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Bambi Sat 21-Feb-15 11:25:22

Do you have any experience of home schooling either through your own children or grandchildren? I don't, and would like to know other grandparents thoughts on the matter, as it is about to happen to two of my grandchildren. I have concerns, but wonder if I am just being 'old fashioned'.

annsixty Wed 25-Oct-17 19:21:46

2 of my GC are still home schooled. I do not think it is ideal, my GS got reasonable GCSE results but not as good as he was forecast while still st school.
The 15 year old is still to " be tested" .
Their Mother ( my D ) is not uneducated, she is currently doing a masters in early years education but I think they are missing out.

trisher Wed 25-Oct-17 20:51:26

Can I say firstly that the families described as being unwilling to actually teach their children when keeping them at home are probably the same families who do not support their children in school. It isn't anything to do with home schooling it is a social problem.
As far as children being taught something at a certain time, well actually that sometimes isn't the best for the child. If a child's grasp of the concept of numbers is poor introducing fractions really isn't a good idea, but schools have to do it Home educators can consolidate the numbers and then move on to fractions.
It is a question of finding out what suits an individual child and then making that work.

gabrielfreed Thu 30-Nov-17 13:48:58

I think this is normal practice. Especially if the family often moves from one city to another and so that you cannot lose time, you can study at home. This can be done together with the tutor or yourself, as there are services (like AnswerShark) that help and where you can find information about different subjects. Also, courses on sites edX, Coursera, Khan Academy will be useful.

iCustomBoxes Thu 30-Nov-17 20:07:22

Home schooling is effective for the childrens because must have to go school or second option is there is a lot of online support for home schoolers,there are sites with worksheets and ideas.

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