Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful

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Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
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Sun, 03-19-2006 - 3:09pm

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051101/news_1n1earlyed.html

Very interesting. Particularly the difference in the middle to upper income kids vs low income.

"I personally feel children need the nurture of their parents and the home," she said. "Those early years, that's when they are bonding to their family. That nurturing, only the family can give that."

I tend to agree.

MM, WOHM to B&E, 7.24.03

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Fri, 03-31-2006 - 4:20pm

"personally i have never had the need to purchase cirriculum packages."

Me either.

I only mentioned it as you said you use *both* a traditional as well as untraditional curriculum.

"i can find anything and everything i need in libraries, book stores and on the internet."

Hear, hear!

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Fri, 03-31-2006 - 4:25pm

"we really dont follow much of a schedule. it depends on what all else is going on and what the kids feel like doing at any given time, sometimes it is before dinner sometimes it is after."

In our case, we try to cover our general core subjects daily, but as you said "sometimes it is before dinner sometimes it is after."

"and of course i am working with a 2 year old and he does set alot of his own schedule, im not one to force him to do something on my timetable, unless it is absolutely necessary."

A very wise choice IMO. But of course, I'm all for child-led activities!

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Fri, 03-31-2006 - 4:35pm
reading i included as part of english - we read at least 15-30 minutes a day and of course there is reading involved in alot of the other things we do as well. music some but not alot, that will increase when she starts piano lessons. of course my little guy loves to watch music videos.
home economics - you know the things that are required to take care of and run a home - cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry, etc....
the 2 year old is not involved in any activities, although he does go to the sitters at least once a week to play with other little boys. the 7 year old has brownines, awanas, and the sport of the season and bowling.
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Fri, 03-31-2006 - 4:36pm
i think i was thinking more along the lines of traditional subjects vs non-traditional subjects
Jennie
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Fri, 03-31-2006 - 4:41pm

"reading i included as part of english"

I thought that might be the case.

"home economics - you know the things that are required to take care of and run a home - cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry, etc...."

Yes, this is what I took home economics to mean. Thanks!

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Fri, 03-31-2006 - 4:42pm

"I think i was thinking more along the lines of traditional subjects vs non-traditional subjects."

Gotcha :)

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Fri, 03-31-2006 - 8:41pm

>i can find anything and everything i need in libraries, book stores and on the internet<

With Konos, most of the materials required was gotten at the library. What Konos did was do the prelimary research for me. All I had to do was narrow it down to what fit us along with what else I found along the way. It also was designed to work with different ages, styles, and levels of learning. www.konos.com

Chris

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Fri, 03-31-2006 - 9:47pm
the thing about this little debate with hlk here is that i dont for a minute believe i homeschool my children. like her daughter, my 15 year old and my 7 year old are in public school, 10th and 1st grades. the things i do i consider parenting, yet when she does them with her daughter she considers it homeschooling. i would never delude myself into thinking that what you (a true homeschooler) and what i do are the same thing. kind of the point of this was to show her that what she does is really no different than what most loving, involved parents do with their kids. and while i guess anyone can call something anything they want i just dont believe that makes it so.
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Sat, 04-01-2006 - 9:37am

True. Other than how Dylan gets his education and where, he is being raised similar to his sisters. I can't say that he is being raised exactly the same because he isn't his sisters, this isn't 20 years ago and I'm not in my 20s/30s anymore. Times change. But we are still going to museums, artists' open houses/meet the artist events, the zoo, San Pasqual battlefield, etc that we did with his sisters. That part of his upbringing hasn't change. And when we go to these places really hasn't changed either since the school district gets out early on Thursdays. There are art supplies, craft supplies, playdough (although mostly store bought now instead of homemade), the opportunity to make messes in the kitchen (done mostly with Angela instead of me now), going to the library, etc. None of that has changed. Dylan even has the same dinosaur books handed down from his sisters and we now add how scientists' ideas change over time to our discussions. And I suppect that those things happen in most households that have kids. Oh, the specfics might be different due to the childs' and the parents' interests but the underlying foundation is the same.

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Sat, 04-01-2006 - 10:07am

As an example, I just had a conversation with Dylan about Triobites. He has a triobite fossil that is about 3" long (he just meassured it). We then looked up triobites in his dinosaur books and read about how their length ranged from microscopic to up to 18 inches long (visually compared on my yardstick--which makes a great number line for math, btw), with his fossil being the most common size. The whole conversation took about 5 minutes. He is, however, still looking at the pictures in his books. Most of the books are way above his grade level and reading level.

Chris

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