique and not text book based. I

have never met a homeschooling parent who does not want what is best for their

children. Some are more laid back in their approach, it is true. However, most

homeschooling parents are the most diligent and consciencious students of life

and curriculum that one would ever meet. I found homeschooling to be an

extremely eye-opening experience that changed my

perspective on education forever. Having a person's children

with them all day when they could be taking a break with them in school really

is not a lazy choice. Have you seen on Anne of Green Gables where Miss Stacey

takes the class outdoors and everybody begins to love learning more and really

thriving. This is how it is when a parent steps outside the textbook. The

content must be covered. When teaching as a parent, though, the topics are so

simple and straightforward that it is easy to cover everything without a

textbook. Documentation is very important. But the memories made and the whole

learning experience is something that most people seem to miss out on with their

children.

Marlicia.

( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on the skills.

Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling etc. We

work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody else. I

create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are reading a

book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with a unit

study.

I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas and we

borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of manipulatives and

real activities hands on.

By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything beautifully

packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't follow blanks

in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school system.

We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow the school

system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all the time.

I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have the

school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real and

natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

Momsi

[Guest guest]

Montessori schools do this. They have 3 years together in one group.

was in a Montessori school from preschool through second

grade. It was wonderful for him, until second grade when they had a

terrible, horrible, no good, very bad teacher.

Liz

On Mar 21, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Rose wrote:

> Where I live. there is a Christian School that does teachers like

> that. they don't use those text books that public schools use. They

> have different age groups in each class. they go by your academic

> level instead of age groups. I was unfamiliar with this, so I kept

> my kids in public school.

>

>> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

I so wish we had a Montessori school around here! But... thats what i

give up to live in the middle of no where.

>

> > Where I live. there is a Christian School that does teachers like

> > that. they don't use those text books that public schools use. They

> > have different age groups in each class. they go by your academic

> > level instead of age groups. I was unfamiliar with this, so I kept

> > my kids in public school.

> >

> >> .

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi. I have an 8 year old son with AS and he attends a private Montessori

school and this has been the perfect fit for him. Although the school will

not say they serve children with 'special needs', his teacher has been so

accommodating with . Because he is in the same classroom for 3

years, there is ample opportunity to know each child very well and this is

so helpful also for routine, consistency etc. I can't say enough great

things. The kids move around the classroom all day - to a large degree,

they get to choose when they work on certain activities/skills. I think

there is often a misconception about Montessori and it might also depend on

the school but this school is very structured yet flexible at the same time.

The learning is almost all tactile and very concrete. Perfect for someone

with AS. And, because a lot of the kids are pretty smart, 'quirkiness' is

accepted pretty well.

[Guest guest]

Because it's so concrete, they tend to internalize concepts very

well. My son didn't have to write out steps to math problems until he

hit pre-calculus. He could do it all in his head. (Much to his

teachers' chagrin.) Liz

On Mar 21, 2007, at 3:04 PM, Graham wrote:

>

> Hi. I have an 8 year old son with AS and he attends a private

> Montessori

> school and this has been the perfect fit for him. Although the

> school will

> not say they serve children with 'special needs', his teacher has

> been so

> accommodating with . Because he is in the same classroom for 3

> years, there is ample opportunity to know each child very well and

> this is

> so helpful also for routine, consistency etc. I can't say enough great

> things. The kids move around the classroom all day - to a large

> degree,

> they get to choose when they work on certain activities/skills. I

> think

> there is often a misconception about Montessori and it might also

> depend on

> the school but this school is very structured yet flexible at the

> same time.

> The learning is almost all tactile and very concrete. Perfect for

> someone

> with AS. And, because a lot of the kids are pretty smart,

> 'quirkiness' is

> accepted pretty well.

>

>

[Guest guest]

--

Yes, I agree. In fact, he does get frustrated because the teachers

do require him to follow the method so that for math, he uses

materials to calculate an answer than after you master that, you move

to paper. was recently very happy because he moved

from 'racks and tubes' (the hands on part) to something less hands

on. But I bet he could do it all in his head too. Just like with

spelling - he is fine if you ask him to spell words out loud, but he

has a much harder time writing them down (not so much because of the

writing part but something about getting the letters from brain to

paper).

- In , Liz Bohn <lbohn@...> wrote:

>

> Because it's so concrete, they tend to internalize concepts very

> well. My son didn't have to write out steps to math problems until

he

> hit pre-calculus. He could do it all in his head. (Much to his

> teachers' chagrin.) Liz

>

> On Mar 21, 2007, at 3:04 PM, Graham wrote:

>

> >

> > Hi. I have an 8 year old son with AS and he attends a private

> > Montessori

> > school and this has been the perfect fit for him. Although the

> > school will

> > not say they serve children with 'special needs', his teacher

has

> > been so

> > accommodating with . Because he is in the same classroom

for 3

> > years, there is ample opportunity to know each child very well

and

> > this is

> > so helpful also for routine, consistency etc. I can't say enough

great

> > things. The kids move around the classroom all day - to a large

> > degree,

> > they get to choose when they work on certain activities/skills.

I

> > think

> > there is often a misconception about Montessori and it might

also

> > depend on

> > the school but this school is very structured yet flexible at

the

> > same time.

> > The learning is almost all tactile and very concrete. Perfect

for

> > someone

> > with AS. And, because a lot of the kids are pretty smart,

> > 'quirkiness' is

> > accepted pretty well.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

On Nov 16, 6:50pm, " Claudine Arce " wrote:

} We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all the time.

}

} I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have the

} school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

We are unschoolers, so I understand exactly what you're trying to say. :-)

My son's speech therapist keeps implying that he's learning

too much! Like we're forcing it on him or something. He's just

bright and curious and we encourage him to learn about anything

that interests him.

Willa

[Guest guest]

I didn't mean " curriculum " in the sense that you buy all matching books and

workbooks. I meant a guideline - a list of age/grade appropriate objectives.

How you teach to that objective would be up to you. Like when we did ABA with

my ds, we followed a curriculum list - the objectives for each stage to work on.

How we taught it was up to us. We taught it how he learned it best.

Even if I homeschool in the future, I would want to follow a guideline to make

sure I was hitting all the important concepts for that age/grade (or above, as

the case might be.) I would just want to know I was not missing something

important. Maybe that is just me. I don't really care how the school wants to

teach something as that wouldn't be my concern.

Roxanna

( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on the skills.

Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling etc. We

work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody else. I

create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are reading a

book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with a unit

study.

I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas and we

borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of manipulatives and

real activities hands on.

By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything beautifully

packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't follow blanks

in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school system.

We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow the school

system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all the time.

I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have the

school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real and

natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

Momsi

[Guest guest]

I just started my 14 y.o. as son last November. I bought the " cirriculum "

because I was new at it and I wanted to make sure I taught grade appropriate

materials. But I love teaching him at home because I can sit with him, read the

chapters with him, go through the test questions with him, if he doesn't

remember the answer, we go back through the book and find it together. But we

also watch shows relating to different subjects that he is interested in, like

animal shows, science shows, shows about different countries, different periods

of history, and we watch them together and discuss them afterwards. I wish that

I would have pulled him out of school earlier, but I didn't think that I was

allowed to or that I could teach him. Now I know better, he learns more at home

with me than he ever did in school and he loves it because we do it together and

we are relaxed when we do it and he gets my one on one undivided attention.

Plus, there's no one around who will pick on him and no teachers to yell at him

and threaten him, and no getting up at the crack of dawn... all the things that

used to make his life miserable and stressful. He's so happy to be

homeschooled, and I am happy doing it!! I don't have to worry what's happening

to him or what is he doing, I know!! Next year, I am going to try to experiment

with different techniques, now that I am getting the hang of his learning style

and his likes and dislikes. It's nice to hear about what other parents are

doing in that regard!!! All the best!! Tami and Will

( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on the skills.

Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling etc. We

work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody else. I

create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are reading a

book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with a unit

study.

I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas and we

borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of manipulatives and

real activities hands on.

By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything beautifully

packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't follow blanks

in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school system.

We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow the school

system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all the time.

I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have the

school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real and

natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

Momsi

[Guest guest]

That was awesome to read!!!

We are starting Ian at home with a Virtual School in September for all of the

reasons you just listed. I was just never able to say it so perfectly!!!

Thanks.

Robin

Tami Ober <nyx@...> wrote:

I just started my 14 y.o. as son last November. I bought the

" cirriculum " because I was new at it and I wanted to make sure I taught grade

appropriate materials. But I love teaching him at home because I can sit with

him, read the chapters with him, go through the test questions with him, if he

doesn't remember the answer, we go back through the book and find it together.

But we also watch shows relating to different subjects that he is interested in,

like animal shows, science shows, shows about different countries, different

periods of history, and we watch them together and discuss them afterwards. I

wish that I would have pulled him out of school earlier, but I didn't think that

I was allowed to or that I could teach him. Now I know better, he learns more at

home with me than he ever did in school and he loves it because we do it

together and we are relaxed when we do it and he gets my one on one undivided

attention. Plus, there's no one around who will pick

on him and no teachers to yell at him and threaten him, and no getting up at

the crack of dawn... all the things that used to make his life miserable and

stressful. He's so happy to be homeschooled, and I am happy doing it!! I don't

have to worry what's happening to him or what is he doing, I know!! Next year, I

am going to try to experiment with different techniques, now that I am getting

the hang of his learning style and his likes and dislikes. It's nice to hear

about what other parents are doing in that regard!!! All the best!! Tami and

Will

( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on the skills.

Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling etc. We

work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody else. I

create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are reading a

book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with a unit

study.

I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas and we

borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of manipulatives and

real activities hands on.

By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything beautifully

packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't follow blanks

in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school system.

We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow the school

system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all the time.

I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have the

school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real and

natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

Momsi

[Guest guest]

No problem!! GOOD LUCK! I am sure it will be a wonderful bonding experience for

both of you!! Best wishes!! Tami

( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on the skills.

Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling etc. We

work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by somebody else. I

create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are reading a

book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or with a unit

study.

I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts, ideas and we

borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of manipulatives and

real activities hands on.

By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything beautifully

packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't follow blanks

in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school system.

We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow the school

system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning all the time.

I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you have the

school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real and

natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

Momsi

[Guest guest]

Absolutely. I augment the school's academics whenever we have the

chance. I look over the district's curriculum and pick something to

work on. For example, one thing we are working on is fractions. I

don't sit her down in front of a textbook and say go for it. I do

give her worksheets to do. But I also cook with her, make change with

her, divide up toys into piles with her... It's their guidelines, my

lessons.

Meira

>

> I didn't mean " curriculum " in the sense that you buy all matching

books and workbooks. I meant a guideline - a list of age/grade

appropriate objectives. How you teach to that objective would be up

to you. Like when we did ABA with my ds, we followed a curriculum

list - the objectives for each stage to work on. How we taught it

was up to us. We taught it how he learned it best.

>

> Even if I homeschool in the future, I would want to follow a

guideline to make sure I was hitting all the important concepts for

that age/grade (or above, as the case might be.) I would just want

to know I was not missing something important. Maybe that is just

me. I don't really care how the school wants to teach something as

that wouldn't be my concern.

>

> Roxanna

> ( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

>

> Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

>

> I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

>

> We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on

the skills.

>

> Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling

etc. We

> work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by

somebody else. I

> create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are

reading a

> book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or

with a unit

> study.

>

> I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts,

ideas and we

> borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

>

> They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of

manipulatives and

> real activities hands on.

>

> By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything

beautifully

> packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't

follow blanks

> in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school

system.

>

> We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow

the school

> system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

>

> We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning

all the time.

>

> I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you

have the

> school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

>

> Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real

and

> natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

>

> Momsi

>

>

[Guest guest]

I homeschool one of my five kids now for two years and am going to

add my seven year old PDD=NOS son soon. I love homeschooling and my

daughter has blossomed in all areas but math (severe math

disability).

I wish you and your son the best of experiences!

> I just started my 14 y.o. as son last November. I bought

the " cirriculum " because I was new at it and I wanted to make sure I

taught grade appropriate materials. But I love teaching him at home

because I can sit with him, read the chapters with him, go through

the test questions with him, if he doesn't remember the answer, we go

back through the book and find it together. But we also watch shows

relating to different subjects that he is interested in, like animal

shows, science shows, shows about different countries, different

periods of history, and we watch them together and discuss them

afterwards. I wish that I would have pulled him out of school

earlier, but I didn't think that I was allowed to or that I could

teach him. Now I know better, he learns more at home with me than he

ever did in school and he loves it because we do it together and we

are relaxed when we do it and he gets my one on one undivided

attention. Plus, there's no one around who will pick

> on him and no teachers to yell at him and threaten him, and no

getting up at the crack of dawn... all the things that used to make

his life miserable and stressful. He's so happy to be homeschooled,

and I am happy doing it!! I don't have to worry what's happening to

him or what is he doing, I know!! Next year, I am going to try to

experiment with different techniques, now that I am getting the hang

of his learning style and his likes and dislikes. It's nice to hear

about what other parents are doing in that regard!!! All the best!!

Tami and Will

> ( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

>

> Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

>

> I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

>

> We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on

the skills.

>

> Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling

etc. We

> work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by

somebody else. I

> create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are

reading a

> book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or

with a unit

> study.

>

> I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts,

ideas and we

> borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

>

> They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of

manipulatives and

> real activities hands on.

>

> By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything

beautifully

> packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't

follow blanks

> in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school

system.

>

> We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow

the school

> system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

>

> We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning

all the time.

>

> I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you

have the

> school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

>

> Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real

and

> natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

>

> Momsi

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, guys!!!!!

Robin

<mkisses@...> wrote:

I homeschool one of my five kids now for two years and am going to

add my seven year old PDD=NOS son soon. I love homeschooling and my

daughter has blossomed in all areas but math (severe math

disability).

I wish you and your son the best of experiences!

> I just started my 14 y.o. as son last November. I bought

the " cirriculum " because I was new at it and I wanted to make sure I

taught grade appropriate materials. But I love teaching him at home

because I can sit with him, read the chapters with him, go through

the test questions with him, if he doesn't remember the answer, we go

back through the book and find it together. But we also watch shows

relating to different subjects that he is interested in, like animal

shows, science shows, shows about different countries, different

periods of history, and we watch them together and discuss them

afterwards. I wish that I would have pulled him out of school

earlier, but I didn't think that I was allowed to or that I could

teach him. Now I know better, he learns more at home with me than he

ever did in school and he loves it because we do it together and we

are relaxed when we do it and he gets my one on one undivided

attention. Plus, there's no one around who will pick

> on him and no teachers to yell at him and threaten him, and no

getting up at the crack of dawn... all the things that used to make

his life miserable and stressful. He's so happy to be homeschooled,

and I am happy doing it!! I don't have to worry what's happening to

him or what is he doing, I know!! Next year, I am going to try to

experiment with different techniques, now that I am getting the hang

of his learning style and his likes and dislikes. It's nice to hear

about what other parents are doing in that regard!!! All the best!!

Tami and Will

> ( ) Re: Home schooling an AS child

>

> Ok, probably there's a misunderstanding.

>

> I don't follow a curriculum that is made from A-Z.

>

> We choose a topic (again.) and from there I work with my kids on

the skills.

>

> Knowing what they need to know as grammar, composition, spelling

etc. We

> work on all of that but not following a curriculum made by

somebody else. I

> create my own by incorporating everything. For example if we are

reading a

> book we work on that book in every single aspect of grammar or

with a unit

> study.

>

> I do my research in the internet to find activities, crafts,

ideas and we

> borrow a bunch of books and read, read, read.

>

> They only book as a (curriculum) is for math and lots of

manipulatives and

> real activities hands on.

>

> By not following a curriculum I meant I don't buy everything

beautifully

> packed for me. We investigate what we want to learn. We don't

follow blanks

> in a workbook or see 10 topics at the same time as in the school

system.

>

> We are registered not enrolling which means that we don't follow

the school

> system requirements as we live in BC Canada.

>

> We don't bring school at home. We have a lifestyle of learning

all the time.

>

> I know some of you understand what I am trying to say. If you

have the

> school system mentality is difficult to understand this.

>

> Yes, I know what my kids need to know but we do it in a more real

and

> natural way. Not by following somebody else's guidelines.

>

> Momsi

>

>