Questions for Families

Parent(s), please discuss these questions with your child and then include a response for us.

These will give us some indication regarding how familiar the student will be initially with the educational approaches and techniques of our Earthwork homeschool program. This will also help us to determine if our program is an appropriate place for every applicant. We are not concerned with comparing your child to anyone else with those questions, we are simply trying to gauge very roughly how effective our program would be for your child.

What level of supervision is your child accustomed to in the woods? At school? At home?

How comfortable is your child with reading? What is his/her level of interest in reading?

How comfortable is your child with writing, particularly as a method of communication and self-expression? What is her/his level of interest in writing?

How would you describe your child's level of self-motivation towards exploring topics of interest to him/her? how well does he or she work independently at projects, research studies, or practicing skills?

How well does your child work with peers?

How would you describe your child's attention to personal safety and risk-taking?

Has your child ever kissed a frog? Why not? Or conversely, what possessed them to do that?

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