yeah sounds great, but the daily plan goes away eventually.... James did really well at a Montessori school that was organized like that.
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We had very similar issues with our first born in public school kindergarten. > We tossed around home schooling for a while. We decided we didn't the > correct combination of time/patience to do it. So we went with a Montessori > private school. > > Yesterday, I had to take a picture of the class for a school project. When I > arrived, there were 3 students who were not there yet. I sat down in the > classroom and watched my daughter start her work. After a few minutes..I > realized it was extremely quiet. I looked around and saw that all the kids > were busy doing "works", but I didn't see any of them doing the same thing. > I even noticed a girl reading book that didn't look like an assignment type > of book. I asked the teacher later about the book. She told me that the > girl liked to start her day reading for pleasure. That wasn't an issue > because the girl always set aside the time "pleasure reading" in her daily > plan and would accomplish everything else she set out to do. She said their > method is not to micromanage the students, but to help them set goals and > accomplish them. > > I thought about that later and realized, that's a lot like real life. > > > > On Apr 15, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > >> >> I have to say, when we first had issues with my child's teacher, my >> wife mentioned homeschooling and my knee jerk reaction was 'No way in >> hell'. At that point I had only known like 3 people who were home >> schooled and they were all what I would consider 'weird'. >> >> But the more research I did, the more I talked to people, the more I >> realized that while those 'weird' people might be the stereotypical >> home schoolers, they are not the majority. I found out that a lot of >> people I knew and respected were home schooled for all or part of >> their childhood. >> >> Now, I would have it no other way. I think we have the perfect life. I >> work from home, my wife does not need to work (to pull in a paycheck) >> and we homeschool. No mater how busy any of our days get, we still see >> each other every day and eat every meal together. >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Ian Skinner <h...@ilsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 4/15/2010 2:15 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: >>>> That is exactly my point Ian. >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>> >>> No, I'm afraid you missed the point. My point was that *I* could not >>> home school. Don't have the time, don't have the aptitude. >>> >>> But I also *recognize* that I am a lucky parent. Through no effort in >>> my part, I just happened to be living in the foot print of a good school >>> when our children where born. My oldest is advance, my youngest is >>> challenged. They both have had great teachers to date. They both have >>> received great support and encouragement from the schools system so that >>> neither has been held back. The grade school is right across the street >>> and is a 'residential' school, meaning there is no busing. It only >>> servers the immediate neighborhood in walking distance around the >>> school. Thus small class sizes and plenty of parental participation. >>> >>> The youngest in under an IEP and receives significant help from that >>> program. The oldest was advanced to the 1st grad math program when he >>> had completed the kindergarten level work and was getting bored. He is >>> now in a Charter School that strongly embraces the arts. *Creative >>> Connections Arts Academy* incorporates art into his academic >>> curriculum. And I count myself lucky that this school is within walking >>> distance of our home as well. >>> >>> But I know all of that is quite lucky on my part. I live within range >>> of great public schools so that I don't have to consider home and|or >>> private schooling. But if all of the above was not true, I would be! >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316151 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
