Absolutely %!! What the Inghams should have done in that house is have the "adult" lounge as the home-school room and totally kitted it out with desks, computers/monitors, bookcases, comfortable study chairs, weekly/monthly planners for each child mounted on the walls that could be checked and monitored for progress etc. Sarah could even have put another bloody sofa near the window and created a school reading area. All of this could be done so tastefully with proper framed and mounted planners - even the office chairs could have been studded crushed velvet if that is what she wanted. The priorities in this family are so twisted. They absolutely don't need that "adult" lounge but absolutely DO need a home-school room.It's interesting to me that they haven't filmed more of their homeschooling.. day in the life homeschooling 3 kids.. etc etc. Is it because they have something to hide, something they know they aren't doing very well..?
Whenever I see homeschooling on youtube it's the family gathered round a big table or in a dedicated home school room all learning together, the parents actively involved, hands on learning, meeting up with other homeschoolers, or attending different groups/activities outside the home. Exploring topics in depth that the children are interested in, not just what needs to be covered on the national curriculum.
The kids in turn that I've seen on youtube are motivated, bright, ahead of where other children are at their age and love learning.
I know not all families are like this, but if you choose to homeschool your children over sending them to a public school they should at least be matching where they'd be in school if not excelling.. if they aren't then unless there is something else going on i.e special needs then I don't think they should be homeschooling at all.
These 3 girls do their 'homeschooling' seemingly alone in their bedroom probably all online. Isla seemed to love school and learning, I can't imagine her loving school as much in 5 years time if they are still doing the same old thing.
It seems to me that Chris & Sarah imagined homeschooling their children and having the freedom to holiday and travel, when in reality their travelling consists of driving for hours, parking in a caravan park and then going to bed, then spending time hanging around a caravan park, going swimming and then going back in the car. Not exactly trips of a lifetime, exposing kids to different cultures, languages and learning all the time. More like a couple of twinkl printouts and call it a day.
They'd be better off putting the kids back into school, and then doing a huge trip every summer.
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