tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post3051610259264845404..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Homeschooling and Subversionblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-85837847794377478202009-02-10T20:16:00.000-08:002009-02-10T20:16:00.000-08:00Thanks, Terri!I think I am!Thanks, Terri!<BR/><BR/>I think I am!blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-62902068781430708062009-02-10T07:56:00.000-08:002009-02-10T07:56:00.000-08:00Great post!BE blessed!Great post!<BR/>BE blessed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-40966597473400721662009-01-30T15:20:00.000-08:002009-01-30T15:20:00.000-08:00Good luck! I think you'll have fun!Good luck! I think you'll have fun!blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-17685132635728244902009-01-30T14:15:00.000-08:002009-01-30T14:15:00.000-08:00I bought "How to Teach Your Baby to Read" today. W...I bought "How to Teach Your Baby to Read" today. We'll see how it goes.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-39358505018109907842009-01-30T11:55:00.000-08:002009-01-30T11:55:00.000-08:00I've been to the institutes several times.The easi...I've been to the institutes several times.<BR/><BR/>The easiest place to start is with "bits". This is basically a set of large flash cards with a picture on one side and small pieces of information about the picture on the back.<BR/><BR/>Well, wait, no, that's not the <I>easiest</I> place to start 'cause it's a lot of work to put a set of bits together (though you can buy some from the Institutes). It's remarkably effective, though. <BR/><BR/>Teaching them to read is fairly similar, except you just write the words on flash cards and say them. The trick is to use interesting words--the business of using small words as in kiddie books is that they're both boring and hard to distinguish from each other.<BR/><BR/>There's a very narrow window in which you can teach a child "instant math", too, so you want to jump on that. (By the time they're five, most kids are too old.)blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-88915666874282620992009-01-30T08:29:00.000-08:002009-01-30T08:29:00.000-08:00I should pick Freeman's brain, too.I should pick Freeman's brain, too.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-36778366141447203702009-01-30T07:35:00.000-08:002009-01-30T07:35:00.000-08:00Sorry, I should be more specific: did you attend c...Sorry, I should be more specific: did you attend courses or just read the books?knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-53144034568643286492009-01-30T07:22:00.000-08:002009-01-30T07:22:00.000-08:00Blake, I have gone to that site and watched some v...Blake, I have gone to that site and watched some video. Where do you start with a 3-year old? He's certainly not reading yet.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-39143576552511502032009-01-29T16:05:00.000-08:002009-01-29T16:05:00.000-08:00The IAHP just says you gotta "school-proof" them. ...The IAHP just says you gotta "school-proof" them. Just like pool-proofing them is to teach them to swim, school-proofing them is teaching them to read and think and building genuine confidence in their own abilities.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-45798109173472775882009-01-29T13:12:00.000-08:002009-01-29T13:12:00.000-08:00I'm glad I followed the link to Sippican's blog. I...I'm glad I followed the link to Sippican's blog. I like what he said about "everyone's a homeschooler." I plan to send my kids to public school--they are supposed to be good where we're moving, but we'll see.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I worry about it all the time, but really, what he said is true. You have to make sure your kids know what they need to know.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-89399882531487846752009-01-29T11:47:00.000-08:002009-01-29T11:47:00.000-08:00Thank you, reader. Ruth Anne-- I need to put Sippi...Thank <I>you</I>, reader. <BR/><BR/>Ruth Anne-- I need to put Sippican in my reader list. I just admire the hell out of him.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-69101718482628492612009-01-29T04:43:00.000-08:002009-01-29T04:43:00.000-08:00Take a look at Sippican's post from Wednesday. Fo...Take a look at Sippican's post from Wednesday. <BR/><BR/>For me, plan A is homeschooling. If I fail, plan B is public school. Others reverse their plans.<BR/><BR/>My little subversives are going on a field trip this morning.Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-60152591111615361662009-01-28T23:48:00.000-08:002009-01-28T23:48:00.000-08:00The answer is, yes, you are teaching subversion. T...<I>The answer is, yes, you are teaching subversion. There is no way around this, and there's really no political angle to it either: Conservative or liberal, if you are homeschooling you are saying that the state-run school is not adequate to the task it sets for itself.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, yes. The answer was, and is, embedded in the 'question' to which you referred.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Also, Blake, thanks, for that and more than you know.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-20556751648634853792009-01-28T13:24:00.000-08:002009-01-28T13:24:00.000-08:00Explains what? What were we trying to explain?! Ee...Explains what? What were we trying to explain?! <BR/><BR/>Eep.<BR/><BR/>I think a "tweeter" is the preferred nomenclature, if you please.<BR/><BR/>Ya twit.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-42064405036251506982009-01-28T09:07:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:07:00.000-08:00So that explains it.Hey if you do most of your com...So that explains it.<BR/><BR/>Hey if you do most of your communication via Twitter, does that make you a Twit.<BR/><BR/>Just sayn'Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-67862867612910918742009-01-27T23:13:00.000-08:002009-01-27T23:13:00.000-08:00Heheheh."But what about frieeeends?"Kind of sad th...Heheheh.<BR/><BR/>"But what about <I>frieeeends</I>?"<BR/><BR/>Kind of sad that not only has the state co-opted education, it seems to have positioned itself as the primary avenue for social activity.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-22956833328006854262009-01-27T23:09:00.000-08:002009-01-27T23:09:00.000-08:00Ah yes, "what about the socialization?"To which I ...Ah yes, "what about the socialization?"<BR/><BR/>To which I answer "What about the ability to count his own Beanbags and come up with the same number twice? And if he can come up with the same number, is it the correct number?"<BR/><BR/>That's about when the blank stare comes into play.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.com