K WORTHEN

Nance,
I'll check it out. Thanx.
Amy
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Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Hello


> In a message dated 04/06/2000 11:56:33 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
> kworthen@... writes:
>
> << Hi lisa,
> I'm not sure whah I mean. It's just that dh has his reservations, as do I
,
> about sending our kids into the world knowing nothing but the PBS sched.
> O.K. Perhaps I'm overreacting here, but I still have my concerns. Any
advice
> would be appreciated.
> Amy >>
>
>
> That's funny -- PBS schedule.
>
> Anyway, what I did (so take it for what it's worth!) as a sanity check at
the
> beginning of hsing was to go to the state's standards. They are online
here
> in Florida. Look under the Dept. of Ed listings. These are a
line-by-line
> explanation of what the schools are supposed to be teaching the kids in
each
> grade.
>
> I found these to be reassuring that, even tho we have tended more and more
> toward relaxed hsing and unschooling, we are still hitting all the bases.
> The standards were not at all stringent in my estimation -- more of a
> minimum. But they were a sanity check for me.
>
> And there is a series out called What your X Grader Should Know. Some
people
> say they have been very happy using this as a guide.
>
> I think you can use all of these tools, and more, and still happily hs,
with
> or without a formal curriculum or part of one. But I think it takes time
to
> figure out what is best for you and yours. And then that changes at just
> about the time you get it all figured out! :):)
>
> Good luck.
>
> Nance
>
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