I realise this has propably been asked before so sorry if it's repetitive..
My DS is 20 months so obviously this is not really relevant yet, but I'm already thinking ahead a few years. So basically, where I'm from (Scandinavia) children don't start formal school until they are 7 and I'm frankly horrified by the long days 4-year-olds do in school here in the UK and would not want that for DS. So I've been thinking to home educate him until he's 7 and then put him to a regular school.
I was just wondering if this is really doable in terms of bonding with the other kids in school etc. I suppose by then they would have pretty much clicked and formed friendships and I wouldn't want DS to feel like an alien. Also I was wondering, if I was to go ahead with the home ed, should I roughly follow the national curriculum just so DS could jump in easier when he joins regular school? I had initially thought to follow the curriculum from my home country, but then realised it's aimed at children much older than DS at 4, so decided it's propably not the best thing to do. Although, in my country, the first year or so is relatively easy and the school days are only roughly 4 hours long of which propably only 2.5 hours are spent in the classroom, so I suppose similar to the reception class here.
Another thing I was wondering about were after school classes. Would these be available for DS even if he was home educated? I was thinking that along with hobbies would be a good way to make sure he has friends and social exposure.
I would appreciate any thoughts and experiences.
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Fazerina · 29/01/2013 01:06
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