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Home schooling and social interaction with other children
Ceci
August 31, 2013 14:08
HiI''m hoping some of you who home school can help with my question. I have felt for a long time that my dd would benefit from home schooling, but haven''t yet taken that step, mostly because I work and at the moment can''t manage financially if I don''t. However, we''re going to see how this school year goes and then make a decision.Most people I talk to ask how my child will develop social skills and meet other children if she is taken out of school. I don''t have any real concern about this. She does various activities and has lots of opportunities to meet other children. And actually, social interactions really stress her out. My younger bd went to a friend''s house last week, stayed all day and played with all the kids in the neighbourhood. She came back buzzing. My ad comes back from such days away from home very stressed. That''s one of the reasons I would consider home schooling - to avoid her constant stress caused by school and all the social interaction she has to do there.However, I suppose it''s something I should give more consideration to, so I''m wondering if your children who are home schooled do miss out on crucial interaction and learning social skills. My dd is eight and a half.ThanksCeci
Wibbley
August 31, 2013 22:18
Hi, have pm'd you.
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REM
September 2, 2013 16:47
We recently started home educating our two boys, aged eight and seven. One of the reasons we did so was to help them develop their weak social skills.I am sure that not everyone would take the same approach, but we felt that they would benefit from spending less time with other children, and mixing in smaller groups.What we did was to visit a lot of home education groups. We found loads online, just by searching home education and our county. We have chosen one group, which meets weekly, and occasionally visit other groups for short activities. We also meet with another boy and his mum regularly, which they all enjoy and find easy to manage.The groups that we visited all had a good range of ages, which seemed to help our boys fit in. I am always with them and can help out if they begin to struggle. So far it's going well. My two find younger children less challenging to play with. And older children are often able to make allowances for them. It's hardest for them to socialise with children the same age, which was all that was encouraged at school.Personally, I think the boys will learn social skills from adults more easily than they can from children. As they start to find these things easier, I hope to increase the time they spend with their peers and work towards them playing with less and less supervision.
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Littlemisscheerful
September 2, 2013 19:43
I was keen pre placement on Home Ed and read a good book called Teach your own by John Holt.Worth a read.I also took my yd to a meet up when she was 5 (pt in reception). Locally, we seem to have a very active group - I have no doubt that i would be able to socialise with people had we gone down this route.
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