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Re: Homeschooling the Steiner Way

Hi! Thank you so much for your encouragement, and a lot of what you suggest is so helpful! I just want to be able to -proved a good environment for my daughter to learn in which is not too chaotic! Trouble is, with there being only one child I try to get her to race with me to tidy up but she is going...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by GillPruden on 06-01-2008
New at homeschooling

Hello everyone, I have come here in desperation because I can not seem to break the ice into homeschooling. I have been taking early child education classes and I really want to homeschool my 6 year old son. He has a learning delay and is slightly autistic. He does not have the best social skills and...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by momofbestbaby2 on 05-17-2008
Re: Homeschooling for Pre-K

Hi there, It is important when children are so young to encourage their creativity, imagination and curiosity. You might want to read a post that I just wrote on 5/1 re: early childhood. It's contents are geared toward questions re: homeschooling using a Waldorf/Steiner theory. If you read under...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by hsiamy on 05-02-2008
Is it ADHD, bipolar (?), now diagnosed with Graves'

Hey, I am new and desperate. We have taken our son out of school. He is 8 (9 in June) and in third grade. He has always been a typical 'boy' in school. I have three other old children and I have been through the public school thing before. My oldest (son) is now 21. He was ADHD, dyslexic, later...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by cherpear on 04-08-2008
Homeschooling the Steiner Way

Hi! I'm Gill and I am about to start the amazing and scary adventure of homeschooling my five year old daughter. I plan to align myself to the Steiner Waldorf method and would really welcome any input from those who know what it's like to start out and anyone who is using/planning to use the...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by GillPruden on 04-06-2008
Re: Having # 3 and #1 is an unmotiveated almost 5 year old...

Thank you so much for this. sorry it has taken me so long to respond...I have been busy with the kiddos, adn trying to prepare for Rhiannon's (#3) arrival. I think I need to look more into the Waldorf education style. Thanks again for all the great info! TRacy

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by TracyC on 03-25-2008
Re: Having # 3 and #1 is an unmotiveated almost 5 year old...

karen, Thank you for your tips. He isn't very interested in the computer, so I haven't done much with him on it. He does enjoy playing some games, such as Leap Frog's Letter Factory, but he doesn't seem to get the letter/sound/name recognition from it. I am hoping he will get interested...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by TracyC on 03-18-2008
Re: Having # 3 and #1 is an unmotiveated almost 5 year old...

TracyC, I, too, have one that is 5, one that's 2, and one that's 1. I also have one that is 16 and one that is 9. My 5 year old is kind of the same way. What I have done is played educational games with her. There are alot of ideas on the internet, but even easy stuff like ABC Bingo. Educational...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by kcollins on 03-15-2008
Having # 3 and #1 is an unmotiveated almost 5 year old...

How can I get my almost 5 year old ready and willing to learn his K skills with a newborn to take care of too? My 2 year old will do anything his big brother will do, so I know he will want to participate as well. I have some ideas, but honestly he is LAZY and doesn't want to learn anything. He would...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by TracyC on 03-12-2008
How long?

Hi everyone. I was just wondering, if you use a "school structured" approach to homeschooling, how long are your scheduled lessons? I ask because I decided to use a fairly "school-like" timetable for my 14 year old daughter, Liana, as she has been in public school for 10 years, and...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by EricaInTassie on 02-19-2008

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