free schooling?

[La Que Sabe]

is there any body on here that has done or is doing or is planning on doing free schooling?

i'm planning on it, but would love to hear your stories of how you taught them, or if you taught them at all [DD's dad was free schooled but they did nothing except play until they were 9 years old and then put into t he schooling system].

please share your stories =]

[NibbleCurlynBub]

This is pretty much what I will be doing.

There are a few approaches to it.

Mine will be to provide experiences and information to a topic my kids show interest in.
Almost child-led.

Obviously it is very wrong to withhold an education completely like that and kids DO need to learn things. The Gov't WILL take kids who are not learning out of a home-schooling arrangement to put them in public school.

But there are SO many different ways of helping them learn things that there should never be a problem as far as that is concerned.

[neostudded]

Are you talking about un schooling?
I am seriously considering it.
I believe my son has the abilty to learn without being "taught" how to learn, so to speak.

I have only one concern,

~I am bad at english as the public system failed me.

But it is never to late for me to learn

I plan to teaching them about what they are interested in and teaching them english and maths.

[Ffrenchknickers]

We are homeschoolers....we do follow a curriculum for the core subjects - mainly English and Maths...this works for us....but alot of what they learn, we elaborate on and go off on tangents....they are interested in different things daily so we design the way we do things around that....so we are quite free about the way we do things with a basic framework in place as well.

Neo, you could always loosely follow an English curriculum so that you can be confident with what he is learning in that regard....and freeschool for the rest of his learning....Bear in mind though that here in Qld you will need to register and therefore have some kind of curriculum....otherwise they will make you look for work (to be able to claim anything from Centrelink) once Julius turns 6.

[neostudded]

Thanks Ffrenchstar, I will do that for sure.

[thekellygang]

The great thing about homeschooling is that there are so many ways to go about it.

Many find success in combining several styles and ways of doing this.

The important thing is that we have a style that meets the needs of our children. Some children learn and retain more in varying styles.

I do believe that it is important to provide a framework for children, how we go about that may vary.

I agree with Ffrenchstar - provide your child with the Key Learning Areas but approach them in a creative way that is interesting and appealing to our children.

I believe that our children are very smart and have the capacity to learn and comprehend far beyond where they are normally challenged.

Homeschool allows us to nurture and develop their love for learning and tailor it to their special talents and interests.

Have a great day.

Tracy

[La Que Sabe]

thanks for that girls!
yes neo, i mean un-schooling