beginning homeschool for rebellious 11 y/o

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beginning homeschool for rebellious 11 y/o

Postby Laurachambers » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:02 pm

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Postby robinsegg » Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:37 am

Homeschooling could be a very good option for him, right now. It will give you the opportunity to stay close when these moods strike, and to arrange his schedule in a way that works for him.
A couple of concepts you may want to know about:
Deschooling is where you take a child out of a classroom setting and give the child no formal lessons for awhile. This seems to help them rediscover the love of learning. The guideline is one month per year school.
Unschooling is a teaching style which uses no curriculum, but takes a child's interests and creates unit studies around them, so that learning takes place in all disciplines under that one interest.
These concepts may be useful to you for the first few months, esp. since he has other emotional issues going on right now.

I wish you well,
Rachel
teacher at home
The Cleft in the Rock Academy


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