[blparent] Home schooling

[Michael Baldwin]

A lot of the classes are shared, like first and second, third and fourth,
and fifth and sixth. 
 IMO the school is to small. That is part of the problem, there are no other
teachers to work with her at an advanced level. 

Michael
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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:59
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Home schooling

Oh, wow, that is different.  Are there teachers for each age?

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 10:43 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Home schooling

> LOL, not this school.
> Working with a small school, where there is less then 100 kids k thru 
> 12 is not as easy as one might think.
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 10:27
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Home schooling
>
> If pressed, the school can also offer some different options.  My 
> stepson was failing in school, and disrupting his classes.  But now 
> he's studying online, and while he still definitely has issues, he's 
> caught up on all of his work in the classes he neglected for the whole
last semester.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and 
> tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will 
> have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, 
> American scientist
>
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> From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:07 AM
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Home schooling
>
>> Bran,
>>
>> I am not saying reading is not important, because it is, but do they 
>> really need to use 2 different reading systems, one of them being 
>> reading mastery, which I do not like at all.
>>
>> Kids aren't cookie doe, and schools are not cookie cutters. They are 
>> not going to turn out thousands of happy little heart shaped cookies.
>>
>> Some kids are not going to learn no matter how much time is spent on 
>> them, whether it is something in their DNA, or they just do not want 
>> to. And other kids are forced to move at a slower pace because the 
>> school is trying to cut them all into exact replicas.
>>
>> For now, any home schooling will basically be to challenge my child, 
>> and let her learn and go at her pace. I know my kid is not' the 
>> smartest, but she is a fast learner. I think they are on number 6 in 
>> class right now, and she quickly picked up the concept of the 3 digit 
>> numbers in a 60 minute van ride, and can count to one thousand by one 
>> if left to it.
>>
>> Any education program will not be based in religion, our kids will 
>> have the freedom to choose a religion if they so wish, I will not be 
>> pushing one at them. Needs to be flexible as well. Kids interests 
>> change, I want to be able to change what we are doing on a dime to 
>> keep up with their developing interests.
>>
>> The time for learning site looks like it will accomplish what I want 
>> for now.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Brandy W
>> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:54
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>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Home schooling
>>
>> OK I strongly recommend the yahoo group called blind Homeschooler. It 
>> is a group of both blind parents home schooling sighted children, and 
>> sighted parents home schooling blind children. Do you want a 
>> Christian program or secular one? There are a lot of resources  out 
>> there. I am a teacher with a degree and there is a reason they focus 
>> so heavily on reading, and that is so many children don't get any at 
>> home and you can't learn in older grades if you aren't a fluent 
>> reader. I believe in teaching reading, but also by simply providing 
>> plenty of books for the child to find and discover. If they are 
>> interested they will read because they want to not because they were
forced.
>>
>> For homeschool or supplemental work visit www.time4learning.com it is 
>> accessible with Jaws and is a great program. it is fairly inexpensive 
>> and would push her while she enjoyed it at the same time.
>>
>> Let me know specific questions.
>>
>> Bran
>>
>>
>>
>> "When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are 
>> helping them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit.
>> It's the things we play with and the people who help us play that 
>> make a great difference in our lives."
>> - Fred Rogers
>>
>> Brandy Wojcik
>> Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team Leader 
>> www.playtoachieve.com
>> (512) 689-5045
>>
>> Looking for team members nation wide!
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:12 PM
>> Subject: [blparent] Home schooling
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have seen it brought up here before, and I guess it is my turn to 
>>> ask about home schooling. For now, I would be substituting home 
>>> school with public schooling, that might change for next year. My 
>>> oldest is in kindergarten now. She has been doing a lot of sloppy 
>>> work lately, and she says it is because she is bored in school. From 
>>> what they are doing, I can see her being bored. the teacher, 
>>> naturally just blows it off when it is brought to her attention. but 
>>> anyways, before I go on about the many issues in the public school 
>>> system, does anyone have good resources for a blind parent doing 
>>> home schooling? My wife works a lot, as a teacher, so most of the 
>>> responsibility would fall to me. I would be looking for all subject 
>>> areas, but reading having the least priority. The school thinks we 
>>> need 2 reading programs, yeah lets spend 3 hours a day just on 
>>> reading...anyways...
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Michael
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