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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s a lot of research showing that kids learn most effectively through self-driven activities and play. But its easier to keep them at desks all day memorizing stuff so they can take a test to measure their “learning.” I wish public school would start catching up to private/charters on this. It’s another way of enforcing class rigidity - the wealthy get individualized education in engaging environments, learning to think critically and creatively and explore their interests, the poor and middle class learn to sit quietly, follow instructions, and complete busy work. [/quote]

Here's the thing. If I was given a choice of self-driven activities I probably never would have bothered to learn math.  I see so many un schooling types who think learning how to bake is the only math you need[/quote]

HA we must know the same people!! I asked a homeschooling mom what math curriculum she was using and she said "none, but we do a lot of baking so we're getting our math in that way." Also a lot of free reading of library books, which works out fine for her daughter but her son is very resistant.[/quote]

I am a homeschooler and we use Beast Academy for math. The other homeschoolers I know use things like Teaching Textbooks or Math U See for elementary and then the Art of Problem Solving for middle school.  We also use structured literacy and a formal composition curriculum. But we are more secular homeschoolers and not unschoolers. I mean that is fine for preschool/ K math.[/quote]

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