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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 37540" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We've signed up for a maths program online called "Mathletics". It would be available to the US but it began in Australia, from what I gather. It's cheap, compared to a lot of other similar programs - it costs us A$99 a year for difficult child 3. There are built-in reward systems, etc. It works best for us since we went onto Broadband.</p><p></p><p>For a parent who is interested in homeschooling but concerned about teaching mathematics, this could be a safe way through that particular minefield.</p><p></p><p>One BIG thing I discovered about school - as soon as we mentioned that we were considering pulling difficult child 1 out of mainstream for homeschooling, they suddenly became very helpful, even conciliatory. They went from, "I hope he's learned his lesson, we'll be keeping a close eye on him and he'd better not step over the line," to "Please don't pull him out of school, he's a great kid and we really would like him to stay." </p><p>Literally from one minute to the next, because I was in the Acting Principal's office while she was in mid-diatribe about difficult child 1, when the phone call came in on my mobile phone, from the correspondence school, saying that difficult child 1 had been accepted and his first packet of schoolwork would be hand-delivered that afternoon.</p><p>It was almost the same for difficult child 3 - the first reaction from the Principal and the class teacher was, "Oh dear, and he's been doing so well."</p><p>I then reminded the class teacher about his most recent outburst when he had kept the school at bay because he was in full rage in the school hall, throwing chairs. The problem had been triggered by another teacher who didn't know how to handle him, who had given difficult child 3 conflicting instructions and then got "stern" over it all instead of listening. When I explained that this was going to keep happening, and each event was not only bad for difficult child 3 it was also bad for the school, the class teacher agreed with the decision. He then talked the Principal round.</p><p></p><p>But in general, the school can be really rough with your kid, until they are scared they'll lose him. Be aware of this and be sure of your decision when you talk to them. I got talked out of this choice many times over a number of years, before I finally stuck to my guns (thanks to people on this site - THANK YOU!) and now I know, for us, that this was absolutely the best decision.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 37540, member: 1991"] We've signed up for a maths program online called "Mathletics". It would be available to the US but it began in Australia, from what I gather. It's cheap, compared to a lot of other similar programs - it costs us A$99 a year for difficult child 3. There are built-in reward systems, etc. It works best for us since we went onto Broadband. For a parent who is interested in homeschooling but concerned about teaching mathematics, this could be a safe way through that particular minefield. One BIG thing I discovered about school - as soon as we mentioned that we were considering pulling difficult child 1 out of mainstream for homeschooling, they suddenly became very helpful, even conciliatory. They went from, "I hope he's learned his lesson, we'll be keeping a close eye on him and he'd better not step over the line," to "Please don't pull him out of school, he's a great kid and we really would like him to stay." Literally from one minute to the next, because I was in the Acting Principal's office while she was in mid-diatribe about difficult child 1, when the phone call came in on my mobile phone, from the correspondence school, saying that difficult child 1 had been accepted and his first packet of schoolwork would be hand-delivered that afternoon. It was almost the same for difficult child 3 - the first reaction from the Principal and the class teacher was, "Oh dear, and he's been doing so well." I then reminded the class teacher about his most recent outburst when he had kept the school at bay because he was in full rage in the school hall, throwing chairs. The problem had been triggered by another teacher who didn't know how to handle him, who had given difficult child 3 conflicting instructions and then got "stern" over it all instead of listening. When I explained that this was going to keep happening, and each event was not only bad for difficult child 3 it was also bad for the school, the class teacher agreed with the decision. He then talked the Principal round. But in general, the school can be really rough with your kid, until they are scared they'll lose him. Be aware of this and be sure of your decision when you talk to them. I got talked out of this choice many times over a number of years, before I finally stuck to my guns (thanks to people on this site - THANK YOU!) and now I know, for us, that this was absolutely the best decision. Marg [/QUOTE]
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