Life After Waldorf ~ A Support Group - Page 58

[Hope-Faith-Charity]

These are good suggestions. If she has no learning issues, she will very rapidly pick up reading and arithmetic with you; after all, she has been exposed to quite a lot at school, whatever teaching methods they have been using. If you find that even with home support she continues to be challenged to learn, this would be a signal that it would be very important to have an educational assessment done by a professional.

Give it a little time, however; some children are just a little slower to be ready to learn. My middle son only learned to read at age 9, and yes I was beginning to panic. Now I can't pull him away from his books: he is a fast reader with no learning disabilities whatsoever.

Not too much time, however; if learning issues are picked up by age 9-10, they are much more remediable than those that are picked up later.

[luper]

Yes I agree - there are some great suggestions on here. I appreciate your comments and yes I acknowledge that children learn at different rates. However, she doesn't have learning issues - her school has teaching issues. My husband and I just taught her how to tell time and she got it after a few lessons and after having some daily practice at it. When challenged she can learn things with no problem.

As I've said before, her school is not teaching these things. They are avoiding them completely. They are only doing arts and crafts and singing and eurythmy and sewing and cooking and cleaning. I can teach her how to cook and clean and sew. What I need her school to do is teach her math and reading and spelling and history and science - what schools are supposed to be teaching.

Maybe I need to clarify my original goal - I am not on this forum to find out what is wrong with my child. The problem has already been identified - it isn't my child, it's the Waldorf Education system. I am on this forum to find out the best way to keep her on the same level of education as other children her age,

and how to undo the damage that Waldorf does while she is in the Waldorf school system.

My daughter is very very smart - but her school isn't challenging her and therefore she is not learning anything. It has nothing to do with her having learning disabilities, or learning at a slower rate than other children, or having a different learning style. It is the Waldorf school behaving more like a daycare center than a school.

[raksmama]

Luper, I know you posted this in September and it is May now, but I thought I would answer anyway even if I am very late. Our Waldorf ordeal over and done and i hardly ever go on this forum now, but the only thing I can suggest is if you have not done it by now take your Child out now! She will be behind if she starts a traditional school, but if she gets extra help,either from you or a tutor and has understanding teachers (be sure to tell them exactly what kind of school she was in, many people don't know about Waldorf) all will be well! It took our son a good year to catch up ( he made the change in 3rd grade) and another year to do very well. By 6 th grade he was getting mostly As.

My advice to all parents who's children are not thriving in Waldorf is don't wait, take them out right away.