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i want to home school my kids, one is 6 and already in school and one is 4 and will start next year,
does anyone know the rules and does anyone have any personal experience of it,
i worry that my kids will be slow (academicaly) but i do not worry about the social side as they play out and attend clubs ect

2006-08-28 22:02:22 · 3 answers · asked by indiaalexia 2 in Social Science Other - Social Science

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can't help you with the rules.

But I have a few friends in the Bay area (San Fran) who home school their kids.

Interestingly the experience is the opposite of your current expectations ;-)

Namely, the kids to wonderfully on the academic side (maybe this is helped by the fact that the mom was a teacher and has a college degree, and so does the father, serious degrees and from good colleges I mean). One well-know example is research showing that most kids are able to learn how to read with flash cards from age 3 or so - but at school they rarely read well before age 6, if that.

And they are less satisfied on the social side - guess that you cannot really replace several hours a day of interaction with other kids, by a few hours going to clubs / sports / other.

And then you have all the non-academic stuff that kids that age do, drawing, painting, making things, learning to make something working with friends.

Finally, at one point your kids will have to go to a class (at least for college). Maybe they risk having a tougher time adjusting if they never lived this before?

Hope this helps in what is, of course, a very important decision.

A

2006-08-28 22:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by AntoineBachmann 5 · 0 0

I know this isn't what you asked, but are the schools there really bad? My wife is a third grade teacher, and every time I visit her I am floored by how much everyone in the building loves and looks out for kids.
Sometimes parents have worried about what their children are taught, but in the early grades there really isn't much social conditioning. The kids learn to listen to instructions, basic arithmetic, how to work with other people, reading, letters, etc.

We have such a tremendous elementary school program, and the benefits for kids are pretty amazing. Anyway, if you really want to home school your kids, there are lots of curricula out there. Much of it is designed by homeschooling advocates, who know first hand what you'll need. Try the link below. Good luck.

2006-08-29 05:13:51 · answer #2 · answered by Johnny Tezca 3 · 0 0

I have an educational software that can guide you in english, maths, science...form pri1 to pri6. But are you in Singapore?

2006-08-29 05:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by BaTu 2 · 0 0

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