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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 195595" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>OK, I focused so much on all the positive things...goodness I got excited myself. </p><p></p><p>When we first started it was not quite how it is,now. And becuz my son had such a very low reading and writing ability, I was stumped. I had NO idea where to start or how to start, and some days I just improvised. My son and I rattled around while I floundered and the whole family did some brainstorming. We dabbled with various grade levels and curriculums for homeschooling stores, in the beginning. Thru endless IEP meetings and schools say so on my sons supposed grade level, school was so certain our son was just never going to be able to learn. One day in frustration, I sought out Helen Kellers book and movie and son and I watched that. Strange thing, it hit me hard, and it captured my sons attention. And that became our starting point. And for us, it reminded me so much of my son. HE decided he wanted to learn ASL. He found it intersting, how sign language and Anne Sullivan opened the world up for Helen Keller. I found it inspirational. As we stuggled, both of us, to begin learning sign language, I began to finally figure out other different ways to help my son learn. It was and is and has been a family "project" BUT in our family, most things any of us do are family projects. My sons 2 older sisters had been just as upset with how school was going for their brother as I was. SO I had them on board fully. And they willingly and glady pitched in to help. </p><p>For my difficult child, my oldest child, my bipolar child, she landed into homeschooling only becuz the school and state mostly sorta dumped her there. It was the last resort. She was also not as young as my son. SHe was 15-16. She landed there gradually, via open end suspension from school, that flowed into out of school dureing a drawn out due process hearing and a stint at homeboound that did not work out how homebound is meant to happen. She came to homeschooling after severe school related serious psychotic inducing PTSD. Even now, her learning must take place in ways that do not remind her at all of "school" the school building, teachers, etc. She came to homeschooling much more psychologically damaged, altho with fewer learning disabilities. And she was older and more resistant. Actually her first year was spent largely most simply healing. Her learning began to be sought out by her only after our son began to be homeschooled. She is not the self seeking learner her brother is, but I often wondr if it is partly due to her age and I am sure it is also partly due to her PTSD. We are still seeking a magic key to unlock her. She IS learning, just not at the same rate as our son. BUt she is blossoming in other ways, now. ANd growing. And becuz for her school experience was so engulfing and negative in her perspective, she had stopped growing and learning at all while still in public school system. Not just academics, but EVERYTHING.</p><p></p><p>And yes, it was strange and weird to get used to haveing my kids HOME all day every day. I also have my husband home all day every day due to his disabilities. When I was growing up, men went to work all day and kids went to school all day. Here I have my man and 2 of my 3 kids home all the time. My difficult child is now 19 and very soon tobe 20 and some days she watches the busses and kids walking past our house to and from school and says wistfully to me "mom, I thought all kids were supposed to love school" When easy child went to prom both jr and sr year, Buffy was teary and weepy and grieving not going to prom. easy child did offer to take her sister, but then difficult child decided she did not want to go to the Medievil Times place. (not her cup of tea at all) BUT we did have to discuss that "school" is more than just "prom" </p><p>SO, it did take us a little time to get accustomd to all of this, and it took some detective work to settle on our way of going about things. It took some trial and error. and then.....we had the good fortune of haveing such a naturally curious and resourceful child. If my son were not so curious and interested in knowing so many things.....it could be different. We might be useing a formal curriculum from somewhere, still.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 195595, member: 1697"] OK, I focused so much on all the positive things...goodness I got excited myself. When we first started it was not quite how it is,now. And becuz my son had such a very low reading and writing ability, I was stumped. I had NO idea where to start or how to start, and some days I just improvised. My son and I rattled around while I floundered and the whole family did some brainstorming. We dabbled with various grade levels and curriculums for homeschooling stores, in the beginning. Thru endless IEP meetings and schools say so on my sons supposed grade level, school was so certain our son was just never going to be able to learn. One day in frustration, I sought out Helen Kellers book and movie and son and I watched that. Strange thing, it hit me hard, and it captured my sons attention. And that became our starting point. And for us, it reminded me so much of my son. HE decided he wanted to learn ASL. He found it intersting, how sign language and Anne Sullivan opened the world up for Helen Keller. I found it inspirational. As we stuggled, both of us, to begin learning sign language, I began to finally figure out other different ways to help my son learn. It was and is and has been a family "project" BUT in our family, most things any of us do are family projects. My sons 2 older sisters had been just as upset with how school was going for their brother as I was. SO I had them on board fully. And they willingly and glady pitched in to help. For my difficult child, my oldest child, my bipolar child, she landed into homeschooling only becuz the school and state mostly sorta dumped her there. It was the last resort. She was also not as young as my son. SHe was 15-16. She landed there gradually, via open end suspension from school, that flowed into out of school dureing a drawn out due process hearing and a stint at homeboound that did not work out how homebound is meant to happen. She came to homeschooling after severe school related serious psychotic inducing PTSD. Even now, her learning must take place in ways that do not remind her at all of "school" the school building, teachers, etc. She came to homeschooling much more psychologically damaged, altho with fewer learning disabilities. And she was older and more resistant. Actually her first year was spent largely most simply healing. Her learning began to be sought out by her only after our son began to be homeschooled. She is not the self seeking learner her brother is, but I often wondr if it is partly due to her age and I am sure it is also partly due to her PTSD. We are still seeking a magic key to unlock her. She IS learning, just not at the same rate as our son. BUt she is blossoming in other ways, now. ANd growing. And becuz for her school experience was so engulfing and negative in her perspective, she had stopped growing and learning at all while still in public school system. Not just academics, but EVERYTHING. And yes, it was strange and weird to get used to haveing my kids HOME all day every day. I also have my husband home all day every day due to his disabilities. When I was growing up, men went to work all day and kids went to school all day. Here I have my man and 2 of my 3 kids home all the time. My difficult child is now 19 and very soon tobe 20 and some days she watches the busses and kids walking past our house to and from school and says wistfully to me "mom, I thought all kids were supposed to love school" When easy child went to prom both jr and sr year, Buffy was teary and weepy and grieving not going to prom. easy child did offer to take her sister, but then difficult child decided she did not want to go to the Medievil Times place. (not her cup of tea at all) BUT we did have to discuss that "school" is more than just "prom" SO, it did take us a little time to get accustomd to all of this, and it took some detective work to settle on our way of going about things. It took some trial and error. and then.....we had the good fortune of haveing such a naturally curious and resourceful child. If my son were not so curious and interested in knowing so many things.....it could be different. We might be useing a formal curriculum from somewhere, still. [/QUOTE]
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