To be completely fair, for kids like 8filltheheart's kids and other relatively high achievers, I don't think the concern about mommy grades is equivalent to someone whose kids score a 22 on the ACT instead of a 32 (or whatever). CC here is also $1275/student, which is way too much for 'mom teachers'. I looked into it last year, and they would take ds, but not dd because they were too full in her age group. You really have to know someone to even get any information. A lot of the local co-op people have left to start very 'exclusive' CC groups. I don't have many other solutions for those families. It is a difficult position to be in when I know the other options are just no open to most people. We are being begged for a third group, but we don't want to spread the local classical education leadership and experience too thin. Maybe you are seeing facebook posts and emails because there is a need and your friends want to get the word out. In our area we started a second group this past Fall and as of last week (the first-week people outside of current members could sign up) both were full with a waiting list. I'm not saying that it always does this mentor/ lead-learner thing well, but knowing that is their goal puts makes it easier to understand the way they do some things. A quick google search about the concepts in the science experiment or a Kingfisher science encyclopedia can fill in any questions you might have about that. Add SOTW to the history memory work and you have all the history an elementary aged kid needs. It isn't a full curriculum in the elementary grades, but you can use it as a jumping off point to easily create a complete program. The goal is to demonstrate the process of learning. The 7-12th grades is a full curriculum and at this point I lean toward having subject experts as my preference, but that isn't the goal of the CC program. The tutor is suppose to take the role of "lead-learner" and show both parents and kids how to learn, not that the teacher knows everything but how they figure it out, solve problems and find information they want. It is also a venue for the children to practice speaking skills and do a little art, science, music. The whole Idea is to introduce the information and to show the parents how to practice it at home. The kids aren't learning a ton of context because that's not the point. The idea is to include those parents in the classroom and have an experienced homeschool mom show them that this homeschooling thing is possible. Now, you can argue that you would like something different (and I might agree with you) but CC isn't a drop-off and they don't call the class leaders "teachers" for a very specific reason.ĬC is supposed to be a mentorship-like program. One other thing, I feel like there is a misconception out there about CC and it's purpose. I may not like everything about CC and if it were up to me there are several things I would do differently (really would it kill them to do a 4-year history cycle!!) BUT, it gave the classical homeschoolers in our area an opportunity to come together and I do so love my people! $500 a year is a lot of money, but not having a community of people is expensive in other ways. No one scoffs that you are learning Latin or reading great books. This is a group of people who want to educate their children to a high level. High with pretty much no friends.ĬC will let you in, they advertise info meetings and let you visit, and welcome new people. People had their little group and they didn't want anyone else. As the kids got older there were less academic groups for their age avalible and those that existed needed some kind of password voodoo to get any information about. I didn't know anyone, so I could never get to know anyone. We lived here for 5 years before I realized what the issue was.Īll the local co-ops are by invitation only. When the kids were younger it was all play groups while I wanted academics. I can't speak for other people, but for us, there aren't' other options. Several posters have asked why people would join CC since there are other options. Other Resources for Learning Challenges.Resources (and Curricula) for Processing Difficulties.Science Courses: Text/Online Support Packages.Apps, Learning Games, and Online Enrichment Activities.Getting Started: Beginning the Home Education Adventure.Stories and Tales From Around the World.
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