Education at Home.
1 About 4000 families teach their ________ at home, and they do very well. One example is the Tanner family from Wales. Eve Tanner, 27 and her 29-year –old husband James do not send their children to school. The Tanner children, six-year- old Stephan and eight-year-old Jason, study at home with their mother. CHILD
2 They have a bright, ______ study in their home. COMFORT
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4 All around there are a lot of books and the children’s_________ are on the walls. James says, ‘My mum and I think we got nothing from school – only a diploma. In fact, everything was ______. PAINT
BORE
5 Some parents who are teaching their children at home have a study programme but the Tanners don’t. Eve says, “The children love books. They read all sorts of things. And of course we read story books together. I teach them ________ and mathematics, too.
WRITE
6 They write _____ list for me. Then they go shopping with me and pay for the things we buy. SHOP
7 Eve and James take their children to the library, to museums, to concerts, to ______ pools and to gymnastics. SWIM
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9 They think these activities are very important. Eve says, “Most of _____ friends are thinking about ____________ their children at home” WE/INTEREST
TEACH