Scott Eng wrote:
When the child stays at home all day, and mommy is the teacher, there
are certain issues of discipline at stake.

I suggest that anyone considering home schooling build a sound proof
room to stick the kid in during the day and give them only a book or two so
they will be so bored that they will learn to read. This is the place to
find out how to build the room.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

When the child stays at home all day, and mommy is the teacher, there are certain issues of discipline at stake. It is easy for he child to misconstrue the freedom he has at home and feel that homeschooling is just a long summer holiday. This is a potential landmine and children need to be disciplined right at the start.

Homeschooling gives you and your child a truly immense amount of flexibility. You and your child decide where to learn, how much to learn and when to learn. But,these should be decisions made at the beginning stages. If your child is too little to take an active part in the decision, chart out a few hours of the day for the various activities, and stick to it. When there is no outside agency to supervise and no exams to answer, it is easy to get sidetracked. If your child is old enough, consult him and find out when he wants to learn. Apply your parental discretion and come up with a timetable.

Homework is also a part of homeschooling. What this means is that
once lessons have been taught, the child should be asked to do some part of the course work by himself without your guidance. You will need to make sure that your child sits willingly and finishes his work.

Courtesy, manners and punctuality are some of the various facets of discipline that a child has to imbibe in the early years of his life. The school where he interacts with his peers, his seniors and juniors and his teachers mould these values quite automatically. At homeschool, the child should be taught the importance of speaking and behaving in a proper manner and appropriate corrections need to be meted out if behavior is unsatisfactory.

It is advisable to keep aside a particular room or a part of the room for your homeschool. The child should be expected to reach his desk at the appointed time, in proper attire with all the necessary material. It is easy to allow the school to become an extension of play if these round rules are not laid out and followed. As the teacher, supervisor, principal and janitor rolled into one, you should also approach the study area with a cool professionalism.

Homeschooling is doomed to fail without patience. In spite of all the precautions and steps one takes, it is easy for a child to get familiar' at homeschool. At such times, it may be difficult to discipline the child and get him to listen to you attentively. When this happens, switch to something new. Allow the child to take a breather and enjoy a break yourself.

Homeschooling is not easy. It requires a lot of hard work and patience. The very informality of the whole procedure sometimes works against it by making it too easy. If you take steps to establish rules at the very beginning and adhere to these rules, your homeschooling experience will be a huge success.

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On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:19:10, Godless Spammer
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Now that's a new one.... A Godless Spammer posting an Anti-Spam ID at
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How about Maintaining Discipline on USENET and posting to relevant groups

Maintaining Discipline in Homeschooling
Not bad

On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:19:10, "Scott Eng"
wrote:

When the child stays at home all day, and mommy is the teacher, there are certain issues of discipline at stake. It is easy for he child to misconstrue the freedom he has at home and feel that homeschooling is just a long summer holiday. This is a potential landmine and children need to be disciplined right at the start.

Homeschooling gives you and your child a truly immense amount of flexibility. You and your child decide where to learn, how much to learn and when to learn. But,these should be decisions made at the beginning stages. If your child is too little to take an active part in the decision, chart out a few hours of the day for the various activities, and stick to it. When there is no outside agency to supervise and no exams to answer, it is easy to get sidetracked. If your child is old enough, consult him and find out when he wants to learn. Apply your parental discretion and come up with a timetable.

Homework is also a part of homeschooling. What this means is that
once lessons have been taught, the child should be asked to do some part of the course work by himself without your guidance. You will need to make sure that your child sits willingly and finishes his work.

Courtesy, manners and punctuality are some of the various facets of discipline that a child has to imbibe in the early years of his life. The school where he interacts with his peers, his seniors and juniors and his teachers mould these values quite automatically. At homeschool, the child should be taught the importance of speaking and behaving in a proper manner and appropriate corrections need to be meted out if behavior is unsatisfactory.

It is advisable to keep aside a particular room or a part of the room for your homeschool. The child should be expected to reach his desk at the appointed time, in proper attire with all the necessary material. It is easy to allow the school to become an extension of play if these round rules are not laid out and followed. As the teacher, supervisor, principal and janitor rolled into one, you should also approach the study area with a cool professionalism.

Homeschooling is doomed to fail without patience. In spite of all the precautions and steps one takes, it is easy for a child to get familiar' at homeschool. At such times, it may be difficult to discipline the child and get him to listen to you attentively. When this happens, switch to something new. Allow the child to take a breather and enjoy a break yourself.

Homeschooling is not easy. It requires a lot of hard work and patience. The very informality of the whole procedure sometimes works against it by making it too easy. If you take steps to establish rules at the very beginning and adhere to these rules, your homeschooling experience will be a huge success.

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On Wed, 24 May 2006 17:45:17 -0400, Tom The Great
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:19:10, "Scott Eng"
wrote:

When the child stays at home all day, and mommy is the teacher,
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Good but don't promote his spam yourself. Don't reprint his whole
silly thing.

On Wed, 24 May 2006 13:36:28 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:

Scott Eng wrote:
When the child stays at home all day, and mommy is the teacher, there
are certain issues of discipline at stake.

I suggest that anyone considering home schooling build a sound proof
room to stick the kid in during the day and give them only a book or two so
they will be so bored that they will learn to read. This is the place to
find out how to build the room.

Yes, very good advice here. I was in an old castle in Europe that had
a 3'x3' tiny room with a large eyebolt driven into the floor. Now we
have eyebolts with threads. This makes it easy to chain the child
into the room.

Also, Harbor Freight has low priced welding torches. I don't know how
long they last, but unless the OP has a large family, he should be
able to make specialized shackles for each of them.

http://tinyurl.com/m2a7d The price is just $2.99. One or
two swats with it and the little sweethearts will learn to
listen to Mommy. grin

Nonnymus- all in fun

On Wed, 24 May 2006 23:49:48 -0400, mm
wrote:

On Wed, 24 May 2006 17:45:17 -0400, Tom The Great
wrote:

On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:19:10, "Scott Eng"
wrote:

When the child stays at home all day, and mommy is the teacher,
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MAF Anti-Spam ID: 20060522222200O6u4NqF2

http://www.publicdomainregistry.com/...s/report-spam/

Good but don't promote his spam yourself. Don't reprint his whole
silly thing.


Thought that by breaking his link, that would be enough.

Thanks for the education.

tom

On Thu, 25 May 2006 11:17:50 -0700, Nonnymus wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/m2a7d The price is just $2.99. One or
two swats with it and the little sweethearts will learn to
listen to Mommy. grin

I think it is so American to buy things when there is already stuff
around the house that works well.

I use a piece of 1x2, or for the kids over 8, 2x4. They know when
Daddy is serious. A stretch of lamp cord works well too, swung by
itself or plugged in.

Nonnymus- all in fun

Me too. Just kidding.