Comments on: Part I – Starting to Homeschool Your Young Child?

By: Cantaloupes (or was that Antelopes?) and Early Childhood Education - Treasuring the Moments

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:23:13 +0000

[…] A formal reading program at age 4? Formal academics at young ages? (Click the link to read my post on Starting to Homeschool Your Young Child and a follow-up post here.) The idea that parents should hurry reading spelling, writing or math ahead of children’s normal development is not supported by a single replicable research study in the world or by any clinical experience in history. All history, research, and common sense points in the opposite direction! –Dr. Raymond Moore […]

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:03:03 +0000

Great post full of common sense. Thanks for sharing!

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:15:43 +0000

In reply to Jen.

I think it depends on the child. I have a son that is age 7 and he started reading The Minute Boys of Lexington on his own. This is a book from the 1800’s! Then I have a daughter that is 12 that I have had to really work to find books that she’s even interested in. Currently, I’m reading The Hittite Warrior aloud to both my 12 year old and 7 year old. So I think it depends upon the child.

I agree with you. Five in a Row has excellent book suggestions!

Elisabeth

By: Mama Burke

Mama Burke — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:16:35 +0000

I was just wishing that I could fond an article talking about starting homeschooling with my three year old. Going on to read Part 2 now!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:53:40 +0000

I studied to be a school librarian before deciding to homeschool, so I have very strong opinions on good books for children! In general, we enjoy the Caldecott winners/nominees, and read lots of books by Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, and Jan Brett, to name a few. We also read some things that Charlotte Mason might have considered “twaddle”, like Richard Scarry, but I loved them as a child and enjoy sharing them with my children! Before Five in a Row and Five in a Row are also good resources for selecting excellent books to read to kids.

I’m curious, at what age do you think kids are ready to have chapter books (classics, like Charlotte’s Web) read aloud to them?

By: dannie

dannie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:20:06 +0000

I like to say that I homeschooled my son from birth, but the truth is our homeschooling involved (and still does!) a lot playing in the mud, a lot of cooking together, and a lot of just hanging out reading and building with Legos. Wonderful post!

By: Lesson Pathways Blog » Blog Carnival of Homeschooling: The Road Less Traveled Edition

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:37:20 +0000

[…] Dannie from Mom’s Eye View fields many common questions about homeschooling from well-meaning friends and family. “Once you make your intentions to homeschool public, suddenly the experts come out ten-fold, and boy howdy, do they have questions for you!” Yes folks, she even tackles the “s word”! Read Dannie’s blog post But what about…? Jessica from the Teachable Moments recently chose to switch paths from active PTA involvement to living the homeschool life. “My children learned chants about testing, they began art class with pep talks about testing, they were taken out of recess for testing and they learned very early on to loathe testing.” Read Jessica’s blog entry: Why I Blog Elisabeth from Treasuring the Moments offers cautions, suggestions, and advice for homeschooling young children. “Really, in the end, what difference does it make if he knows every color under the rainbow when he’s 3?” Read Elisabeth’s blog entry: Part I- Starting to Homeschool Your Young Child? […]

By: Part II – Starting to Homeschool Your Young Child?

Part II – Starting to Homeschool Your Young Child? — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:04:25 +0000

[…] In Part I of Starting to Homeschool Your Young Child, we discussed the negative effects of starting schoolwork too young and instead approaching learning in a more informal fashion. […]