Posted on 2009 under homeschooling curriculum |
4
Dec
I plan on homeschooling and want to start soon with a preschool curriculum. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Games and fun are the best thing to do for preschoolers. Dramatic play. Going to neighborhood places and discussing what the fireman, policeman, dentist, postal worker, grocer and others do for the community. Reading good books. Counting rocks and marbles. Talking about trees, bugs, animals and examining them. Look at leaves and flower and point out their differences or similarities.
Preschoolers do not need a pen/pencil curriculum. They need Mom and Dad to spend time with them and teach them one on one. They need Mom and Dad to measure things with them, read them books, sing them songs, play with puzzles with them, dance and do finger plays. They just need to learn by play.
Posted on 2009 under homeschool |
2
Dec
I have to write a comparative/contrast essay on homeschool vs. public school. I was just wondering if I could get some imput on the subject. I have a friend who homeschools her children and so I got a statement from her, but of course, she is pro-homeschool. I have several differences. How are they alike?
they’re not much alike.The home school child misses out on so much.
Like socialisation with peers. Learning how social relationships work in the everyday world. Learning to get along with a variety of people – even those you don’t like.
Exposure to different teaching and learning styles. Exposure to different personality and behavioural types.
Life in the wider world.
They just miss out on so much.
I can see for some children home school is the only option. But these cases are rare. Home-schooled children are missing out on so many experiences – in my opinion.
Posted on 2009 under homeschooling curriculum |
2
Dec
I would like to finish my childs prep year of only a few months to go with homeschooling. So I would like material
Do you mean for the new programme they’ve started in Qld?
If so, you could check out: ‘A+ Ed, From Prep To Uni’
Contact Details:
A+ Ed, From Prep to Uni
Bribie Island QLD
Website: http://www.aplusedonbribie.zoomshare.com
Alternatively you could try checking out any of the home educating resources on: http://www.hea.asn.au/resources/results_sg.asp?state=QLD&location=2&supporttype=0.
Or on the hea (home education australia) website in general: http://www.hea.asn.au
My only other suggestion’d be that you try contacting your local SOTA/SDE. They *may* allow your son to homeschool through them as a private student, assuming that he doesn’t qualify for govt funding as an ‘isolated child’ (depending on your reasons for wanting to home educate him, he may not need to be geographically isolated to qualify)
