My Daughter isn't school age yet but I've often thought about home schooling her. We have been at an early childhood education centre for the past 3 years and it is COMPLETELY CHILD LED. Which means if they want to spend an entire term searching for worms - then that's what we're doing. We don't have mat time, we don't have coloring in books, we don't ask them what they're painting - they're just painting. Living in the moment. Learning how to deal with emotions safely, learning how to interact with children of different ages, race & gender. This is LIFE and I think the school system has a lot to answer for. However, i KNOW there are great schools and teachers out there. I think 5 is way too young to be put in a class and have all that information shoved at them. But this is just based on my child. All children are different and I hope parents and teachers will act accordingly. Not everyone fits in to the same box.
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