Bluepaint wrote:Alternatively are any of you willing to answer some of my Qs by PM
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Bluepaint wrote:Alternatively are any of you willing to answer some of my Qs by PM
Bluepaint wrote:It is probably difficult to quantify but how much time do you spend on *lessons* as homeschoolers? I mean delivering & working through the activity? I realise that there can be prep and study outside of lessons, not to mention learning is a constant process.
Also, are there any forums or websites you use for discussing homeschooling. I seem to be on one of my little kicks and I'd like to read more.
Speakeasy wrote:BJU Press - Foreign Languages for Christian Schools (French, Spanish, Latin)
While searching the Internet for language-learning materials, I happened upon the website of the "Bob Jones University Press (BJU Press)" which offers three sets of what-appear-to-be elementary through lower intermediate language courses, for homeschooling, in French, Spanish, and Latin.
I have created a separate post under the “Language Programs and Resources” sub-forum. I was wondering if the homeschoolers might know anything about these courses and, if so, if they might wish to add a few comments.
Bluepaint wrote:It is probably difficult to quantify but how much time do you spend on *lessons* as homeschoolers? I mean delivering & working through the activity? I realise that there can be prep and study outside of lessons, not to mention learning is a constant process.
Soffía wrote:
I was an unschooler so spent practically zero time with formal "lessons." When I was elementary-school-age, my mother used to sit down with me every day to do math with me – maybe 15 minutes or half an hour? By the time I was a teenager I was working my own way through my math textbook, which took me maybe 45 minutes a day, but none of that was lessons with my parents, it was independent work. Most of my education was through independent reading, informal discussions, being taken to museums and the library, watching documentaries on TV, etc etc. None of which I would class as "lessons," so I suppose the answer is "almost no time at all." That may or may not be helpful!
Ani wrote:Would love to hear how you feel about that education, here or PM. I've never met a grown up unschooler. My 7 year old has a workload this semester that would rival most highschoolers while my 9 year old... Umf. Just been thinking a lot lately about how much to push vs provide.
Soffía wrote:Ani wrote:Would love to hear how you feel about that education, here or PM. I've never met a grown up unschooler. My 7 year old has a workload this semester that would rival most highschoolers while my 9 year old... Umf. Just been thinking a lot lately about how much to push vs provide.
Apologies for the late reply - work has been absolutely hectic this week. But I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have, either here or by PM or email.
I'm a fairly grown-up unschooler... I started at the age of 6 back in 1988, back when very few people had even heard of homeschooling, and was unschooled until I was 18. At that point I went on to do an undergrad degree, masters and PhD at the University of Oxford, which I would argue demonstrates that it didn't hamper my academic potential! (In fact, teaching at Oxford is built around independent study and one-on-one teaching, so to some extent it fit better with my preparation than school would have done.)
I loved unschooling. I've always been someone with a love for reading and learning (I wouldn't be here on this board if I didn't...), and it gave me the freedom to pursue my own interests and enthusiasms. Being 'pushed' by my parents would, I think, have damaged my relationship both with them and with learning. (I'm a stubborn soul, let's say.) For example, barring a brief interest in the US Civil War, I basically refused to study history until I was 15 or 16. My mother has since confessed that she was a bit worried by this. But it turned out OK in the end... I have a PhD in History! So you never know about how people's enthusiasms will develop. Now that I think about it, I was completely uninterested in studying languages either. I started learning Icelandic aged 30.
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