tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364977212011-12-14T19:08:40.655-08:00Our experiences in home school education with our daughter.Kenneth Lagerstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762911149136497875noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36497721.post-1304169089557388162008-11-10T16:18:00.000-08:002008-11-10T16:23:25.042-08:00

Katerina's homeschooling is keeping me busy. She's progressing very well, and is already about halfway through the Grade 1 curriculum. She loves the math and science, but isn't too fond of English.Here's a video of Katerina reading the Remembrance Day poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae:

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In BC, homeschooled children need to be registered with an accredited school, and this must be completed by September 30. We heard back from her local public school this morning, and got everything finished by about 1:00. The school secretary has been working there for 10 years, yet Katerina is the very first homeschooled child she has ever registered for kindergarten.Katerina started her "

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Katerina is 4 1/2 years old now, so the official start of her homeschooling is less than 9 months away.Academically, we're very glad of our decision to home school. Katerina can already count to 100, count by 2's and by 3's, and do basic addition and subtraction up to the number 12. We found out how well her reading was coming along when I was looking through the television on-screen schedule

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Today I was searching for some good articulation and enunciation exercises for myself and Katerina to work on, and found a few of my old favorites. (Most of the best ones seem to be just common tongue-twisters.) We had lots of laughs stumbling over the words and rhymes together.Since she first learned her colors, Katerina has always said "lellow" (with an "L") instead of "yellow". It sounded

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Katerina just turned 4 years old, so next year she officially starts home schooling.We've told Katerina's grandparents of our decision to home school. My parents weren't overly thrilled, but they were surprisingly supportive - (I had expected a big battle there...) My wife's parents thought it was a great decision, so long as she keeps getting to socialize as much as she has been.Katerina is

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It's a relief that many of our challenges and concerns are being addressed a year or two before we're ready for them. Some things are difficult to explain to a child, but necessary. One example is educating Katerina about online predators. She doesn't have her own email or chat with anyone yet, but I'm sure that will happen soon enough.A great new resource is the Bad Guy Patrol, which

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When does home schooling really begin? The whole point is to take responsibility for your child's education, and that starts way before they're 5 years old.Katerina's toys at 3 years, 4 months:We've looked at (and played with!) so many games and toys - Some we liked, and others hardly got a 2nd glance. As far as early education toys go, by far the best we've found so far is the "Leap Pad +

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Katerina's enrollment in kindergarten is still more than a year and a half away, but it's already becoming clear that the biggest challenge in home schooling is going to be with the responses and reactions of others.Katerina's grandparents have repeatedly brought up the subject of her starting kindergarten, usually commenting on the parenting challenges involved with public and private schools.

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A lot of thought has already gone into our decision whether to home school or not. So many things to consider.On the one hand, public school offers structured education in a social setting with other children. (Sometimes what children can learn at school, however, is not so positive. There are also issues with class size, and some of the curriculum is a bit slow for the brighter students.)On

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More than once I've been advised to work at slowing down my daughter's rate of learning, otherwise she would be very bored when she starts school. I cannot even imagine intentionally preventing any child from learning at their own speed, especially when they are having such fun with it. Another argument for home schooling....Katerina already knows all the uppercase and lowercase letters, and is

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As a stay-at-home dad (working from home), much of my thoughts and efforts are on my daughter's development. This blog will be for various ideas and items of note on her growth and education. I also write www.HumanHand.com and www.InternalKungFu.caWe've planned to home-school since Katerina was less than a year old, but still have the normal parental reservations and concerns about her missing

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