Home Schooling Tips

People decide to home school for various reasons, some because they are concerned about the value systems that influence their children, still others because of family circumstances. Perhaps a great deal of traveling is involved and they don’t want their children being switched from one school to another. Many claim that children who are home schooled are academically ahead of those who grow up under the normal school system. Whatever the reason, homeschooling can be wonderful when carefully thought through and when the wide variety of educational resources is taken advantage of.

Think about the area in which you live, what is there in that area that can enhance your child’s education? Are there special historical sites within driving distance that could be worked into a history lesson for example, or are there other people that have had experiences that would help history come alive for your child?

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1. Every child, no matter what age, looks forward to having something new to start the first day off right. Even if you can’t afford much, a new spiral notebook featuring the hottest cartoon character, or some zany-looking pencils will be just the ticket to getting your child excited about school again.

I was wondering what types of changes two income families made to live off of one income when they decided to homeschool?

I went to a quality assurance conference a few months ago and one of the seminars I attended was called Hoshin planning. The basic concepts of Hoshing planning were thinking big or dreaming about how a system or project would look if you could have everything you want. Then work backwards from perfect to determine what needs to be done first to make the dream reality.

I was wondering what everyone's picture of how a person should learn? Or a vision for school?

Busy mothers and teachers are constantly asking, "What can I do with my children? They want something to do."

A child's natural activity should be utilized, and turned into channels which will lead to their gradual development, physical, moral, and intellectual. The craft work contained in this book satisfies the early craving of the child for play and the practical, and the gifts and occupations become playthings in his hands, but, unknown to him, things of educational value.

It has been found that children are most interested in an activity when it is associated with function or color; that children are interested in things in connection with people, animals, and plants, and when they can construct something in which they can feel the sense of self, as the cause of that construction, the joy of expression brings great happiness.

Does anyone have any recommendations for books to learn more about homeschooling?

Thanks,
2Trouble2

In your child's education an important factor is your expertise for their caretaking. No one is born holding all the knowledge, but we can learn and understand some things from books or advice from qualified persons.

Amongst the 12 Big Tips that each parent should strictly follow are the following:

1. Do not underestimate your child - he can understand more than you think he does and if you make him believe you think poorly of him this might affect his development.

2. Don't use threat - a child loves a challenge and once threatened he might probably go on and do what he wasn't suppose to just to see if he can escape the punishment.

Has anyone use the Rosetta Stone foriegn language program?

Do you really learn quicker? and remember more?

A lot of people see faults with our public education system and blame the teachers or the administration, but where does the parent fit into the scheme of everything?

There are some parents who don't care what their children do in class, or how they do in class and then the teacher has to not only teach the children about the subjects, but deal with the disciplinary problems.

I think parents should take more responsibility for the actions of their children, because they are the one's who have let them get away with their behaviors. Teachers shouldn't have to deal with disciplinary problems.

I've hear the terms homeschooling and unschooling and was wondering what the difference was? Is there a difference?

Thanks,
2Trouble2