The Word-less “Church”

Feb 27, 2015 | W. Robert Godfrey

[dragonblustar]

Homeschooling is best.

Have you home school your children? How did you get started?

[PieterCasparzen]

You’re in the state of Washington ?

I’d google:

homeschool “washington state”

http://www.chnow.org/index.html

http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/WA/default.asp

http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/

I only have had step children so far and was divorced before I even found out about homeschooling, unfortunately.

[dragonblustar]

Thank you!! I will have to get started on this!

[steve86]

I understand but the Tri-Cities (where I live) is booming in scientific and engineering and medical positions.

[steve86]

Average salary for the above here is $110,000.

[NELSON111]

For later

[steve86]

Also, just as an aside, the school district here supports home schoolers and provide a building dedicated to the cause. A la carte teaching is available in subjects the parent does not feel adequate to teach.

[PieterCasparzen]

I wish you well.

Remember, it’s about self-education:

https://homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com/a-students-view-of-self-education/

Excerpt:

“My name is Lauren Lindsay Calderwood. I am 17 years old, a senior in high school, the second oldest of eight siblings, and an aspiring author, avid reader, and entrepreneur. My mom, Joanne Calderwood, is a popular speaker at homeschool conferences across the country, where she addresses the topic of self-teaching.
...
Q. First off, what exactly is self-teaching?

Well, strangely enough, it means I teach myself! My mom gives me the books- for example, my current textbook on psychology. I take the book, read it, follow the instructions and do all the coursework necessary to learn the material. I proceed at my own pace until I have finished the book. That’s pretty much it!

My parents know I am perfectly capable of doing this without their constant supervision; I can learn things on my own, without mom needing to look over my shoulder or, say, read my chemistry text aloud to me to make sure I understand it.”

(apologies to humblegunner for excerpting a blog - it’s just too long I don’t want to drown this FReeper with too much info too quickly, just trying to let a 17-year-old make the point !)

[PieterCasparzen]

Of course, that is not to say that you can safely ignore your childrens’ education.

Quite to the contrary -

YOU are the LEADER of YOUR homeschool.

You must supervise the education of your children and supervise it well, or you probably will not get good results, as children will need supervision and leadership in their educational activities.

Laziness is the worst enemy. Another is getting “too busy” with “other things”. You know, like TV, play, shopping, etc.

Here’s a link from the same blog with some tiny nightmare stories in the user comments...

https://homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com/mastery/

[dragonblustar]

I’ll have to look into this. My husband had been looking for a job for two years and couldn’t get anything before his company let him go. He was blessed to find a job so quickly after he was let go but we are stuck in Washington State. My son has special needs ( doctors think it might be autism ) so I need to make sure I can be able to teach him. But I’m interested in this for sure.

[dragonblustar]

Thank you! Thank you for those links!! I will read through them. My only concern is being able to teach my son. The doctors think he may have autism. I’m waiting until we get our new health insurance then I’ll do a follow up with another doctor.