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Homeschooling and School

Starting school

September 3, 2010
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Despite all sorts of reservations about sending my four year old off to school, he had a great day and this morning he ran to school, greeted his teacher with a shy smile and donned a painting shirt to start his favourite activity before registration had even begun. And, if I’m honest, none of them [...]

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Learning, rather than being taught. (How boys are falling behind at school and what can be done to help them.)

October 20, 2009
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As the mother of four boys, two of whom are now in school and a third in preschool, it worries me to read that boys are falling further behind in school and that one in five boys cannot write their name after a year of primary school: Boys have fallen further behind girls in key [...]

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Giving up homeschooling: starting school

November 20, 2008

Eldest Son, Harry, who is nearly 7, and Second Son, William, who is 5, started back at school last week. Harry was ready for school and we felt that they would both settle more easily if they had each other at school. Happily, this is the case so far. William is struggling a little bit [...]

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Starting homeschooling: the first weeks

December 7, 2007

We have completed three weeks of homeschooling. They have worked pretty well so far. We have hit on a system that suits us for now. I do formal work with Harry while William is at preschool every morning. This had been a problem time for us in the past as twenty-two month old Ben made [...]

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The playground

November 26, 2007

I pull up across the street a few metres away from the gate and wait. The poorly dog lies quietly in the back of the car, too sick to wonder why we aren’t home yet. Ben emits little exclamations, attempting to express his surprise at the unscheduled stop. A few minutes pass and then they [...]

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More about the behavioral issues

November 12, 2007

The last three days have been near-perfect. The weekend was wonderful, with Harry’s behaviour back to normal after I made it clear to him how upset and disappointed I was (edited to add: about his violent behavior, NOT about the fact that he was crying about school). I laid it on thick, I’ll admit, but [...]

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How do you deal with such bad behavior in a five year old?

November 9, 2007

It’s been a dreadful week, culminating in all four of us crying at some point on the school run this morning, Harry because he didn’t want to go to school, Ben because I insisted on holding his hand on the road to stop him from throwing himself in front of a car, William because he [...]

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Delaying school for the four year old

November 1, 2007

It’s been a mixed week. Harry has been having nightmares and has been crying every morning saying that he doesn’t want to go to school but when I pick him up he says he’s had ‘a great day’ and is full of stories. So things will stay as they are for now. Matthew doesn’t want [...]

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