That was a great listen, Dixie, you are so articulate! I particularly liked your points about reading, delayed reading, and the importance of conversation for language skills. I have nieces and nephews who were delayed readers and we also found it was due to vision problems -- once those were sorted out, they became voracious readers! Looking forward to reading you book!
Thanks, Catherine! Isn't it amazing -- we're so quick to just say the parents are neglectful or the child lacks intelligence, and yet there are so many reasons (both common and uncommon) that children develop differently!
So cool, Dixie! I will look forward to listening. It seems like a pretty special thing to be able to approach it from both angles - more challenging yes, but also really nuanced. Have you encountered a book called “Christian Reconstruction” by McVicar in your research? I’m so curious about some of the roots of things I’ve encountered as a 2nd gen homeschooler, the weirdness that has gotten conflated with much of homeschooling, political movements etc… I couldn’t handle the book right now - just don’t have time & brain space. But I want to go back to it and think you’d probably find it fascinating…
Thanks, Annelise! I'll be excited to hear what you think of it.
No, I don't know that book, but I'm familiar with the concept/goal. I think I'm more interested in the day-to-day of homeschooling and how it affects family life and how individuals interact with the public over it. There are definitely groups that advocate homeschooling to advance agendas...but on the other hand, schools do that, too. It is definitely a complex and interesting question!
This podcast was fascinating and deep with so much information and encouragement that parents need to hear as they consider this alternative in education. Homeschooling for our family saved our daughter from becoming "jaded," as she said after talking to her friends. There were so many issues that homeschool helped alleviate. Also, at the time, we connected with a wonderful program that fostered "non-schooling" or "unschooling" that worked very well for us. Thank you, Dixie, for this podcast.
Wow, I'm so happy you enjoyed it so much! I think Jim and I both really enjoyed the conversation; it was really fun to talk with someone so knowledgeable about homeschool law!
I didn't even realize there was such a thing as homeschool law. I was one of those secretive, stay under the radar parents who named our "school" (after we moved away for the other one) the "Valerie Ca....School.) It seemed to work as no one pestered us for an audit. At that particular time, we weren't affiliated with a homeschool group and charter schools were becoming the must-do thing for such programs in CA. We were just flying by the seat of our pants by then. My daughter is planning to homeschool her children; in fact, she wants to organize a little homeschool group in her neighborhood. It's exciting to see that she loved and respected our homeschool days so much, she wants it for her own children.
How rewarding to see your daughter making similar choices to your own! Yes, the under the radar thing was real, and still hasn't gone away completely. But it's so much easier to homeschool publicly and in community nowadays!
Look forward to listening to this!!
I would love to hear your thoughts, Jen! I also have to listen to it... ;)
That was a great listen, Dixie, you are so articulate! I particularly liked your points about reading, delayed reading, and the importance of conversation for language skills. I have nieces and nephews who were delayed readers and we also found it was due to vision problems -- once those were sorted out, they became voracious readers! Looking forward to reading you book!
Thanks, Catherine! Isn't it amazing -- we're so quick to just say the parents are neglectful or the child lacks intelligence, and yet there are so many reasons (both common and uncommon) that children develop differently!
The vision therapy thing is mind-blowing.
So cool, Dixie! I will look forward to listening. It seems like a pretty special thing to be able to approach it from both angles - more challenging yes, but also really nuanced. Have you encountered a book called “Christian Reconstruction” by McVicar in your research? I’m so curious about some of the roots of things I’ve encountered as a 2nd gen homeschooler, the weirdness that has gotten conflated with much of homeschooling, political movements etc… I couldn’t handle the book right now - just don’t have time & brain space. But I want to go back to it and think you’d probably find it fascinating…
Thanks, Annelise! I'll be excited to hear what you think of it.
No, I don't know that book, but I'm familiar with the concept/goal. I think I'm more interested in the day-to-day of homeschooling and how it affects family life and how individuals interact with the public over it. There are definitely groups that advocate homeschooling to advance agendas...but on the other hand, schools do that, too. It is definitely a complex and interesting question!
This podcast was fascinating and deep with so much information and encouragement that parents need to hear as they consider this alternative in education. Homeschooling for our family saved our daughter from becoming "jaded," as she said after talking to her friends. There were so many issues that homeschool helped alleviate. Also, at the time, we connected with a wonderful program that fostered "non-schooling" or "unschooling" that worked very well for us. Thank you, Dixie, for this podcast.
Wow, I'm so happy you enjoyed it so much! I think Jim and I both really enjoyed the conversation; it was really fun to talk with someone so knowledgeable about homeschool law!
I didn't even realize there was such a thing as homeschool law. I was one of those secretive, stay under the radar parents who named our "school" (after we moved away for the other one) the "Valerie Ca....School.) It seemed to work as no one pestered us for an audit. At that particular time, we weren't affiliated with a homeschool group and charter schools were becoming the must-do thing for such programs in CA. We were just flying by the seat of our pants by then. My daughter is planning to homeschool her children; in fact, she wants to organize a little homeschool group in her neighborhood. It's exciting to see that she loved and respected our homeschool days so much, she wants it for her own children.
How rewarding to see your daughter making similar choices to your own! Yes, the under the radar thing was real, and still hasn't gone away completely. But it's so much easier to homeschool publicly and in community nowadays!