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Christian30 -> RE: Summer Homeschooling a Public Schooler (5/2/2008 9:54:10 AM)
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ORIGINAL: LMKH
If he is gifted, I seriously doubt his skills will slide any more than any other child. In this case, i would highly recommend against summer schooling a public schooler. I would only do it in areas he was behind in. Worst part is, if he goes back and is ahead of eveeryone else, he will be soooo bored. the schools will not allow him to move ahead. Even if they claim they will differeniate, I have never heard of a school actually making good on this promise.
My children are all gifted. My oldest stayed in public school and is in the acclerated program and the highly gifted program. (the accelerated one is for basically the top 30% and the highly gifted, you had to be above 96th percentile). It is all okay, but I wish I had just brought him home. The public schools were fine and all, K-2. But then 3-5 grades when the testing started, they really dropped the ball. I did bring home my dd to homeschool. She was not as far ahead as DS at the end of 2nd grade. I was not even bringing her home for academics. Her brother is a grade older. But by the end of the first year, she had caught up to him. To years later, even with him being in all the gifted and accelerated programs available, she passed him by. Before you think that we just have bad schools, our schools are ranked top in the state. It is just that there is only so much that can be done when not only do you have an entire class learning along with you, but when the sitrict, state, and federal government are sending constant paperwork, testing requests, curriculum changes, etc.
SO..what I am saying is, unless your child has a deficiency, let him do what he wants over the summer. Who knows..if he is like my son, thhat might be reading science books, etc. But regardless, he has such little time to figure out who he is, what he likes, and so on. and be a child. I would just let him in this limited amount of time.
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My children are all gifted. My oldest stayed in public school and is in the acclerated program and the highly gifted program. (the accelerated one is for basically the top 30% and the highly gifted, you had to be above 96th percentile). It is all okay, but I wish I had just brought him home. The public schools were fine and all, K-2. But then 3-5 grades when the testing started, they really dropped the ball. I did bring home my dd to homeschool. She was not as far ahead as DS at the end of 2nd grade. I was not even bringing her home for academics. Her brother is a grade older. But by the end of the first year, she had caught up to him. To years later, even with him being in all the gifted and accelerated programs available, she passed him by. Before you think that we just have bad schools, our schools are ranked top in the state. It is just that there is only so much that can be done when not only do you have an entire class learning along with you, but when the sitrict, state, and federal government are sending constant paperwork, testing requests, curriculum changes, etc.
Our experience too (similar, at least). My youngest is graduating this year and we both work. Of my 3 children, 2 are gifted. The one we kept in ps the longest fell much farther below her potential. I'd rather be poor than have my kids in ps, but that's just our situation.
Back more on topic... I'd keep summer learning opportunities different than school, rather than worrying about keeping skills. He might be rusty when he goes back, but will readjust quickly. The microscope was a great idea. Try to stay in tune with his interests and respond accordingly.
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