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Post by lurkyloo on Jul 14, 2020 14:03:46 GMT -5
We are homeschooling. I couldn't say that 100% until tonight but the kids are onboard and even excited about it. I'm still a little scared but oped has been so helpful. Are you doing your own curriculum, or looking at prepackaged ones? What are your state oversight laws for homeschooling? I’m leaning pretty heavily toward the fully online model right now, but too chicken to homeschool.
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Post by oped on Jul 14, 2020 14:12:03 GMT -5
I can help you with the details if you want to think about it, see what’s involved and then decide...
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Post by lurkyloo on Jul 14, 2020 14:26:18 GMT -5
I can help you with the details if you want to think about it, see what’s involved and then decide... I appreciate the offer! We formally homeschooled DS for kindergarten, so I have an idea of what’s involved. But I think the district approach is significantly more rigorous than I have the stomach for requiring especially in math, plus I’m still theoretically working full time. Even on the summer schedule I’m running out of energy before I run out of day (or out of things I probably ought to do). The social aspect, dialed back as it is, is also important to him and I’m too lazy to figure out a homeschool version of it. I’ll continue to supplement with things that matter to me. We’re still working through a giant stack of social justice/history books, which invariably leave me in tears. And science is just fun
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Post by anciana on Jul 14, 2020 16:12:27 GMT -5
I feel like we have an option to do school remotely since our kids are a bit older (middle and high school) and theoretically could do it. But,... this spring DS said he had to teach himself the math since his teacher seemed even more scatterbrained then in class. DD also had hard time with math not understanding some of the lessons as she seemed to miss interactions in class, with her teacher and other students. And that was just for those few months this spring. Not sure how it would work for the whole school year. Not to mention social isolation, that was hard this spring and going into the new school year might be even harder knowing that it would last even longer. What to do? What to do? What levels in math? I can send some resource ideas that might help. Thank you, oped, for your very generous offer! Will have to see how it goes next school year and might need to take you up on it then. I have a feeling we'll end up at home at some point and I'll need to do a better job of staying on top of kids' work. Meaning, not just ask them if they're doing OK/need help/turning in assignments but get into it and have them show me what they're doing.
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Post by justme on Jul 14, 2020 20:02:31 GMT -5
Can't you just cover it up with a bandaid? Or will she pick through that as well? She takes the band aid off. I got a giant box of them but can't hover over her making her put a new one on all the time. She's going to have to motivate herself at some point to not pick. It'll heal it's just not healing the way you would expect if you didn't know she was picking the scab for three weeks. Knowing she picked it makes a heck of a lot more sense. Possibly try brand aid hydro seal brand. It's waterproof, seals completely around the wound, promotes faster healing, and made to stay on for several days. She can still take it off, but they don't fall off or come unstuck as easy and you can shower with them and it stays in place. Might be more apt to leave it alone if there's not as easy as access? And if the vanity appeal works, leaving it on for multiple days and then replacing minimizes scars. I've used some for biopsies and you can barely tell. I just stuck one on a fresh biopsy in hopes of similar results. ETA There might also be a scare tactic to use too with these. The whole bandage is sticky - there's no pad at all. The sticky on the "scab" might add a psych component to keep it on. Not saying you should play it up, but her seeing it be all sticky might give her a pause. I truthfully did the first time! Though leaving it on actually creates a moist environment that keeps it from scabbing. I actually think it comes off easier than a real bandaid, that hydro colloidal stuff man... good for zits and other wounds.
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Post by raeoflyte on Jul 14, 2020 20:07:28 GMT -5
We are homeschooling. I couldn't say that 100% until tonight but the kids are onboard and even excited about it. I'm still a little scared but oped has been so helpful. Are you doing your own curriculum, or looking at prepackaged ones? What are your state oversight laws for homeschooling? I’m leaning pretty heavily toward the fully online model right now, but too chicken to homeschool. oped sent me several recs and we're sorting through those along with the districts curriculum to put our plan together. State requirements look pretty lax, as long as dh or I are doing the majority of the instruction and the kids can pass an assessment at the end of the year. I'm also assuming this year will be particularly easy for home school approval. I meant to contact the district today and officially register as home school but spaced it out. Work is insane right now which definitely scares me. But we're planning on having the kids take their weekend on the days dh and I both work, so my school days with the kids will be my weekend which I can't do if they're in the districts online school. So we just need to figure out how we're divvying up topics too. Scary, but doable. I think and hope.
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Post by oped on Jul 14, 2020 20:10:53 GMT -5
Remember too you only need 172 days I think it was? If you submit now you can start teaching/ counting days now so that you have leeway during the official school year.
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Post by raeoflyte on Jul 14, 2020 20:13:55 GMT -5
Literally all of us are nail biters/pickers. Dd has it especially bad though. We do bandaids during the day, air dry at night. Lotions/ointments as needed that are tolerable when we can/If needed.
Dd gets very self conscious so we try to normalize it. It sucks that she is stuck with my high strung nature and dh's high strung nurture.
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Post by raeoflyte on Jul 14, 2020 20:37:16 GMT -5
Remember too you only need 172 days I think it was? If you submit now you can start teaching/ counting days now so that you have leeway during the official school year. It is - that's a good idea.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 14, 2020 20:58:39 GMT -5
My hometown county published their school plan for the fall. There's 3 stages, red, yellow and green. Red is full time online and green is everyone on campus. I'm guessing they end up in yellow. In yellow, half the students go Monday and Wednesday in person and the other half goes Tuesday and Thursday. Masks are required when distance can't be maintained.
It pretty much mirrors what the state board said they were considering. I know in the parent survey, the overwhelming response was 5 day a week school. I'm guessing that has more to with child care needs than anything else.
School will start 9/8.
Personally my work has said that whether schools reopen will play a big role in determining when we move away from maximum telework. We don't have kids but I've been looking at different counties for that reason.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 21:38:37 GMT -5
I don't know WHAT to do about school. Carrot wants to do Connections Academy. We did some online lessons and he enjoyed the format and was all excited he could take Chinese (yeah, until he has to learn to write it!). I don't know though. I've been reading up on it and it sounds like for grade school they are expecting the parents to contribute 5 hours a day keeping the kids on track and helping with lessons. He will be home alone from 7-5 every day and I just have a feeling he won't be able to stay focused on school without someone there. Apparently you can have them do independent things like reading and stuff while you're at work and then focus on the lessons they need help with when you're there, but do I really want to spend every evening after being at work all day working on school work? The clock is ticking on the private option. They only had 3 spots left as of last week.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 21:41:33 GMT -5
Literally all of us are nail biters/pickers. Dd has it especially bad though. We do bandaids during the day, air dry at night. Lotions/ointments as needed that are tolerable when we can/If needed. Dd gets very self conscious so we try to normalize it. It sucks that she is stuck with my high strung nature and dh's high strung nurture. Carrot is getting really bad about biting his nails and it drives me nuts. I don't now why, but it it stresses ME out when he's nervous biting. Kind of like having someone pacing around the room. I kept asking him to put his hands under the blanket.
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Post by oped on Jul 14, 2020 21:48:47 GMT -5
I don't know WHAT to do about school. Carrot wants to do Connections Academy. We did some online lessons and he enjoyed the format and was all excited he could take Chinese (yeah, until he has to learn to write it!). I don't know though. I've been reading up on it and it sounds like for grade school they are expecting the parents to contribute 5 hours a day keeping the kids on track and helping with lessons. He will be home alone from 7-5 every day and I just have a feeling he won't be able to stay focused on school without someone there. Apparently you can have them do independent things like reading and stuff while you're at work and then focus on the lessons they need help with when you're there, but do I really want to spend every evening after being at work all day working on school work? The clock is ticking on the private option. They only had 3 spots left as of last week. I rarely spent 5 hours a day with kids on direct school work even in high school. Might as well do it yourself.
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Post by raeoflyte on Jul 14, 2020 21:50:11 GMT -5
I don't know WHAT to do about school. Carrot wants to do Connections Academy. We did some online lessons and he enjoyed the format and was all excited he could take Chinese (yeah, until he has to learn to write it!). I don't know though. I've been reading up on it and it sounds like for grade school they are expecting the parents to contribute 5 hours a day keeping the kids on track and helping with lessons. He will be home alone from 7-5 every day and I just have a feeling he won't be able to stay focused on school without someone there. Apparently you can have them do independent things like reading and stuff while you're at work and then focus on the lessons they need help with when you're there, but do I really want to spend every evening after being at work all day working on school work? The clock is ticking on the private option. They only had 3 spots left as of last week. This probably isn't helpful but one of my friends did what sounds like our state's version of that for a homeschool option a few years ago and said it was pretty bad. Basically parents were supposed to be teach the lessons and the teacher was there for grading.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 22:06:22 GMT -5
I don't know WHAT to do about school. Carrot wants to do Connections Academy. We did some online lessons and he enjoyed the format and was all excited he could take Chinese (yeah, until he has to learn to write it!). I don't know though. I've been reading up on it and it sounds like for grade school they are expecting the parents to contribute 5 hours a day keeping the kids on track and helping with lessons. He will be home alone from 7-5 every day and I just have a feeling he won't be able to stay focused on school without someone there. Apparently you can have them do independent things like reading and stuff while you're at work and then focus on the lessons they need help with when you're there, but do I really want to spend every evening after being at work all day working on school work? The clock is ticking on the private option. They only had 3 spots left as of last week. I rarely spent 5 hours a day with kids on direct school work even in high school. Might as well do it yourself. I don't think it was just helping with lessons. It was making sure they attended the virtual classes, setting a schedule with breaks and other activities, communicating with teachers, etc. They had 5 hours/day as the typical time commit for elementary, 2-3 hours for middle school and 1/2-1 hour for High school. I would think just someone there making sure they weren't spending half the day on youtube would be important for grade school.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2020 22:08:37 GMT -5
I don't know WHAT to do about school. Carrot wants to do Connections Academy. We did some online lessons and he enjoyed the format and was all excited he could take Chinese (yeah, until he has to learn to write it!). I don't know though. I've been reading up on it and it sounds like for grade school they are expecting the parents to contribute 5 hours a day keeping the kids on track and helping with lessons. He will be home alone from 7-5 every day and I just have a feeling he won't be able to stay focused on school without someone there. Apparently you can have them do independent things like reading and stuff while you're at work and then focus on the lessons they need help with when you're there, but do I really want to spend every evening after being at work all day working on school work? The clock is ticking on the private option. They only had 3 spots left as of last week. This probably isn't helpful but one of my friends did what sounds like our state's version of that for a homeschool option a few years ago and said it was pretty bad. Basically parents were supposed to be teach the lessons and the teacher was there for grading. Oh swell. We went through a few of the lessons and they were kind of an interactive Kahn Academy kind of thing, with additional reading assignments out of the book. There are supposed to be live classes, but I don't know how many a week.
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Post by lurkyloo on Jul 14, 2020 22:28:38 GMT -5
Our state’s homeschool requirements are more relaxed-you make an appointment twice a school year and go in and demonstrate that the child has received regular and thorough instruction in the relevant subjects. I was a little annoyed they didn’t even want to see the work he’d done in December, which fell after the Nov check in but before the period that the May check-in covered.<br><br>DS actually seems to be sort of enjoying the summer school classes so far though.<br><br>I was surprised to see that 42% of our county’s parents favored sending their kids in rather than full time remote. I expect childcare is driving a significant chunk of that...Our schools are planning Mon-Tues or Thurs-Fri groups, with Wednesday set aside for deep cleaning in between.
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Post by tcu2003 on Jul 14, 2020 23:53:32 GMT -5
Can't you just cover it up with a bandaid? Or will she pick through that as well? She takes the band aid off. I got a giant box of them but can't hover over her making her put a new one on all the time. She's going to have to motivate herself at some point to not pick. It'll heal it's just not healing the way you would expect if you didn't know she was picking the scab for three weeks. Knowing she picked it makes a heck of a lot more sense. For C’s legs, we had to put the medical tape on the bandages and wrap it around his leg. It made it more difficult to get off, so he’d usually leave it on. If you zoom in on his ankles, you can see the tape wrapped around his bandages. We did go with the beige medical tape so it somewhat blended in.
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Post by oped on Jul 15, 2020 6:22:54 GMT -5
minnesotapaintlady Our local Connections Academy is my favorite cyber school and the one I recommend if people are looking for cyber school. I've listened to talks by their higher ups and they have done project based classes (getting groups of kids together when appropriate, which i'm not sure is possible right now) doing things like building a bike powered generator. But. 1) I don't know if this is our local or if they are generalized across the country? 2) The most consistent issue people have with cyber school is the hours needed to be hands on/ inflexible scheduling and progress demands. This doesn't mean everyone has this problem, but it is the most consistent problem people tell me about. I know this is a completely different time and no options are ideal. If he has to be 'on' 5 hours a day... maybe choose the 'worst' things and make that hour the one you do together in the evening. Then, set up his other 4 hours on in stages so he has breaks in between? Or do the first 2 straight fresh in the morning and 2 one hour stints in the afternoon. I'm assuming asynchronous learning, if he has actual class times those might be easier to keep. Hey, I was just thinking, my son is doing fall from home. Any chance there might be a college kid nearby also doing cyber who could 'watch' him in the mornings say, or when most needed, making sure he's on task, maybe sharing a game or book or something at lunch, something like that? Or even having yourself and other relatives check in virtually at different points of the day might work.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 10:01:07 GMT -5
I'm out in the country and there are no college kids anywhere near us. There is my retired aunt a mile down the road, but I hate to ask her. She usually has a lot going on and Ive talked to her about maybe doing online and being worried about leaving him to do it on his own all day and she never offered to help. I don't think she wants to be tied down to something like that.
Ideally, I could find another parent doing this that was home and we could arrange something.
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Post by azucena on Jul 15, 2020 10:41:36 GMT -5
Another fight with DD11 this morning. First, she's awake with the laptop in her room which isn't allowed. Our rule is that it has to remain in a public place. Then, she's supposed to be on the laptop taking a Latin class that she thoroughly enjoyed Mon and Tues. Instead I find that she turned off the class and is messing around listening to podcasts. Then, she yells at me, pushes DD7 out of the way, and slams her bedroom door.
She wants more privileges but she keeps breaking my trust.
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Post by oped on Jul 15, 2020 10:41:51 GMT -5
Actually put that out there. It would be great to form a cohort of sorts where he could have interaction as well. I've heard of families that agree to distance together basically. Your own micro/school cyber pod.
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Post by tcu2003 on Jul 15, 2020 11:10:02 GMT -5
Actually put that out there. It would be great to form a cohort of sorts where he could have interaction as well. I've heard of families that agree to distance together basically. Your own micro/school cyber pod. Agreed! If we end up at home, my preference is to find a few other classmates to do this with. 4-5 kids total would be awesome because we could rotate weeks or days at different houses, making it easier on all of the parents. DH and I could manage 1 week every month or 1 day/week with 4-5 kids much easier than we could fill-time with our kid since we also have to work.
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Post by stillmovingforward on Jul 15, 2020 11:28:34 GMT -5
IF I had younger kids, that's what I would do! I actually wish I knew a nice group of people with tweens/teens that I could help with school/watch one day per week. I miss kids that age.
Nope, nope, (SMF backs away slowly from the re-upping foster care license paperwork). NO!
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Post by gs11rmb on Jul 15, 2020 11:36:31 GMT -5
Another fight with DD11 this morning. First, she's awake with the laptop in her room which isn't allowed. Our rule is that it has to remain in a public place. Then, she's supposed to be on the laptop taking a Latin class that she thoroughly enjoyed Mon and Tues. Instead I find that she turned off the class and is messing around listening to podcasts. Then, she yells at me, pushes DD7 out of the way, and slams her bedroom door. She wants more privileges but she keeps breaking my trust. I want to preface this by saying two things: first, I really like you, I think I would enjoy your company in real life, and if you ever want to be connected via Facebook I'm happy to be your 'friend'; second, I understand that this board is often a place for venting our frustrations so the readers are only seeing a very small snapshot of what is happening in your life. Now that's out of the way, I do get the impression that there are many rules in your house and that perhaps you are trying too hard to control what your daughter finds interesting. When I read about her reactions I visualize a child that is trying to explore her world and forge her own identity in a way that makes you very anxious. Do you think all your rules are really protecting her or just making her push you even farther away in an attempt to assert some autonomy? Believe me I do not have all the answers! I have two girls as well. The oldest was 12 last week and the youngest will be 8 in six weeks and I think we've become too permissive with access to devices just so that I can get some work done at home (my husband is currently deployed to Germany). To be clear I know you're a good mother and trying to do your best for your children. I just wanted to offer a slightly different perspective.
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Post by azucena on Jul 15, 2020 12:20:09 GMT -5
gs - I have that worry too and am working on it. DH and I have very conservative values and are definitely trying to shelter DD and maintain what we feel is appropriate innocence for her age. She's a sensitive kid. And I think our kids are growing up too fast these days, and it's not healthy.
We limit and monitor media in particular. Both time and content limits. We've been adjusting them as she gets older but clearly not fast enough for her. I know we're among remaining holdouts with her friends and other parents. We negotiated letting her watch YouTube this summer but even then we're finding that she's sneaking it in when she's supposed to be online for other things. And it just seems like such a waste of time - she mostly wants to watch stupid food eating videos. That's my own hangup and I need to just let that be.
My younger siblings didn't have limits and two are addicted to video games so that is framing my viewpoint for sure.
No cell phone for a while yet, likely Freshman year. She does use mine to call, text, video chat with friends. She started texting a boy this week which is weird to see but cute.
On the flip side, we usually attend several concerts per year of her choosing - mostly Christian music but she's branching out. We often buy tickets to take her friends. We were seeing more and more movies in theaters that she was interested in. We've also bought tickets to theater events that she likes.
Our values and family goals shape the rules. We value education and knowledge and a huge part of why we limit media besides the safety aspect is that it leaves her with time to read a ton. Pretty much every kid will choose screen time over books even if they love to read. She's reading 10-15 books per week and really starting to read high school level stuff like some of the classics. I monitor that somewhat but I also see her self-monitoring books way better. I should really talk that thru with her and give her credit for that. She's put down books with too much violence or cursing even if she likes the story.
FWIW, that doesn't mean we avoid tough topics - we've gone thru facts of life, abuse, racism, etc. In general, I think we have a pretty open dialogue and even with this pushing back we're listening to what she wants and weighing it against our judgment.
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Post by cktc on Jul 15, 2020 13:10:13 GMT -5
gs - I have that worry too and am working on it. DH and I have very conservative values and are definitely trying to shelter DD and maintain what we feel is appropriate innocence for her age. She's a sensitive kid. And I think our kids are growing up too fast these days, and it's not healthy. We limit and monitor media in particular. Both time and content limits. We've been adjusting them as she gets older but clearly not fast enough for her. I know we're among remaining holdouts with her friends and other parents. We negotiated letting her watch YouTube this summer but even then we're finding that she's sneaking it in when she's supposed to be online for other things. And it just seems like such a waste of time - she mostly wants to watch stupid food eating videos. That's my own hangup and I need to just let that be. My younger siblings didn't have limits and two are addicted to video games so that is framing my viewpoint for sure. No cell phone for a while yet, likely Freshman year. She does use mine to call, text, video chat with friends. She started texting a boy this week which is weird to see but cute. On the flip side, we usually attend several concerts per year of her choosing - mostly Christian music but she's branching out. We often buy tickets to take her friends. We were seeing more and more movies in theaters that she was interested in. We've also bought tickets to theater events that she likes. Our values and family goals shape the rules. We value education and knowledge and a huge part of why we limit media besides the safety aspect is that it leaves her with time to read a ton. Pretty much every kid will choose screen time over books even if they love to read. She's reading 10-15 books per week and really starting to read high school level stuff like some of the classics. I monitor that somewhat but I also see her self-monitoring books way better. I should really talk that thru with her and give her credit for that. She's put down books with too much violence or cursing even if she likes the story. FWIW, that doesn't mean we avoid tough topics - we've gone thru facts of life, abuse, racism, etc. In general, I think we have a pretty open dialogue and even with this pushing back we're listening to what she wants and weighing it against our judgment. Maybe you could work out a compromise on media to allow more viewing for educational content. She could get inspiration for science experiments, cooking, baking, diy decorating projects for her room. If she likes to read maybe she would enjoy watching her favorite authors or writing workshops. One of my favorite fantasy authors, Brandon Sanderson, lectures at BYU and shares his creative writing lectures online. I kinda view media as being like food, there are good things and bad things but it's part of life now and kids need to develop a healthy relationship with it. Find ways for it to inspire her instead of just being a distraction.
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Post by crazycat on Jul 15, 2020 15:47:46 GMT -5
She takes the band aid off. I got a giant box of them but can't hover over her making her put a new one on all the time. She's going to have to motivate herself at some point to not pick. It'll heal it's just not healing the way you would expect if you didn't know she was picking the scab for three weeks. Knowing she picked it makes a heck of a lot more sense. For C’s legs, we had to put the medical tape on the bandages and wrap it around his leg. It made it more difficult to get off, so he’d usually leave it on. If you zoom in on his ankles, you can see the tape wrapped around his bandages. We did go with the beige medical tape so it somewhat blended in. Awww.... What a cutie ! ❤️
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jul 15, 2020 17:49:40 GMT -5
I don't know WHAT to do about school. Carrot wants to do Connections Academy. We did some online lessons and he enjoyed the format and was all excited he could take Chinese (yeah, until he has to learn to write it!). I don't know though. I've been reading up on it and it sounds like for grade school they are expecting the parents to contribute 5 hours a day keeping the kids on track and helping with lessons. He will be home alone from 7-5 every day and I just have a feeling he won't be able to stay focused on school without someone there. Apparently you can have them do independent things like reading and stuff while you're at work and then focus on the lessons they need help with when you're there, but do I really want to spend every evening after being at work all day working on school work? The clock is ticking on the private option. They only had 3 spots left as of last week. I don't know your kid. If it were my kid, knowing the way my older son is, I'd go with the private school. And I hated the private school I went to at that age. Your son could very well be more trustworthy and self-sufficient than mine. My husband had to show him how to sweep the floor a few weeks ago, and he's 10. He seemed to have no problem figuring it out on his own at 3. But to get into stuff online that he shouldn't be, I'm sure he'd have no problem figuring that out on his own.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 18:14:24 GMT -5
I don't know WHAT to do about school. Carrot wants to do Connections Academy. We did some online lessons and he enjoyed the format and was all excited he could take Chinese (yeah, until he has to learn to write it!). I don't know though. I've been reading up on it and it sounds like for grade school they are expecting the parents to contribute 5 hours a day keeping the kids on track and helping with lessons. He will be home alone from 7-5 every day and I just have a feeling he won't be able to stay focused on school without someone there. Apparently you can have them do independent things like reading and stuff while you're at work and then focus on the lessons they need help with when you're there, but do I really want to spend every evening after being at work all day working on school work? The clock is ticking on the private option. They only had 3 spots left as of last week. I don't know your kid. If it were my kid, knowing the way my older son is, I'd go with the private school. And I hated the private school I went to at that age. Your son could very well be more trustworthy and self-sufficient than mine. My husband had to show him how to sweep the floor a few weeks ago, and he's 10. He seemed to have no problem figuring it out on his own at 3. But to get into stuff online that he shouldn't be, I'm sure he'd have no problem figuring that out on his own. This is what is bothering me. He is pretty independent, but he has a major screen addiction and 10 hours a day is a long time. Even if he's not getting into something "bad" on the internet, I could certainly see him watching hours of Minecraft videos on youtube and not even realizing he'd wasted that much of the day without someone there to redirect him, plus I think even if he sounds excited about it now, I think he'd get really lonely. He's a major introvert and it dawned on him last night that his brother wouldn't be around. Even if his brother is generally holed up in the basement, he's still HERE. Then there's the fact that he'd be 18 miles away from me rather than 1 mile. Much easier to get him to things after school if I can just swing by the school...not that I have any idea if there will be extracurriculars at all. The private option isn't all awesome either. I would have to pay tuition which is cheap now ($1600/year for 5th), but could double at any time. An anonymous donor has been paying half of all kids tuition the past 5 years. It was supposed to end after the 2019-2020 school year, but they announced it would keep going...they just didn't say for how long. Plus, I'm not particularly thrilled with a religious school for grade school. I'm good with it for high school, but not so much the younger kids. I guess that factor doesn't matter so much for Carrot though because his dad and that whole side of the family is so religious anyhow. Also, I was going to to see about getting him some help with his fine motor skills problems with the public charter and I don't think I'd have any access to assistance at the private. <sigh> I just want life back to normal, so my kid can go back to his hippy Montessori school where they grow their own food, play lots of music, and shun technology. Unfortunately, I don't think we can do that. eta: Correction. He's a major EXTROVERT, not introvert. Must have been thinking of me when I typed that.
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