A post mainly for shadowshifter

[gemfyre]

Today I saw some of the big advantages of homeschooling.

A kid in our shadehouse/camp kitchen doing his maths and spelling and occaisionally being distracted by things like wallabies and goshawks at the bird bath. That is brilliant, being able to take your kids around the world at any time and still teach them the basics.

You can also alter what you teach. I almost butted in when dad was trying to explain how to spell "month" because it's spelled with an o and not with a u which would make sense. I wanted to explain that the word month is derived from moon because it's a full cycle of the moon, but I decided not to because dad was doing the teaching. But if I have a kid and teach them spelling I'd certainly teach them word roots as well if I knew them - it just makes understanding words and spelling so much easier.

Comments

[sunrise-raver.livejournal.com]

Yep, there's definite advantages to homeschooling :)I was homeschooled for a while and well, it was just so amazing to be able to say stuff without some teacher snorting at my suggestions :)

I love etymology (hope I have the right word else I'm gonna look a prize fool!)... it's just so fascinating :) It's just amazing how so many different languages have crept up in the world, and English is particularly fascinating as it's got influences from pretty much most of the groups.

[nyctanessa.livejournal.com]

"''The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''"

[sunrise-raver.livejournal.com]

*chuckles*

That's got to be one of the best responses I've ever had to a post!