[blparent] home schooling

[Brandy W]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannan Zinck" <shannanzinck at gmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:33 PM
Subject: [blparent] home schooling


> While it is true that there is a lot of "religious" stuff out there there
> is also a good bit of neutral curriculium. I am a Christian so will be
> going with a bible based curriculum but, I can see the difficulty of
> finding a curriculum that has no basis for faith based teaching and it is
> true that the bulk of homeschoolers are "religious" in some way. From what
> I can see it's almost impossible to find material when you are blind. I'm
> legally blind and my husband is totally and our son is sighted so this
> should prove interesting for us. LOL. Montesury is a type of learning 
> style
> that is based on the childs interests. for instance if your child loves
> puppys then the lessons will have something to do with puppies to keep her
> interest. I looked into it for my son because we thought it might be good
> for him but, it's expensive here in Canada it's $10,000 a year. Not sure
> about the US. but, can't see it being much different. IMO any group based
> school seems to have major draw backs. If you homeschool the you have the
> advantage of one on one learning and focused attention from the grown up
> working with them. Also the hours are much shorter, average of 4 hours a
> day 5 days a week for grades 3 and up and less for younger grades 
> providing
> you don't have a procrastinator for a kid. LOL. No homework so once they
> are done they are done for the day. For some group learning is great but,
> we have to admit for many it's very hard. Most of the people I know either
> barley made it through public school, dropped out, or had to finish a
> different way. I wish I could give you some leads but, because I'm using a
> bible based program I didn't have far to search. Montesury is a fabulus
> style of learning from what I have read and to be honest if I could afford
> it I'd consider it. Myles thrives on group activity but, he'll have to get
> that in other ways. We started playing around with preschool in the last 3
> months or so and he loves it. He's going to be 3 in January, He gets good
> job stickers that he puts on a wall for effort so he really enjoys that.
> Preschool to Kindergarten is only 5 to 15 minutes of work a day and grade 
> 1
> is only an hour. average that is. Hope you find what you're looking for.
> Shannan Zinck
> Survival is letting GOD take over
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