Thursday, February 17, 2011

the who, what, where, when, why & how of our homeschooling

the who, what, where, when, why & how of our homeschooling

Who: Our family... Mama aka Adia, Dada aka Chris, our daughter Mayden (6/05) & our son Cameron (6/07)

What: -75% unschooling and 25% homeschooling... this is what we envision anyway, we'll see what reality looks like.

Where: Everywhere.... home, in our backyard, the park, grandma's house, the post office, library, in the city, in the country, homeschool co-ops, the beach, Arizona... you get the picture.

When: While we will "offically" start in Sept with traditional schools. We envision year round school because really there will be no turning the learning off.

Why: Let me first say that i don't think homeschooling/unschooling is for everyone just as i don't think public school, private school or any alternate schooling is for everyone. In our case we see this as an opportunity to let our children be free from desks, textbooks, homework, standerdize testing and bullies. And in turn give them space & freedom for growing in directions of their choosing. on a personal note, i think it will be a lot of fun and anticipate learning a lot right along side of them! The real question is...why not??

How: one thing we will be doing to ensure lots of learning time is available will be limiting TV/movies/computer games etc. On "school" days the children will be allowed 1-2 hours of screen time to be used only after dinner. In the early years of schooling we do not plan on using curriculum but might give unit studies a try now and then. Basically literacy, time and plenty of exposure to interesting things should do the trick for now.

1 comment:

~Beth D. said...

I'm so glad you said the 'bullying' thing. That is a major factor for me. Unfortunately, we had to go public for now.

Everyone said that the bullying would be an opportunity for growth. Yet more school-aged suicides happen directly because of bullying. AND I think my mom forgot how I almost got beat up in the girls bathroom in 4th grade.