Getting Started with Homeschooling
Practical Considerations for Parents of School-Aged Children
© Beverley Paine
Index
Homeschool
Australia
Some Examples Of Recording And Evaluation
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Program |
Month: June |
Language |
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| Read aloud - Never Ending Story, National Geographic, Newspaper. Encourage children to read aloud; also silent reading encouraged. Personal journal writing -regularly if not daily. Continue stories on word processor - also Thom’s books. Make box for finished book, . Visit library weekly -search for information on topics of interest. Concentrate on nouns, adj, verbs, pelling for Roger. paragraphs and punctuation for April. RESOURCES: Sentence Strength, Basic Reading Skills, Words & Sounds, Check-list |
EVALUATION: We didn’t manage to read papers or magazine. Loved the Never Ending Story - compared it to movie and sequel. Lots of discussing on various topics. Attended a lecture and slide presentation - children asked questions, Thomas still very shy at these times. Happy with with progress with writing. Thom writing more, asking for spellings instead of me scribing. Need to offer more opportunities to record/need for writing practice in real situations. Roger spelling showing definite improvement - consistency developing. Continue with LCWC approach |
Language Other Than English - Indonesian |
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| April to continue with Open Access lessons twice week. Preparation for camp at end of month. Introduce
word card about house to describe objects. place next to Thomas reading cards. Make days of week chart
- put up near number snake. Watch “Day in life of a child in Bali” video and learn song from tape. Cook
Indonesian meal. Make and play with shadow puppets. RESOURCES: Bahasa Tetanggaku course book, music tape and song-book, Open Access College., video from school library. |
EVALUATION: The shadow puppets were challenging and took more effort and time than anticipated. Everybody helped with meal - huge success. Have decided to eat more Indonesian food. Met some people who have been to Indonesia, spent some time with them which was good for April to practice some language conversation (minimal) and Roger began to pick up days of week and numbers easily. April had a good camp -dancing, conversation, cooking, shopping, games. Isn't do word cards - will pick up again next month. |
Mathematics |
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| April - continue fractions in 8 Plus, move onto ratio and percentage, Thinklab - continue Roger - continue geometry in 7 Plus, angles, lengths, polygons, area, volume Thomas - module checkout to 10. Concentrate on lines, analog and digital time, introduce multiplication tables, and simple sums in HTU. Bank accounts, board games, shopping, measuring and helping with building Practice in mental arithmetic skills. RESOURCES: 8 Plus, 7 Plus, Module Checkouts, Thinklab, Old text books modified. |
EVALUATION: Thomas has been focussing on practical activities and resisting “book work”. Didn’t push learning to read clock - later. Been doing a lot of measuring - working with solids, weights, money. April is working steadily - finding materials generally easy but still interesting - not doing all sums in book. Loves puzzles books. Roger is enjoying the format of this text book. Likes to look up answers and self check. All the children have been demonstrating their math skills in building projects lately with minimal help. |
Health and Personal Development |
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| Review of “Myself Book” (self-esteem) April continue with Body Owner’s Manual program - especially work on diet - food preparation according to nutritional needs. Work together to come up with balanced diet. Focus on road safety - bicycles (especially since increase in riding) Participation in Yoga for April and me. Regular swimming in heated pool - emphasis on learning to swim before summer. Dental care. Conflict resolution strategies. Pet care, responsibility RESOURCES: some reference to Attainment Levels, community and library |
EVALUATION: In addition to “Myself Books” we did read other health oriented books relating to clothing, seasons and occupations. Also made books about events in children lives using photos. Children enjoyed the activities. Thom made board game. Working on diet was patchy but awareness of need heightened, more personal responsibility needed. More co-operation won with food preparation. Lots of physical activity - walking, cycling, swimming, cubby building, tree planting. Spent time examining in depth Anatomy Colouring Book. |
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Excerpt from Getting Started with Homeschooling, Practical Considerations
© Beverley Paine, 1997
