JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for January 11, 2015

In my family, my wife showed our five year old grand son how to count and spell and read. By the time his first 6 weeks were over in kindergarten, the teacher said he was already at a 1st grade level. :-) Smart kid too.

maybe hector’s parents trust jojo because he comes from a good family

homeschool children do socialize with public school children also some academic’s require public schools. Children love school being out to go snowboarding or sledding.

In BC Canada – home schooling means you are given the province’s school curriculum and you must follow it. I think you can add to the studies, but you are not permitted to omit any required portion of the curriculum.

I marvel at anyone who can motivate his or her kids to want to do schoolwork, beyond a certain age. I did work with the grandkids when they were preschool age. The first two could read anything you put before them at age three, and were excellent spellers. They skipped kindergarten. The third was reading by age five, but had some spelling issues. The fourth finally managed to read at level by first grade, but for her, spelling is still a big struggle. A lot depends on heredity or developmental phenomena. Now they mostly lie around and play with their computers or other electronic devices.

Even religious based schools and home based schooling must provide the basics of the provincial curriculum. The students must pass the provincial tests before they go on to post-secondary schooling.

I disagree with the comment, “most “Home Schooled” children are home schooled because the parents are trying to insulate them form any outside influences”. We must be careful of making blanket absolute statement. Do you know most HS children??? There are a myriad of reasons why a parent(s) would chose to home school. I taught my child her alphabet and basic reading BEFORE she hit the first grade. Why, because in 2000 the academic core principal for teaching children shifted in a direction that was not pleasing to her father and I. Many of the teachers protested because they felt that if the system is not broke, and it is producing high performing children, then why fix it? Fortunately, our area schools were excellent and had a high rate of parent involvement. However, I continued to monitor what was being taught to my child and contemplated making the financial sacrifice to home school. If I were raising a child in this current society, I would definitely make the call to home school. There is so much ideology being fed to children that has nothing to do with education. My concern, if I were a parent of a child in K-12 grade, would be to research and choose a quality Home School program that provides the basic RRR’s as well as the sciences; including technology with opportunity for advanced learning if the child is able. I personally know 6 kids (different ages) who were home schooled. Two tested out on AP classes and went on to Ivy League schools, one started their own sucessful realestate business, another is a student at George Washington Univ Pre-Med, and the last two practice law together barring in NY, NJ, and PA. I am sure, that no all HS stories are sucessful, but I rarely hear any. Just sayin.

Ha! This is a great one! I love that it’s funny for both groups – From a 18 yo Homeschool graduate getting my B.A. in CIS this March