Nance Confer

So withdraw him from the academy and send your letter of intent.

Then play. With them. Have fun. See where you are in a year.

Jordan sounds like a wonderful kid who shouldn't have to put up with the dreck in a typical curriculum. (Should anyone?)

Be brave, Mom! :)

Nance


Hi Every one I need help please, My son Jordan is 6 and I started " Homeschooling " him last year in kindergarten with arizona virtual academy an online charter school and im telling you it has really burned us both out , its so much stuff and he is creative and artistic and loves to do that stuff and I have been really researching and wanting to find a better way to teach my son school and i have a 4 year old too who I have been stressed about teaching him too. I really lvoe my kids and love having them home with me and believe in being their teacher very much and I have been reading so much about unschooling and it seems like a very good idea but I seem to have all the fears that i read about and I dont know where to start because Jordan is so turned off by school right now because of the online academy and both of us feeling pressured that I am afraid he will not WANT to learn on his own and he has a grasp on reading but is not perfect at it yet and he knows how to add
and subtract . he doesnt know nouns and verbs etc, I just couldnt get him to understand that concept yet and I get worried he wont be smart as an adult but yet he is very smart and a wonderful artist , he loves to paint and draw pictures, he draws like 30 pictures a day because he loves it and he talks like an intelectual and he ahs this great personality , He also loves the cooking channel very much. so I was just really wanting some good advice from you all and hekp me know where to start and what to do. I know the arizona laws are pretty simple when it comes to home schooling , all i have to do is send an letter of intent to homeschool, which the virtual academy is not technicly homeschooling but all i knew to do as of last year, well thankyou I would love to hear feed back .
thanks candy



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Ren Allen

~~ I am afraid he will not WANT to learn on his own and he has a
grasp on reading but is not perfect at it yet and
he knows how to add and subtract . he doesnt know nouns and verbs etc,~~

Oh my....there is no six year old on earth that needs to know any of
the above. I think 6 year olds might need to know how to dig in the
dirt, or blow bubbles, or play a made-up game or climb a tree (or
maybe not, depending on the 6 year old)! But nouns and verbs? WHY??
Why does anyone really need to know that until they WANT to know it?
Reading perfectly at 6 is NOT "normal" or desirable. That's the school
system convincing you it is, but that's not true.

My 13 year old learned to read fluently at age 12.5. He reads better
than my dd who learned to read around the "typical" age of 6. Reading
happens naturally if you trust that humans want to learn what they are
surrounded by. Same with math. Same with growing a garden or painting
a picture or any other activity a child might choose. People learn
what they are INTERESTED in.

If he never wants to learn what a noun or verb are, I don't believe
that will hinder his success in life whatsover. Losing his passion and
zeal for life and learning will definitely impact his life in a big way.

Ren
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