----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:24 PM
Subject: Fw: Need for advice
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:01 PM
Subject: Need for advice
Dear fellow homeschoolers, Today I was faced with
my son, Zain's very blunt words, and since I base his learning on what he
naturally inspires towards learning about, it kinda hit me hard. I
want him to be happy in his learning environment. He sais," Am I ever
gonna go to a regular school?, and play with the toys?" (when he was around 3 we
went and viewed some schools, to get an idea of what was available besides
public school, and I think he may be referrring to one of the schools we went to
see)_I said this is a regular school, and you have plenty of toys(my son is
4) He spouts off" This ain't NO school, This is a home!!!!" This was
very frustrating to me, as I feel he is expressing the need for more stimulating
activites. I don't really know how to go about planning more activites.
Has anyone else had something like this occur. My question also being, having
Never been taught in an institutional environment, I wonder why he would ASSUME
he would enjoy this environment more than homeschool. ANd why would he
categorize homeschool , Not as school, where does this , sounding-programmed
attitide come from? It really makes my confidence in homeschooling,
suffer. I wish I had a homeschooling group, so that he could see other
children who are also learning like this, as all his friends, and aquaintences
are in public or private schools. SO this is probably where he gets
it. Any advice here? I want to start a playgroup , does anyone have
any suggestions about getting one up off it's feet? There are many reasons
I chose to homeschool him, and they are all very important to me, but when he
makes a statement such as this I wonder if I am giving him what he needs.
Thanks. Michelle