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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Registered: 12-29-2004
Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:11pm
She didn't "lie", and saying she did is only a diversion; she used a rather clever rhetorical gambit to draw you out as to what you consider homeschooling to be. Why not answer the question as to how we should distinguish betweeen who homeschools and who doesn't?
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Registered: 01-13-2006
Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:14pm

"It's clear that the alternative private school wasn't following your state guidelines for public schools."

Yes, as an alternative private school, it was not required to follow the state guidelines for public schools.

"But I am glad that you corrected yourself that you were not talking about when she was a preschooler, but an elementary school student.

Thank you."

You are very welcome. I can see where it would be confusing.

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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:18pm

Then perhaps you should report it?


PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:19pm

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Not for you, but possibly for others. It's not a question of honesty but of knowledge. Being mistaken doesn't make one right.

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:21pm

Unless you live in a district or country that has school year round with no summer break, I think that what your dd does during the summer would be simply called home learning, and during the school year, you are facilitating a more specific version of home learning called afterschooling. Unless you spend your summers hunched over desks six or seven hours a day studying a formal curriculum in a rigorous and academic approach or are studying foreign language or other subjects traditionally taught at school (where the first of those would beg the question WHY but that'd be a whole nother subject...) I suppose you could call that homeschooling in the summer if it is trying to duplicate the efforts/purpose of school. I myself would probably just say I was doing supplementing or enrichment at home or that I was "homeschooling" my kid in Latin. Not that I was homeschooling. And when I said it, I would actually lift my fingers and make quote marks into the air to indicate that I really mean "homeschooling."

Does it even matter if it is being done at home? Suppose I take my children to Europe with me for the summer and teach them a wide variety of cultural, language, and geographical lessons. Does that qualify as homeschooling or is it "out-of-the-home, out-of-the-school schooling?" Do you see how ridiculous it can get if you insist on calling your home learning practices homeschooling in spite of everyone else having a different definition of it?

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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:22pm

"which ten questions would that be - those 10 that i answered truthfully and with all honesty. i was able to answer the questions it doesnt mean i am homeschooling - or are you saying i am homeschooling and just dont realize it."

Truthfully??? With all honesty???

No, that would be the 10 questions where you *lied* about homeschooling.

From post 647:

Me: On average, how many hours a day do you homeschool?

YOU: depends on the child and the day"

ME: Do you homeschool according to a traditional 175-185 days per year schedule? Or on an untraditional schedule (i. e. including weekends and/or summer homeschooling actiivities)?

YOU: oh no, we do year round"

ME: What kind of educational background do you have?

YOU: my educational background is irrelevant to my ability to homeschool my child. but i do not have an education or early childhood degree."

ME: What are you reasons for homeschooling? How long have you been involved in homeschooling?

YOU: to educate and enhance my childrens education. i have been doing this for about 14 years."

ME: How would you rate your overall homeschooling experience?

YOU: its great i love it."

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Registered: 05-28-2003
Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:23pm

YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD HEADING DOES NOT = DEFINITION OF THE BOARD.
If you don't, then it really is equivalent to talking to a wall.

Where is that helmet icon?

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:24pm
Not much help there with those 10 questions. Which, if any, do you think make the difference between homeschooling and parenting?
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Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:29pm

"Being mistaken doesn't make one right."

Absolutely!!!

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Registered: 05-28-2003
Tue, 04-04-2006 - 2:31pm

AHA!!!! That's it!
You are adamant about your "homeschooling" your dd because you want to distinguish yourself (make yourself look BETTER) than the other moms here. Here's news to you: most people DO do those things with their kids. We just don't call it "homeschooling."

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