If these people are harassing you, your spouse, or
your children about home schooling, you should check out the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Not exact matches
She says the typical Waldorf parent, who has a range of elite private and public
schools to choose from, tends to be liberal and highly educated, with strong views
about education; they also have a knowledge that when they are ready to teach their
children about technology they have ample access and expertise at
home.
So we learned
about generations of indigenous
children who had been removed from their
homes, their parents, their communities, and their families to be placed in government - sponsored religious
schools beginning officially in 1880 so the «Indian» could be educated out of them.
Christian
home schoolers are «refreshingly explicit
about the human costs of raising
children,» Stevens found.
and as far as santorum
home schooling his
children he lied
about where he lived and got them in a costly private
school.
When Shane was speaking of Psalm 139 and the «not so nice» part in the middle, I thought of my friend, M, who last week shared that one thing she doesn't like
about church is that she has to go
home on Sunday and correct the things her
children have been mistaught in Sunday
School class.
A
child disclosing abuse may be removed from the
home, forced to live with strangers, may have to endure an uncomfortable medical examination, may have to speak with adults
about uncomfortable sexual matters, and will often be ostracized by their families, and in their
homes,
schools and churches.
I wondered when we would know better how to help
children more widely in
schools and
homes to understand their feelings, and when we would be able to help parents understand theirs, so that the boys and girls now growing up might know not only
about tanks and bullets but
about the most powerful of all weapons for both good and evil — the human feelings that propel us, if we do not understand them, into hating in place of loving, into killing instead of creation.
About the only way to escape it is to get out of the valley by going up to the mountains and go skiing, which our family doesn't do, or go on a trip, which is hard to do with snowy roads and
children in
school, so mostly I stay
home and make comfort foods to drown my inversion woes.
Currently sharing
about life after living in a 5th - wheel for 9 months with our four,
home -
schooled children as we eliminated debt & found joy, learning much in very small spaces.
It's
about what
children need in order to thrive — especially
children growing up in difficult circumstances — and what kind of practices and policies, in the
home and at
school, will provide them with the best possible chance at success.
That's in large part what my blogging has been
about all of these years — addressing topics like
home birth, circumcision, cosleeping, vaccinations,
child - led weaning (breastfeeding), babywearing,
home schooling, unschooling and more.
How you feel
about your
child's 1st day at
school (or return), or what Back To School means in your home, favorite lunches for your kid,
school (or return), or what Back To
School means in your home, favorite lunches for your kid,
School means in your
home, favorite lunches for your kid, etc..
If your
child's
school doesn't have the option for them to compost their leftover food (perhaps you can inquire
about it and get a system started), ask them to bring
home their leftovers rather than throw them into the trash so you can either save them if they are salvageable or compost them yourself.
For example, a large in
school assignment being done over a couple of weeks is something that you can ask your
child about the progress of when your
child comes
home from
school.
If your
child is getting below - average grades in
school, yells when you ask him to do homework, seldom comes
home on time and has lied
about where he was, or has even become verbally abusive or intimidating when you tried to give him a consequence, he is going to need more limits and checking - up on to ensure his safety.
The more freely information flows back and forth between
home and
school, the better your
child will feel
about learning.
And since many kids aren't being educated
about food at
home, the
school setting can play a very important role in helping
children learn to love the stuff that will love them back.
Then Jenna Pepper, a vegetable and nutrition enthusiast who blogs over at Food With Kid Appeal, brought up the point in her excellent article that if we continue to feed them junk food and don't collectively teach our kids, at
home and at
school,
about the joys and benefits of eating real food,
children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the choice.
For starters, moms of young
children will likely be interested in finding out
about the childcare options available to them, including both
home and
school - style day care, as well as relative care.
A great way to ease some of your
child's anxiety
about going back to
school is by getting your
home ready for the transition.
Because the business is a family one and we also
home school our
children we're very excited
about the day our work and
home lives become properly combined.
Make a visit to
school and take pictures of the teachers and environment so your
child can remember and talk
about school while at
home.
When you use negative and judgmental language, it makes parents feel badly
about letting their
children eat at
school, even if they can't afford to pack a meal from
home.
Give childhood back to
children (Independent, UK, 12-01-14)-- a long and thought - provoking article; not
about home education as such, but
about the need for less formal
schooling, less homework, less structure to
children's lives, and more time for play and creativity.
Whereas a
school might try and force a kinaesthetic
child to conform, perhaps even recommending drugs, a wise
home educating parent will encourage frequent breaks for exercise, and not worry
about fidgeting.
The Yahoo groups cover a huge range of subjects outside of
home schooling, so they can also be a good place for getting lots of information
about other special interests your
children have.
Some
home schoolers schedule one night per week, where they have someone else look after their
children, and they go to a restaurant or coffee shop for a «meeting,» where they can talk
about their
children and any other issues in their lives.
Big rise in number of
children schooled at
home (Independent, Ireland, 19-07-17)-- Informative article
about the rise of
home education in Ireland in the past few years.
My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince
children that the healthful choices they see at
school cafeterias are great when outside of
school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked
about here before: classrooms, athletic practices,
homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh foods and more.
When you
home educate, you don't have to worry
about your
children eating junk food at the
school canteen.
De-registering a
child from
school — what to do if your
child is in
school Getting started — what to expect in the first months of
home educating Different styles — These will depend on your personality and preferences Mailing list information — links to
home educators» online mailing lists General links — links to general sites
about home education Local group sites — links to mailing lists or sites related to British
home educators» groups GCSE guide — how can
home educators take GCSEs if they wish to?
If
home -
schooling is good for our
children, it is for us to say (Telegraph, UK, 19-10-09) General article
about how government regulation tends to decrease effectiveness in many areas.
If UK
children start
school too early it could damage their learning for life (Guardian, UK, 10-12-13)-- also not specifically
about home education, but showing how important parental involvement and holistic learning is for at least the first six years of a
child's life.
As your
child gets older, they make more decisions and
about more complex things, a five year old can make five decisions in a day, what to wear to
school (if they don't have a uniform), what to have in his sandwiches, which friend to have
home after
school, whether to wash or dry the dishes, for example.
Think
about how your
child eats at
home; if he tends to graze and eat snacks and small meals, don't expect him to eat a giant lunch at
school.
I totally believe if your
child knows you are cheering for them, they will in return love going to
school and perhaps even enjoy homework:) my little buddy has just started preschool, before he leaves we talk
about all the exciting things he gets learn and when he gets
home we talk
about what he did.
At
home, it's important to keep up a dialogue with your
child about how she's being treated at
school, and make sure she feels comfortable confiding in you.
Similarly, having a copy of the daily activities schedule and talking to your
child about his day at
school can help bring the
school into the
home.
When your
child brings
home a form from
school for you to sign, do you gloss over it, mindlessly scribble your signature, and go
about your business?
Kim introduces
Children Growing as «a teacher's blog about the art of helping children grow — at home, at school and in the garden
Children Growing as «a teacher's blog
about the art of helping
children grow — at home, at school and in the garden
children grow — at
home, at
school and in the garden.»
If you are concerned your
child has a bad teacher, either your
child has come
home from
school telling you terrible stories
about their day, or you have heard awful stories from other parents.
If you're just starting to consider
home education, or have recently taken your
children out of
school to educate them at
home, you probably have all kinds of questions
about what to do, how to help your
children to learn, whether to use a formal curriculum, how to organise meals around
home education, whether you'll ever again get any time to yourself... These
home education articles address these issues and more, from my perspective having «been there, done that!».
I absolutely love how passionate you are
about your
children's education and wish I had this blog to read 3 years ago when I was considering
home schooling Bluey.
It takes
about two to three years for most new
home schooling parents to feel really comfortable and confident with
home schooling (but your
children will still learn lots in these first years, as you learn more
about home schooling).
Parents do not have to give a reason for withdrawing a
child from
school, but in 41 council areas there is information
about the purpose, giving an insight into the variations among
home - educating families.
Rachael, an only
child in an adoptive
home and the only
child of Barb's, happily tells her friends at
school about her siblings and all the fun they have together, sometimes to their confusion.
If your
child is scared of
school work, talk
about ways you will help them when they get
home.
We are passionate
about home education; we are not anti-school, we simply do not think that modern
schools are the best places for
children to grow.
If you are uncertain
about the legal requirements of
home educating, which are minimal in the UK, then you might like to read the pages
about preparing to
home educate a pre-
school age
child, or de-registering an older
child from
school.