Joy Rojas of the Philippine Daily Inquirer wrote a great article entitled “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Home School” Here are a few excerpts,
That Michael has been home-schooled for most of his elementary years and all of his high school years explains why. “I am all that I am,” he says. “My parents made deliberate and sacrificial choices for me that they felt were in line with God’s calling on my life. I don’t think I could have taken those extra-curricular activities all at the same time, and still get good academic training, were I not home-schooled.”
Transitioning from home school to a conventional school can also be a shock to the system. Bea Marquez, who was home-schooled before her elementary years, and in grade 5 and 6 under The Master’s Academy, A Beka, Math-U-See, and Writing Road to Reading curricula, had to get used to deadlines and the discipline of a formal classroom setup.
Still, the benefits of home-schooling appear to outweigh any of the perceived “hitches” overwhelmingly. Chelo can impart in one to two days what a teacher in a traditional school normally lectures on in a week, “because she has to ensure the understanding of at least 25 children, whereas I only need to address one to two children at a time.”
It’s fun to read stories about homeschooling in other countries, knowing that Math-U-See is there to help people understand math and help them teach it to their children.
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Hi! I would like to know if you are selling math u see manipulatives here in the philippines. Thanks
Hi! I would like to know if you are selling math u see manipulatives here in the philippines. Thanks