Concern about socialization aspect of homeschooling
Many parents were concern about the aspect of socialization when it comes to homeschooling their children. They are afraid that homeschooling environment will provide limited interaction, which is detrimental to the growth and development of a child.
Generally, homeschooled children get individual attention thus are more aware of the implications and the purpose of their learning. They are encourage to be inquisitive, trained to ask intelligent questions and make careful and correct observations. They see what what and how their parents conduct themselves, thus begin their life by imitating their parents. In another word, they are protected from the detrimental influences of their peers.
Whereas children are often put into a fiercely competitive environment in public schools, which they are not encouraged to work cooperatively. What kind of social skills are we talking about and what kind of interaction do you get in this kind of environment?
Filed under homeschooling | Comment (0)What 19 months old babies are capable of ?
Nelson is 19 months old, I used to babysit him in the afternoon for a couple of hours whenever his mother needed to run errands. Now, he comes two mornings in a week as his mother plans to place him at my preschool next year.
He can “pull” the pegs, doesn’t know how to put them back yet as not strong enough with his pitcher grip, he could do it pretty well if you help him to press a little.
He can screw and unscrew the plastic pipes.
He knows how to roll out a mat, take “work” from the shelves and put them on a mat. But, he won’t put back to the original place or roll up the mat. :-)
He can also put the knobbed cylinders back to the holes when they are in order.
He can also
1) Pour kidney beans from one cup to another cup, seldom spill now.
2) Transfer wooden buttons from one basket to another.
3) Put a screw driver in and out of a bottle, pour it out, put it in again, pour it out,….. you got the idea..:-).
4) Go to the cubicle, take his water bottle, press the button, drink through the sippy or if I pour him a drink in a short glass, he can also take the drink from the cup without spilling it.
5) If you give him a piece of toufu or cake cut into cubes, he can finish them, clean his mouth and hands with wipes all by himself, no feeding needed.
He can pretty freely walk and wonder around in the classrooms without much attention from me. I presented the “work” to him whenever opportunity arose and he was able to quietly observe . I have to give him a bottle of milk around 10-11 a.m and occasionally change his diaper.
The other children like to guide him how to handle things with care and gave him a hand whenever he wanted to take breakables. He did mess things up a little sometime, but other children usually helped him to pick them up voluntarily and/or upon my suggestion.
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