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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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 7:20am
What's your educational background?
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Registered: 07-16-2005
Mon, 04-03-2006 - 7:22am
I'm glad. You had me so confused for a moment. Don't forget to use the new icons to help out people like myself who were getting worried!
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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 7:43am

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I'm not convinced of the *educational* value of all of the paper projects you've described (including the 3-D puzzles and origami). I think it's better to see pictures of these in books or even better, if you live near one, at an IMAX theatre, planetarium, museums, etc.

I do think your DD's paper projects are a great way to pass the time. But, I don't see the educational value and I think that's why I'm having a hard time seeing how you are "homeschooling."

And I refuse to buy a rock polisher! My kids can use their legs and hike down to the shore if they're so inclined and I'll gladly save $10-15 and explain the "science" behind rock polishing.

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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 9:07am

I have a question about homeschooling. How do you handle teaching advanced subjects that go beyond your knowledge when they get older. For exmaple, my dd is a junior in HS. She is currently taking AP English (which is equivalent to college comp 1 and comp 2), US History honors, AP Calculus (which is college calculus), honors Economics, and Music Theory. Next year she will be talking AP Physics. I could probably do a middling job with history and maybe English with lots of help, but calculus and physics. No way. She is also taking French 1 and 2 next year. I haven't had French since HS. I guess I could hire people to teach her these subjects, but that would seem to defeat the point of homeschooling. So what do parents do when their child's curriculum outgrows their knowledge? BTW, I tried to help dd study for the SAT. I do ok with the verbal part, but the math, not a clue did I have.

Susan

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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 10:42am

What a lot of homeschoolers did back when I did it was to have their teens take community college classes to fullfill high school requirements, did classes by video (now on-line), or joined a co-op. That way, there were more "teachers", each teaching a subject that they were knowledgable in.

Chris

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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 12:29pm

But most community college dual enrolled classes are limited in terms of what is being offered and they don't offer the advanced subjects that many kids need. For example, dd decided that she wanted to take a math class at the local community college so she could get some college credits before she graduated, but her counselor told her that the only math class she could take was something called college mathematics, and the calculus classes she was already taking were so far advanced that the cc math would be almost remedial in nature. Also, I'm not sure about everywhere else, but here, many community college classes are taught by adjuncts, which means they don't have to have nearly the credentials of permanent faculty, plus a background in education is not required. I have a friend who teaches distance ed classes for the U of Maryland, and she has no background in education or English at all, yet she is teaching college writing 101, which is freshmen comp.

As far as online classes, all the online classes that are sponsored by our state dept of ed are taught by HS teachers around the state, using the regular HS curriculum. So if the point is to NOT teach what is taught in the schools, then why turn to the online classes if they are being taught by HS teachers anyway?

Susan

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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 2:55pm

"the thing about this little debate with hlk here is that i dont for a minute believe i homeschool my children."

So basically you were simply lying about homeschooling.

How disappointing.

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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 3:00pm

What's your educational background?

Bachelor of Science in Education.

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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 3:06pm
She's saying that she does all those things that she says she does, but wouldn't even think to CALL it homeschooling.
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Mon, 04-03-2006 - 3:08pm
I know a lot of homeschoolers, and by the time the kids get to high school subjects, it's more like the kids have a custom education, not one that takes place specifically within the four walls of their homes. There's a lot of small group learning with experts -- one mother I know with high school kids teaches civics and history and her daughters get science and math from somebody else. I actually teach Latin to a group of homeschooling kids -- 6 of them, ranging in age from 10 to 16 in exchange for my son getting French lessons from the co-op -- I can read French, but he gets to practice a couple of hours a week with a native speaker, which I think it invaluable. We have a couple of science professors on campus who'll do internships with homeschool kids and actually allow them to work in their research labs and stuff.

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