From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 12:26:38 MDT
In a message dated 4/13/2003 1:00:30 PM Central Standard Time,
mlorrey@yahoo.com writes: One advantage of homeschooling I've heard is that
because it is time flexible and so pupil centered that it is easy to let each
child study their own interests at their own pace. Under such a scheme,
trying to impose a curriculum structure for decades in advance might seem to
be a bit of a conflict.
Mike,
I lurk on a list for those interested in educating children with IQs
in the top 5%. I imagine that describes a lot of people on this list as well
as their children.
The lists I have seen have a fairly high percentage of people that
home school. Whether they home school or not one of things they discuss is
that high IQ children (and people?) are developmentally asymmetrical. They
take spurts in particular areas and are simultaneously delayed in other
areas.
Consequently one of their recommendations is to take advantage of the
kids natural tendency -- To paraphrase Mark Twain, when it is time to steam
boat help the kid steamboat, when it is time that the kid is turned on to
learning all the dinosaurs help them learn the dinosaurs.
That seems counter to my natural tendencies in teaching but the
parents report great success.
I suggest you do a google on educating high IQ children, there are
some great sites to be found.
Ron h.
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