Is distance learning really much if an education for younger children?
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Anonymous
But if you are homeschooling you are able make those hours flexible. There is no reason the “class meeting” has to start at 8:00am. You could have a class meeting at dinner, followed by a child led presentation on something you gave them to read or watch that day. After dinner is writers workshop while parents clean up, then you all sit together and do math. At night parents and kids take turns reading (or learning phonics) out loud before bed. |
Anonymous
Except that watching TV isn't interactive. Also, you're saying your child will sit still in front of a TV screen but not a computer screen? |
Anonymous
It doesn’t teach them to read, write or do math. It’s fine for preschool and science, social studies (somewhat) and music for elementary ages. |
Anonymous
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Ok, here’s a way for homeschool to work with a parent who can work remotely and supervise (Not kinder!):
-Learning without tears, get the set of handwriting, writing and journal Your child does one page per day per book. If they bring you the book immediately, you can track how much time it’s taking, even if you’re on a conference call and just smiling/waving when they bring them to you. -learning without tears, keyboarding Let them go at their own pace. -Khan academy, ela starts in second grade, math is available all the way down to early math, grammar is separate Set yourself up as both parent and teacher. Assign 1-3 lessons per day, including review lessons. For new lessons, assign the video that goes with the practice (math). You can have them work on it in your office space, that way you know they’re doing it and not playing. -BBC Bitesize Science and Social Studies https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2pfb9q https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2tsr82 I wouldn’t recommend ELA, due to differences in spelling and what UK vs US schools require. Math is taught much differently, khan academy is a better choice for US students. But their science is excellent, including online experiments, and their social studies is amazing, albeit with a Commonwealth emphasis (easy enough to supplement or not worry about). -Read Theory https://readtheory.org/ Short reading comprehension passages and questions, optional writing. The site grades multiple choice and true/false, you evaluate writing. It adjusts the level (comprehension) of the passages based on the student’s demonstrated capability, and every passage has a reading level, so you can track whether it’s a comprehension or reading issue. One passage per day. -Have your child pick a novel of their choice (from a list, find options online by grade level) One chapter (or up to ten pages, depends on chapter length) per day. -Novel tie-ins https://www.lwtears.com/resources/worksheet-maker-lite Make worksheets using vocabulary and spelling on learning without tears’ worksheet maker (free, but you have to have an account). Cross curricular: your child can work on spelling and vocabulary that tie in to a book they want to read, and if you plan ahead, you can have them access bitesize that goes in as well. -ck-12 Flexbooks https://www.ck12.org/fbbrowse/ Free online textbooks. I loooove them! Middle school geology was a huge hit when I had 5th/7th use it together. -Local library resources Some states have statewide resources, others just have local resources. I found fantastic history and government resources in my state’s resources, and the link was on my local library page (never would have thought to look for it elsewhere). Most libraries have a “What to read next,” recommendations based on popular books for kids who want something similar. Wfh and dl is untenable. But I know several families who wfh and homeschool successfully. Frequently, it involves a parent only working part time (if one or more children are in kinder), moving around work hours to teach when kids are most focused and/or using more online resources than parents would prefer. The alternative is to buy curriculum. I much prefer putting my own together, and (with the exception of learning without tears) everything above is completely free. |
Anonymous
So do homeschool before and after you work. Your child can get up at 5.30, breakfast can be done by 6, homeschool 6.15-8. Then they can play (limited tv) until lunch. Have them play games involving math (chutes and ladders, reciting the numbers and counting the spaces on fingers!) during lunch. They play/nap during the afternoon, then one parent does homeschool while the other makes dinner. That’s all the time you need if your child isn’t reading yet (which would place them in preschool or kinder). |
Anonymous
| I have a similar plan to 13:27, though with more purchased curriculum. |
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Anonymous
Nope, you COULD do homeschool with preschool/kinder as a single parent. I know several who did with 3-4 (dad was deployed military, mom was wfh; two others had a parent who walked out). I understand that you don’t want to teach. But it’s not insulting to teachers to state that homeschool is possible. Stating that every child can get exactly the same education and opportunities at home and that teachers don’t matter would be insulting (and not true). |
Anonymous
If you're talking about a child younger than K, I find it odd that you think they can just play unsupervised from 8-12 and again from 1-5... |