Homeschooling Gifted Children

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Homeschooling Gifted Children

• Jo Freitag

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Reasons for Homeschooling

• Personal philosophy of education
• Geographical isolation
• Medical conditions
• Parents are itinerant workers
• Religious beliefs
• Social/emotional issues
• Special educational needs

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Advantages of Homeschooling

• Can work at required level for each subject
• Can work at required pace for each subject
• Can go on excursions, trips, etc. when it is most
  convenient
• Can learn real life skills
• Can access a variety of courses

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Possible Problems Solutions

• Socialisation
• Mother not qualified teacher

• Will see friends at church, youth groups, sports,
  clubs, etc.
• Can use whole curricula, Internet courses,
  tutors, mentors, TAFE and Community House courses
  etc.

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Possible Problems Solutions

• Will the student gain meaningful qualifications?
• Will discipline be a problem?

• Can use DECV if eligible, TAFE courses and
  alternative entry for tertiary courses
• Can use appropriate strategies

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Sources of Teaching Materials

• Complete courses
• TAFE, Community House etc. courses
• Internet courses
• Gather collection from book shops, Op shops,
  garage sales, fetes, etc.
• Write own units

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Internet courses

• Christian studied with the Virtual school for the
  Gifted
• -What a Laugh
• -Visual Basic Programming
• -Writing fantasy fiction

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Chess

• Christian played Chess by e-mail with a girl from
  Western Australia

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Learning from everyday happenings

• When we found a possum which had been hit by a
  car the Possum Lady visited and Christian
  sketched the possum she brought with her.

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Mentoring

• Christian has sessions with Shaun Hately for
  maths and Kim Edwards for English

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L.O.T.E. Pot-Pourri

• L.O.T.E. Pot-Pourri was a little taste of several
  languages.
• We had characters from around the world who
  shared their phrases and songs with us

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Textiles

• Ericas 12 Days of Christmas Quilt

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Textiles

• Erica refurbished this dolls cradle and made the
  mini quilt and pillow

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Home Economics

• Christmas food

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Music

• Erica visited her flute teacher once a week.

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Maths/Art -3D Constructions

• Rainers star was made from paper squares and
  triangles

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Maths/Art -3D Constructions

• These shapes were made from spaghetti and Milky
  Way bars

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Library

• Croydon Library - source of research materials,
  text books, fiction, foreign language courses on
  tape CD, jigsaws, Internet access, family tree
  research and with a lake for a picnic lunch

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Nativity Windows

• Painting nativity windows for the Sunday School
  was an activity for Art and Social service.

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Enrichment

• Christian attended Aim High and Minds for the
  Millennium classes

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Activities - Society for Creative Anachronism
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Sport - Squash