Please could you tell me your positive/ active reasons for choosing to HE? (As oppose to reactionary because of problems at school.)
Ds is four. He'll be going to school next autumn. I'm really on board with all the debunking of myths around HE academically and socially but Ive really no idea why you'd choose to. I think I'm also worried about what to say/ how to explain to people.
We went to see a school today. It was lovely and DH really liked it. But it basically just confirmed in his mind that of you can and choose to HE, is so beneficial for the child. He described it as recognising the school doing a wonderful job within great restrictions - governmental pressure on results, schools needing to make children conform/sit still and quietly because they have to operate that way. His reasons for wanting to HE is that wants to offer a different experience to DS - to keep his freedom and ability to learn through play as much as possible and for as long as possible, to give him freedom in a physical sense - learning how to learn whilst not being confined to a chair (we've both read a lot on how children learn when being able to stand or move - not jumping up and down but just standing or sitting on the floor or whatsver). DH has suggested HE until secondary. I feel really unsure. Though I think this is based on stupidly caring what people think, I need to figure out my own reasons for doing it.
DS is happy and sociable and loves pre school. We have a toddler and a baby on the way. But we're lucky in that DH is self employed and we're moving his business to a model where he can earn more for less physical work. He tends to see his clients in the evening and weekends and he's suggested taking on the majority of HE while I look after toddler and new baby.
How does it work for you at that age? What groups do you do? Do you still go to playgroups or did you need to find age appropriate groups and if so, how? And mainly - why did you actively choose to HE?
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RedCrab · 01/11/2016 17:41
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