Posts Tagged ‘Kids’
December 26th, 2011 | 
Author: Increasing budget cuts have more parents opting to homeschool their kids. While it was once very rare to choose to teach your kids at home, now lots of families choose to do just that. Studies done on homeschooled children show a tendency to perform better later in life, at college and work, and they score better on tests. Homeschooled children have stronger family bonds according to these same studies. Knowing that is all well and good, of course, but making the decision to homeschool your kids is just one part of the process.
Deciding upon the curriculum is another. Use the following tips to help you in doing so.
What do you know about Charlotte Mason’s method? Charlotte Mason is well known as a turn of the century educator in the twentieth century. She approached education with three major focuses: life, discipline and atmosphere. The home’s atmosphere and living books are the focus involved here. The methods were strict and centered mostly on good study habits while incorporating subjects that were easy to understand without the dry facts. You can locate this curriculum at many home school bookstores. Nowadays Diane Lockman’s Authentic Classic Trivium is becoming quite well known as a homeschooling curriculum. Many who desire a christian based way to teach their children will like the curriculum in this option. Although the name seems to insinuate a type of schooling like those in a classical archetypes it really doesn’t. This method focuses on three pillars of thought language and speech. Parents like this program because it allows a lot of freedom.
Moms and dads are often worried that homeschooling high school will reduce the options that their child could encounter in high school. They might ask “how can two parents discover all the great options that are out there for smart teens. School Districts have people who investigate as well as promote internships as well as volunteer options, right? ” School Districts might have people who concentrate on this for high school students, but don’t forget… they have to be worried about ALL OF the students – you simply have to be concerned about one! In our experience, options for our children came up effortlessly, by means of typical connections as well as the activities of daily life. One experience when my youngest son was 14 illustrates this well.
A professor friend from church invited us to a lecture on economics at a downtown public policy Think Tank.
He believed that Alex would really like the lecture given by one of the architects of Reaganomics. “I do not know why I never thought of it before, but Alex would just love this place. I suppose I just did not consider it until I saw the lecture on economics. ” My husband took Alex to the function, and we did not know what to expect. When he came home, the very first thing he said to me was, “They offered Alex a job! “
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Kids in kindergarten through third grade are learning to become independent. They enjoy walking, riding bikes, and playing outside.
They do not have the judgment to cope with traffic by themselves yet, but they can begin to understand safety rules. Parents often think their children are able to handle traffic safely by themselves before they actually are ready.
Kids do not have the skills to handle these risky situations until at least age ten. Boys are much more likely than girls to be injured or killed in traffic.
Children should not ride bikes in the road until they fully understand traffic rules and show they can follow them. Young children often act before thinking and may not do what parents or drivers expect.
They also assume that if they see the driver, the driver sees them. Kids are not able to judge speed and they think cars can stop instantly.
They are shorter than adults and cannot see over cars, bushes, and other objects. Nearly one third of the five- to nine-year-old children killed by motor vehicles are on foot.
They are hit by cars most often when playing near home. They tend to run into the street in the middle of the block, where drivers don’t expect them.
Children can be hurt riding on or off the road. Many children who are killed in bike crashes are 7 to 12 years old.
This world is full of differences that we cannot banish. Differences might become problems. Yet, if we are trying to be wise, we’ll find that differences are beautiful. Tolerance is what we need to cultivate into our mind. Make sure that we have had this value since we were kids that we can build our peaceful world. Thus, it is important to teach your children tolerance as early as possible.
If you want to teach your children tolerance, then you, as parents, have to be examples of tolerant ones. It is because children tend to imitate their parents do and behave. You can start with the extended family or relatives by which you have to give example how to respect and appreciate those coming from different backgrounds.
Tell them, “People are basically the same, though you might see that A is black while B is white, or, that some people are rich while others might be homeless.
Differences are beautiful. We are not superior to other. They all are entitled to be respected.”
The most important thing to consider is racism. Don’t let them use offensive sentences or jokes which could insult or mock others. You can say, “It’s not such a good way of thinking, honey. It can break their heart. You don’t want someone else to do the same thing to you, right? Then you should not do such things to them. Good kids don’t say bad things to others.” Furthermore, don’t let them use slang words which tend to be offensive for others.
Fall is a perfect time to introduce a variety of different activities to your home school curriculum. The change of seasons can be very exciting and for children the learning opportunities are limitless. The fall season introduces a change in weather, harvest time and an array of celebratory days that any child will enjoy learning about. Integrating seasonal aspects into your home schooling will provide for a refreshing learning experience.
The autumn season is characterized by the change in weather to shorter days and cooler temperatures. This is an excellent time to teach children about the change of seasons and the earth’s movement and the solar system in general. You can purchase or create your own charts which show the movement of the earth in relation to the sun. As the earth rotates certain parts of the world receive more direct sunlight than others which explains the seasons.
Homeschooling allows for flexibility so you can show your children the change in the sun’s intensity at sunset by making it a daily fall activity. Taking pictures of a particular spot and the change of the sun’s brightness is an interesting interactive way to engage your children in the fall season.