Home schooling - Advice? - anyone wants to do it together?

[thulamamaED]

Hi, also considering home-ed for my 4 year old. Could you add me to the mailing list? Thanks

[caro caro]

Hi there

I've come across this thread whilst looking for tutors/revision strategies etc. I appreciate this thread is quite old, but I wonder if someone (Collyflower?) might send me the details of homeschooling in the area please. I'm thinking my Year 7 child might be a candidate for this, so would like to do some research.

Many thanks.

Caroline

[chant_n]

Hello! my lovely 4 years old will be off to reception next year (2019). He has selective mutism , which means that he is verbal only in specific situations and with specific people. He is NOT shy ( as CAHMS is trying to portray)and he is very playful and sociable with other children. I am a SEN teacher myself and in the light of cuttings in the mainstream school, I am concerned that he will be left to his own device because of a lack of resources. Said this...I am looking into alternative provisions that will allow him to learn at his own pace. I cannot afford to leave my job and homeschool him, but I was wondering if it would be possible to enrol him in a group of children who are been homeschooled by other parents in the area if this makes sense? Any advice will be very much appreciate :)

[MW]

Hello,

I have been home educating my sin for a year.

The only alternative options that I know are 2 democratic settings in the area that offer services for home educating families:

FreeWeGrow in Forest Hill

and

Wayfinders in WestNorwood.

They are both paid.

As for parents that organize themselves to share childcare it?s best to meet other home ed parents. I am happy to meet up with you to have a chat and share what I know. Please pm me if you would like to meet up.

Xxx

MW

[MW]

Hello,

I have been home schooling my son fir a year.

The best way to start would be probably to visit PlayProject in Dog Kennel Adventure Playground in East Dulwich one Friday. There are lots of local home ed families that meet there every Friday 11 am - 3 pm. We won?t be there this Friday, but if you want together we can arrange sth for Friday 5th October or meet up in a cafe first and we can have a chat first. Please pm me if any of this inyerests you.

X

MW

[VincentV]

HI! I think homeschooling is not good for children, because they lose an important part of socialization. First of all school is needed for communication with other children, because knowledge you can take on https://www.wikipedia.org/, but the internet can`t give friends to you.

[yeknomyeknom]

I agree. Don?t engage. It was VincentVs first and only post. Clearly trolling. Nasty business. Clearly someone for whom school socialisation didn?t do a great job.

Wrote:

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> I don?t think anyone was discussing the pros and

> cons of home-education. Someone started this

> thread to bring together groups of children so

> that they could learn together- sounds pretty

> social to me.

>

> My event is also a social event, maybe you could

> start a new thread inviting a discussion on the

> the pros and cons of home education. That?s isn?t

> the subject of this thread.