Comments on: Finding A Balance http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/ - redefining brilliance one day at a time - Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: momof3feistykids http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-734 momof3feistykids Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:40:32 +0000 http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/#comment-734 I agree. We are somewhere between "schooling" (scope and sequence style) and "unschooling" as well, and always evolving. I think each family has to find its own balance, and it is always changing to fit our evolving needs. Your textbook sounds wonderful! Someday I'd love to see it. :-) I agree. We are somewhere between “schooling” (scope and sequence style) and “unschooling” as well, and always evolving. I think each family has to find its own balance, and it is always changing to fit our evolving needs. Your textbook sounds wonderful! Someday I’d love to see it. :-)

]]> By: h sofia http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-733 h sofia Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:30:40 +0000 http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/#comment-733 My youngest brother didn't learn to read until he was about 8 years old (maybe he was older). My mother at first freaked out about it but eventually came to understand that in a house full of readers, he <b>would</b> learn eventuallly. She used a phonics workbook for him and he learned to read almost like magic. (To contrast this, my other brother learned to read somehow on his own at the age of 3 or 4). I learned to read at 5 or 6, after a few months in kindergarten. My youngest brother turned out to be a voracious reader, and always read far above his reading level. At 11 and 12 years old he was reading material like the autobiography of Malcolm X and other very intense, social history books. He also has an amazing memory and can memorize lots of names, dates, and whole passages with relative ease. My youngest brother didn’t learn to read until he was about 8 years old (maybe he was older). My mother at first freaked out about it but eventually came to understand that in a house full of readers, he would learn eventuallly. She used a phonics workbook for him and he learned to read almost like magic. (To contrast this, my other brother learned to read somehow on his own at the age of 3 or 4). I learned to read at 5 or 6, after a few months in kindergarten.

My youngest brother turned out to be a voracious reader, and always read far above his reading level. At 11 and 12 years old he was reading material like the autobiography of Malcolm X and other very intense, social history books. He also has an amazing memory and can memorize lots of names, dates, and whole passages with relative ease.

]]> By: Rebecca http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Rebecca Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:45:06 +0000 http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/#comment-722 The evolution of a homeschooler. I don't think anyone stays static from year-to-year. I know last year I was much more eclectic in my approach--Waldorf-inspired, sure, but also using workbooks, the internet, etc. This year, I'm following the Waldorf approach more closely, because it was the Waldorf pieces that my daughter responded to so well last year. We use <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=buckley&book=fairyland&story=_contents" rel="nofollow">The Fairy-Land of Science</a> for science and really love it. The evolution of a homeschooler. I don’t think anyone stays static from year-to-year. I know last year I was much more eclectic in my approach–Waldorf-inspired, sure, but also using workbooks, the internet, etc. This year, I’m following the Waldorf approach more closely, because it was the Waldorf pieces that my daughter responded to so well last year.

We use The Fairy-Land of Science for science and really love it.

]]> By: JoVE http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-721 JoVE Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:36:53 +0000 http://imperfectgenius.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/finding-a-balance/#comment-721 I bet there would be a market for that textbook when you are done. I certainly was nodding my head when you said that a lot of elementary materials just don't go into the depth that our kids are able to using a reading level they can do. Maybe you could make your textbook available as an e-book. I bet there would be a market for that textbook when you are done. I certainly was nodding my head when you said that a lot of elementary materials just don’t go into the depth that our kids are able to using a reading level they can do. Maybe you could make your textbook available as an e-book.

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