jordankat127 asked:
I am homeschooling all of my children, but this is only my first full year of homeschooling. My older children who are not special ed we are doing great with. My autistic 5 year olds are not ready for kindergarten work. I have set up my own lesson plans and for them, and I am happy with our progress so far. However, people I know outside of my home are suggesting that what I am doing is nowhere near good enough – no science, no history, I am not teaching them phonics or teaching them how to read. Well, no, I am not. I have them singing the alphabet, and now we are working on recognizing their letters individually and matching capital to lower case, and the concept that each letter has a sound… We are also still working on correctly holding a pencil, and using a pair of scissors. For the time that they were enrolled in the public school system, they were in the PPCD classroom, and they will not turn six until next June.
Thank you everyone. Texas does have very easy laws to follow, and quite frankly, to understand. But… the people who were questioning me were “official” ECI people… so I was stressed. I did go to HSLDA, in fact I have become a member, and that is one wonderful resource! I especially like their Struggling Learners resource page. I don’t think I can choose a best answer, because you were all helpful, and encouraging. So, I’m going to put this one to vote. Thank you all, again.
I am homeschooling all of my children, but this is only my first full year of homeschooling. My older children who are not special ed we are doing great with. My autistic 5 year olds are not ready for kindergarten work. I have set up my own lesson plans and for them, and I am happy with our progress so far. However, people I know outside of my home are suggesting that what I am doing is nowhere near good enough – no science, no history, I am not teaching them phonics or teaching them how to read. Well, no, I am not. I have them singing the alphabet, and now we are working on recognizing their letters individually and matching capital to lower case, and the concept that each letter has a sound… We are also still working on correctly holding a pencil, and using a pair of scissors. For the time that they were enrolled in the public school system, they were in the PPCD classroom, and they will not turn six until next June.
Thank you everyone. Texas does have very easy laws to follow, and quite frankly, to understand. But… the people who were questioning me were “official” ECI people… so I was stressed. I did go to HSLDA, in fact I have become a member, and that is one wonderful resource! I especially like their Struggling Learners resource page. I don’t think I can choose a best answer, because you were all helpful, and encouraging. So, I’m going to put this one to vote. Thank you all, again.
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