I have a 3rd grade boy that I'm considering homeschooling. He started out homeschooling but had so many problems. He's in speech and resource. Now he's in third grade and he's still in speech and resourse. I'm getting nervouse for him. He's below grade level and has been for his whole school career. He's so immature, too. He's teased to the point that for the last 2 weeks he's not wanted to go to school and school just started barely a month ago. He's definately a problem child of mine, but I wonder if he'll chill out if he's not harrassed everyday.
I was talking to my dh about his this morning when he called. He asked what we're going to do. I said you guess waht Aaron wants to do. Homeschool? Yep, then Jordan's(older brother) ears perked up. DH says, "or we can put them in private school". I'm not sure that will fix the problem, though.
Oh, i don't know. Help............ I need advice.

My son is homeschooled. We have our ups and downs (more ups than downs). I don't see the harm in trying to homeschool him if you don't see any progress through the public school. There are tons of resources online for people who need extra help. If my son was being teased constantly, I would have pulled him for that reason also. I don't want my kids having low self-esteems because of some mean kids.

Unfortunatley I don't think puting him on private school will help much on that. I don't see why not try homeschooling him even more if that's what he wants.

I agree with the above! I would definately try homeschooling him. And then if that doesn't work out, maybe try private school!

Good luck! :xfingers

Sorry for sneaking in late on this one... This is just my opinion, but I'd say homeschool your son. My son was very immature for his age and was behind in school. When I pulled him, we pulled WAY back and there was NO pressure to start school back up. I know that might seem a little weird and backwards, but I promise you it works! When he was ready, that was all it took. He's caught up to and passed his peers. As a matter of fact, this evening he informed his step-brother, who's 4 years older than him, just exactly who Socrates was, what he died from, and why. LOL We're currently studying Ancient Greece, something his older brother hasn't studied in school yet. We actually studied Socrates just over a month ago so I was actually surprised that he remembered. :)

That's what it takes for my 8 yo to push forward and learn. Remove the pressure and let him run with it. We've been fighting spelling for 2 years now! You'd think I'd learn quicker... Recently, he's started writing little stories and letters to people, all on his own. NOW he's finally realized how important spelling really is and he's learning it. There aren't any lists involved. I finally learned that they don't do any good anyway. He learns from use in actual writing format. So that's what we'll do. He'll write and I'll help him learn to spell.

I have 2 more coming up on his tail to homeschool. One who's pushing to learn now (he's 2, almost 3) and the other could care less. He's almost 5. It's nutty how they work. LOL It's a fascinating ride though, no matter what my in-laws say about homeschooling! LOL

Erin

Bring him home. It's hard work but very rewarding! My son had some speech issues and was even in speech therapy in school but I pulled him out of that as well and we worked on it one-on-one and within a few months of being home low and behold he was speaking just fine (no more slurring words, mixing sounds, etc..) I also felt he couldn't read well but the school told me he was fine. He wasn't. So we focused on reading (basically starting over) and math the first year he was home with a little nature study (science) and what not. Very laid back but it really helped him and was just what he needed.