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To support homeschooling mums.

83 replies

Jlpst · 15/04/2020 07:35

One to support you mums at this strange time, or just relieve the boredom, make you laugh. I am a primary school teacher,ask me anything.!

OP posts:
vickibee · 15/04/2020 07:42

How to motivate my high functioning asd son to actually do anything. School is where he does work and home is not. I have tried everything and nothing is working. His anxiety is sky high. Should I just be glad that he is safe and well

MrsHarveySpecterV · 15/04/2020 08:00

What is a diagraph???

Camomila · 15/04/2020 08:08

Any tips for fun 'pre-writing' skills activities? DS (just turned 4) is going into reception (hopefully!) this September.

Lots of his friends can already write their names/draw pictures that actually look like things (his nursery class whatsapp each other pictures and video clips in lockdown) and he's feeling a bit bad he can 'only do scribbles'

janeskettle · 15/04/2020 08:09

Parents doing remote learning at home with their children, you mean?

janeskettle · 15/04/2020 08:12

vickibee

Yes, be glad he's safe and well.

Does your son have particular special interests? Now might be a good time for him to spend time on those interests, instead of forcing school.

MuddyPuddlesAndPrettyBubbles · 15/04/2020 08:13

@Camomila DD couldn't write a thing this time last year. Her writing is great now. Don't worry, just do lots of colouring, drawing, and things to work on fine motor skills (lego, playdoh, bead threading, cutting). It will come.

DefConOne · 15/04/2020 08:20

vickibee We’re in the same boat with a year 7 girl ASD would have been Aspergers and probably PDA. She had an EHCP and theoretically could be at school but it’s not a good environment for her right now. Secondary were putting her back together after repeatedly falling apart in primary.

Our year 5 girl is conscientious but is starting to feel really miserable and lacking in motivation. She’s a people person and is missing friends and family really badly. She was hoping to do the 11plus and I think she’ll be really behind the kids with organised parents who aren’t working at the moment.

OctopusArm · 15/04/2020 08:28

@MrsHarveySpecterV @ diagraph is a sound made by two letters.

Like ai ee ch

a c makes a c sound when it's by itself and a h makes a h sound but when they are together they make a different sound ch.

When you are doing phonics you can put a dot under the sounds and a line under the diagraphs to show they are together.

Church has 4 sounds but six letters.

SoupDragon · 15/04/2020 08:31

ask me anything

Do you only plan to support mums? How will you check they are female?

perniciousdot · 15/04/2020 08:34

Homeschooling isn't what the majority are doing right now. Do you mean actual homeschoolers or people who now have kids at home who are usually in school?

MrsHarveySpecterV · 15/04/2020 08:38

@OctopusArm thank you. My five year old keeps telling me I'm doing them wrong!

vickibee · 15/04/2020 08:40

Our son also has a plan but wouldn't cope with the school environment right now
His special interest is his ps4 which is not very educational. He will be a fortnite expert soon. He puts his headphones on and he escapes from his anxiety

switswoo81 · 15/04/2020 08:40

@Camomila sprinkle sugar/salt/flour/playsand on a tray.

Use your Peter pointer finger and start with swirls lines etc then work up to the letters of his name. This can then translate to a page.
But don't stress to much. Have taught infants for years and they start a year older here and usually about half can write their name.
It's more important that he uses the correct small/capital letters usually we have to reteach the children who write all capitals

lazylinguist · 15/04/2020 08:54

Hmm. So a kind primary school teacher offers help and support and some snarky people just can't wait to pile in and pick apart the wording of her post. 1) The vast majority of parents on MN are mums. The majority of parents helping their dc with distance learning are probably mums. Do you think the OP would refuse help to dads on MN?

  1. You all know what she means, and a quick google shows umpteen definitions of homeschooling, several of which basically say 'learning at home rather than in a school'. Besides, given that some schools are providing little proper work and many parents will be doing educational stuff with their dc that's not provided by school, some of what they are doing is homeschooling, even by your narrow definition.

So how about stopping with the disingenuous ''Oh, did you mean....?" and saving your snarkiness for people who are harming rather than helping in this crisis?

MamaBearLockdown · 15/04/2020 08:59

SoupDragon
go back to bed. No need to try to derail a thread and be nasty when someone is trying to be nice and kill time.

perniciousdot · 15/04/2020 09:00

Yeah. Sorry OP. Too quick to shoot off again, that's me. I think I'm just so fed up of people claiming to be homeschoolers when they are just making a stressful hash of trying to force learning. That's nothing to do with you though OP and I shouldn't be so sensitive.

MamaBearLockdown · 15/04/2020 09:01

Jlpst
What resources - and how - can you teach KS1 to write legible letters!
I am not starting a debate on joining up letters, but there are a few of us who are no longer able to understand a word our children are writing.

OctopusArm · 15/04/2020 09:02

@MrsHarveySpecterV

😂. It's good that your five year old knows that you are wrong.

Here is some homework for you.

There are daily videos for Read Write inc too.

https://www.ruthmiskin.com/media/filerpublic/40/79/4079a213-a595-4fc3-a3df-d24bf8e801aa/youtubeespeedsoundsslessonsschedulee_.pdf

mitsyblue · 15/04/2020 09:03

Hello! Thanks for this thread. I have a five year old daughter who was in reception doing well. I also have a one year old and have struggled with the home schooling. We are trying o read every day and do some word games and dice games but no where near enough...will I ruin my daughters education by not doing loads of homeschooling? It's such a lot of pressure and I know I'm not providing her with what she would normally get at school Sad

MamaBearLockdown · 15/04/2020 09:04

perniciousdot
If I wanted to homeschool my kids, I would have done it years ago. I (and they) are more than happy at school. We are just trying to make the best of the current situation, so "homeschooling" it is.

(as there is strictly no set curriculum for homeschooling in the UK and families do exactly what they want - follow a strict one or none at all - it still is homeschool...)

perniciousdot · 15/04/2020 09:06

If I wanted to homeschool my kids, I would have done it years ago.

I don't really get your point but I have apologised to OP for being ridiculously sensitive this morning. I don't really want to get into an argument over something I have already held my hands up to.

Pinkflipflop85 · 15/04/2020 09:24

Church only has 3 phonemes.

Ch ur ch

SueEllenMishke · 15/04/2020 09:27

So #bekind lasted didn't it?

MN is a viper pit at the moment.

SoupDragon · 15/04/2020 09:29

*go back to bed. No need to try to derail a thread and be nasty when someone is trying to be nice and kill time5

I'm not going to ignore sexist bollocks, no.

justanotherneighinparadise · 15/04/2020 09:31

I rolled my eyes at you too @soupdragon. It’s called Mumsnet, go and have a go at Justine for her sexist bollocks not the OP who was trying to be pleasant 🙄