at age five? This is kindergarten. Maybe grade one for an advanced child. Most classrooms are doing letters and numbers at this age.
On 10/23/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 45 minutes was pretty short when I would have been pretty short when I > was in school. > > At age 5 I'd say we did about 2 hours worth of actual instruction per > day. Working on ready and math skills mostly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 1:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Home Schooling (was Re: Olsen Twins of the White > Nationalist movement) > > I hope so too. Actually at age 5, forty five minutes is about right, and > if > you look into it, is probably about the amount of actual instruction > that > takes place a day in the average kindergarten program. I don't have a > link > handy but I suppose I can dig one up if the above statement causes howls > of > incredulity. > > Dana > > On 10/22/05, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > At 05:01 PM 10/22/2005, you wrote: > > >Subject: Olsen Twins of the White Nationalist movement > > >From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:59:31 -0400 > > >Thread: > > > > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid > =19055&forumid=5#177781 > > > > > >Is home school an effective way to teach kids? > > > > I don't have an answer, but... > > > > I've only known one home schooled person. She was one of the smartest > > people I've ever known. Before going off to college, I believe she > took > > every test available (SATs, GED, etc.. ) to prove that she was not > brain > > deficient. > > > > On the other hand, my GFs best friend is intent on home schooling her > > children. She recently said that they spend 45 minutes a day on it. I > > have no idea what one might expect from a 5 year old, but that seemed > like > > a rather small number. > > > > Of course, two example don't define a relevant sampling. > > > > >Generally the > > >people doing the home schooling are usually better off than - they > can > > >afford the option of one parent staying home and playing teacher. > Most > > >people cannot. > > > > In the case of my GF's best friend she is a single parent who works a > > full time job. > > > > I know I've seen this topic come up in the past, so I hope I'm not > > entering into a holy war. > > > > > > -- > > Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording > Engineer > > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > > -- > > My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> > > My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> > > My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> > > Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> > > Now Blogging at <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177825 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
