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Old 05-22-2015, 09:24 AM   #6
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Default Re: Unschooling newbie alert!

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Originally Posted by Godslilgirl225 View Post
I am finding it stresses our 2year old as well as myself if I try to make something into a learning activity. He's learned his basic shapes & colors and is beginning to count just from spending time with us! And he loves to learn! Just in his own time in his own way.

That's unschooling right? We hang out with his favorite toys in his favorite areas doing his favorite things and he learns!
Nope, that's parenting a toddler.

If you're doing that at 7, or 10, or 13...that's unschooling.

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Originally Posted by Godslilgirl225 View Post
But I'm feeling totally unsure about this path. How do I track his progress? How does he prove he's got the right information for state standards to get into college? Are there tests? Grades? Somebody give me some guidance here please I know he's really young but time flies and I don't want it to fly away from us unprepared!
Thanks!
Time doesn't fly THAT fast, though.
I'm homeschooling an about-to-be 3rd grader and I have NO idea how to handle high school. Nor do I care. I will care around grade 6, probably, in a "hmmm....I should start paying a bit of attention now, I guess..." kind of way.

In the meantime, take a deep breath, tell yourself that "there's always adult entry to a community college and then he can transfer wherever he wants on the strength of his grades" and then stop thinking about it.

And like the others said, don't lock yourself into "knowing" that you're unschooling. You might do that. Or you might not! Or you might casually drift into some more traditional-type curriculum... A toddlers reaction to structured learning probably doesn't accurately reflect a 6-year-old's reaction to structured learning.

The one thing you want to do right now, probably, is to look up the laws that apply to homeschooling for your state/province/country. Start to figure out what options you will have, and at what age you are required to have chosen them. That way, if you do get asked by family or friends, you can confidently reply that schooling isn't mandatory until x age, so you'll make a decision for your child closer to that time. Now, isn't he cute when he....(and move the conversation away.)

And that way, you can start to assess what the options *will be* when he's x age, and let them burble around in your mind. Don't feel pressured to decide on which one! Just let them burble. Probably after they've done that for a couple of years you'll be pretty confident in which one you want to try first. Because remember--just because you TRY one style/curriculum/reporting structure, whatever, doesn't mean you're stuck with it!
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