Dave Pommier
I am a homeschooling dad with a wife and two boys. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, so I feel compelled to write it all down. In my spare time, I work as a manager for the local health district, drink too much coffee, and am an overenthusiastic martial artist.
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Tag Archives: planning
Gaining approval
Different parts of the world have different regulations around homeschooling. In some parts of the world, you seem to have a complete free reign to do whatever you choose, while others are more tightly regulated. I get the impression that … Continue reading
What do they teach kids in schools these days?
So after a four year hiatus where the boys went to school, we have gone back to homeschooling again. They are in the last half of year 5 and year 3. Getting them formally registered for homeschool has proven to … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning
Tagged assessment, bloke, curriculum, homeschool, planning, registration
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When its time to stop homeschooling
I was a bit saddened and a bit disappointed to hear that after a year and a half of homeschooling, a friend of mine is sending her kids back to school. Like the decision to start homeschooling, there are lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Life experiences, Teaching and learning
Tagged bloke, cost, flexibility, homeschool, parenting, planning, why homeschool
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A thousand hours
So the other day, we reached the end of our school year. It was something of an anticlimax, to be honest. I told my boy that we had finished everything and how proud I was of him for doing it … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning
Tagged assessment, bloke, curriculum, homeschool, planning, reflection
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Halted
I haven’t posted anything for a few weeks because for a while, we all just ran out of enthusiasm for the whole idea. We made it to the mid year break, and then just couldn’t summon the energy to start … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning
Tagged bloke, flexibility, homeschool, learning in context, life experience, negotiation, philosophy, planning
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Where do you want to be in five years?
I was still a teenager the first time someone asked me ‘Where do you want to be in five years?’ I was talking to a pyramid scheme salesman with a mechanical smile and an alarming sense of amorality. I can’t … Continue reading
