Gah!1 hlp hlp help !! home ed issues....

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Hello Al,

Due to various factors, the main one being transport (i.e. we cant GET to any preschool that has sessions!!) I am seriously thinking about taking out DS full time and just solely Home-Edding.

Have dabbled in it a bit as he is quite bright and loves to learn, so have various things around the house already. TBH he also wouldnt be too fussed as he is not going to learn and basically just plays all day anyway! He is already bored there!

DH agrees the ONLY thing we need the (broken!) car for is school and DS has been off school already for a week now. BUT he is worried about, yep, you guessed it, soialisation!!!

He really is too old for playgroups now so that is out although I might go to one a week anyway as i also have a two year old (DS1 is 4 and due to go to rising 5's in September anyway, but I am hopng Dh will take to the home ed thing and I can just continue!! evil grin*)

Dh is very open minded and when I had stopped "doing stuff at home" and it was obvious DS1 was getting bored, he even said " I THINK YOU SHOULD DO SOME SCHOOL WORK WITH THE BOYS AT HOME" So I know it is JUST the socialisation thing that is tipping the scales!!

So: I need some "evidence" / studies /whatever to convince DH!!

Also, I KNOW there are HE groups out there but cant seem to find any at all in our area that I can show to Dh and say, right well this group is n this day at this time and we can catch these buses etc. Basically I want it all planned out iykwim? So I an answer all his questions.

HELP! Please? pretty please with a cherry on top?

P.s. Probably helps if I tell you we are in Wokingham!!

Ok clearly I am going to have to outsource typing on the laptop lessons!!

sorry for all the typos!!!

I don't know about the evidence of studies , sorry.

Take him to cubs, take him to football club or some such sporty set-up. Invite two friends from school over once or twice a week? Wouldn't that cover it?

Can you advertise somewhere locally, looking for other HE families with dc a similar age?

Any activities for dc offered at your local churches? If you're not the churchy type, is your local library offering anything?

any good:

scouts.

Or would you need the car to get to your local group?

[http://www.wokingham-berkshire.org.uk/clubs/young/Default.htm here]]

Mostly for older kids on there.

Pinewood FC anywhere near you? They take them from the age of 4 apparently judging from that link. I think you need to ask around, look through local papers and google a bit to find what affordable activities there are within easy travelling difference.

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Have a look on the 'How to Find Other Home Edders' thread. There's a click through to Education Otherwise site and to Berkshire yahoo group. If the yahoo group is anything like our local one, if you post on there asking what's going on you should get lots of replies. Also are you near Heroes? - there's info on the E.O. site. It looks really good and I've always wished we were nearer so could try it out.
We do a mixture of groups and meet-ups with other families and after-school type activities. I was originally most worried about the socialisation thing, but I really feel that it's been a totally positive part of HE'ding, without a doubt I think it's been better socially for my children than school would've been.

Hi there, i am home educating my 5 year old son - and so far it is working quite well.

he has Tennis on Thursdays, Swimming on Fridays, some friends from his old nursery come and see him or we go out and meet them.

I have one or two piano students who have smaller brothers and sisters, and he plays with them.

You can join Education Otherwise, and they will send you a list of groups in your area that meet up regularly. Other than that, let him join, football or karate, or something and then that is the socialisng done.

I still haven't met up with any groups yet, as I think they tend to be older children - but I am always looking.

But with all the things the does, and meeting his friends and all his family that he sees weekly - he is very good at socialisting. he is also doing quite well at reading etc, and is enjoying his learning.

Education otherwise, also organise summercamp/schools (haven't been on any yet ).

Worth taking him out of school if he is bored, at home you can keep him stimulated, and follow subjects/topics that he is interested in!

Good luck.