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Is Home Schooling Right For You?
Jul 27th
Many parents believe that it is necessary to have a teaching credential to be qualified for teaching their child what they need to learn to become productive and successful adults. Although it is a tremendous responsibility to teach your own child the rewards can be priceless.
The pros and cons of homeschooling are many, but do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? With total control over your child’s homeschooling needs you have the flexibility to teach your child values that cannot be taught in a public classroom. On the other hand your time will not be as free as it used to be.
The education a child can gain from a loving and concerned parent will be much greater than is possible to receive in a public school system. You don’t need a teaching credential or even a college degree, just the desire to give your child a quality education. If there are subjects that you don’t feel comfortable teaching it is possible to hire a tutor for those classes. And on the positive side your home school curriculum can incorporate other things such as your own religious and moral beliefs, something that will not be taught in a public school system. By taking control of a child’s education a parent can shape that child’s value system better than anyone else.
Preparing Yourself For Home Schooling
Jul 11th
Home schooling refers to providing educational instruction to children in the home. Home schooling supplies children with a more personalized education.
Home schooling has proven itself to be a very good method of teaching children their ABC’s. The home provides a very good environment for children to learn. More children feel more adjusted and more comfortable being educated at the home. And with home education, it is more the responsibility of the parents to teach their children. And because of the time spend with each other, this approach has made parents and their kids become closer with each other.
With home schooling, parents will also be able to save a lot when it comes to expenses. They no longer have to worry about getting schooling supplies for their children as required by most traditional institutions. Home school supplies are bought according to need as opposed to requirement. Aside from required learning tools, the parents are the ones responsible for providing other home schooling supplies such as pencils, notebooks, paper and the like.
Methods in Home Schooling
Jul 9th
Imparting education to children at home, rather than in any educational institution, is referred to as home schooling. Before the 19th century, when schools were not considered an important medium of education, majority of the children were educated at home. It has been observed that home schooling is common with children whose parents have not had any high school or formal education and those who have single parents or families with three or more children.
Laws governing the home schools in different countries are different and so is the curriculum. Parents of homeschoolers have different opinions on the methods to be used to teach their children. Various tools and educational theories and philosophies like Classical education, Waldorf education, Charlotte Mason education and the theory of multiple intelligences or the Montessori Method maybe implemented.
While some parents believe in using a single method, others use a combination of ideologies and materials to serve their purpose. According to a survey, many of the parents were found using the public library as a major source of reference and curriculum, while educating their children at home. Others used catalogs and publishers specialized in homeschooling, books from local stores or religious institutions and established schools. Some parents use distance learning programs via the media, Internet and correspondence programs.