Parents choose homeschooling for many different reasons. Some families want to build up their family ties; homeschooling offers the parents freedom to create and pattern individualized and specific curriculum, safety reasons, peer pressure and discontentment with the school system.
Homeschooling moms and dads devote a lot of time guiding and working with their kids, usually having the feeling that modern fast paced living is ruing the closeness of the family.
Family undertakings and activities like shared chores, group projects and games are consistent elements of the homeschool plan, wherein these families benefit from the quality time they devote to each other. Parents believe that homeschooling reinforces the family and permits the children to formulate their own personal decisions and choices without the influence of peer pressure.
One doesn’t have to have or acquire a remarkable educational attainment or background or have plenty of money in order to be successful at homeschooling. Studies show that parents who merely finish high school or even less can do a good job in educating and teaching in homeschool as those parents with education degrees.
The structure that you want for your child’s educational knowledge and involvement will be determined whether you settle to teach from a homeschool curriculum package or an unstructured homeschooling approach, offering individualized and flexible time, allowing you to teach subjects in accordance to the child’s development and interest; the quantity of unit or hours of learning per subject would be entirely to your own judgment.
Homeschooling permits the parents to adapt and customize the curriculum according to the child’s learning capabilities. Children needing extra time to spend developing their math skills will be provided with that time, by cutting the period of time spent on subjects that the child is progressing well on so that he/she can have ample time to spend in his weak area.
In addition, parents can also construct the curriculum to meet the child’s personal learning style; some children learn best through hearing, others through reading, and others are hands-on learners. It is only in homeschooling that children can go into and investigate subject matters in such a manner that they learn best.
Homeschooling benefits are only as restricted as to the parents’ own imagination and creativity. As the child’s parent, nobody is more familiar with what informative interests your child holds and only in a homeschool and as a teaching parent can you can find out and establish the time required to be used on any subject for your kids to complete and accomplish with the understanding and support that they truly deserve.
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What are the benefits of homeschooling my kindgartener?My daughter is 5 and was admitted into a private school for kindergarten at the age of 4 after passing an accessment test. Before that, I taught her all the pre-requisites and she was excelling at a very young age. I started teaching her officially at the age of 2 and a half. She was very motivated and loved learning. Now, after finishing kindergarten in school, shes become lazy and unmotivated. Her attitude has changed for the worst and her work has become sloppy and carelessly done. I compared her work from age 3 to now and her earlier works were far neater.
Shes a busy body, constantly in motion, more than the average kid her age from my observation. I feel that the one on one time was going better for her than the classroom environment. The slower pace of the classroom (because there are more kids, 15 exact) she is getting less attention and therefore getting lazy and careless in her work…
What should I do, should I homeschool her instead..
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I am homeschooled and I don’t have BENEFITS
Wow. ATL Finest's bad grammar did not make a good argument for public schools, did it?
I am rather neutral about homeschooling, so I might be able to provide a semi-objective view on the subject. Here are some pros and cons for homeschooling:
Homeschooling Pros:
-Control of the agenda. You know what your kid is going to learn. Some public and private schools provide excellent education for kids, but some do not. Homeschooling your child makes it so you know what they are getting.
-Control of the environment. No bullies, bad cafeteria food, goof-off kids sitting next to you, etc. If the parent instills discipline and doesn't let their kid goof off too much, they have a better ability to attain knowledge without distraction.
-Your kid can learn at their own pace and get more special attention where necessary. A lot of homeschool kids learn specific topics more indepth better than public school kids. For example, a lot of homeschool kids are making waves in the National Spelling Bee, because they have more individual help with their spelling skills than public and private school children.
-Children do not have to fight for attention with other kids. A lot of schools are poorly staffed, and the teachers cannot give enough attention to each student.
-Safety issues, although I think this issue is over-stated. Short of locking your kid up in their room all their life, you cannot protect your kid from everything. Schools, generally speaking, are no more dangerous than walking outside somewhere. The media makes public schools seem worse than they really are. That said, you know where your kid is when you have them home, so it is one less thing to worry about.
Homeschooling Cons:
-Lack of social interaction that is a key component to learning how to exist in the outside world. Homeschool kids do not learn team work or social skills as well as kids in regular schools. Like it or not, in the real world as adults, your kids will be exposed to different kinds of people and will have to deal with them. School is an experience that better prepares them for this.
-A LOT of parents are NOT qualified to teach all subjects. You risk your kids having deficiencies in areas where the parent is weak. A parent who is going to homeschool had better make sure they know what they are doing.
-Kids are not as well prepared for classroom environment when they go to college and the pressure that is involved. A lot of homeschooled kids go into college with a better knowledge base than other kids, but are quickly overwhelmed by the environment because they are not used to learning in a public forum. They are less attuned to different points of view, and are easily stressed out or quick to get involved in bad crowds. I've been involved in higher education for 8 years, and I have seen this a lot.
That said, a lot of these cons can be overcome. A lot of homeschooled kids are still involved in extracurricular activities. They learn at home, but still go out for sports or debate or other activities that help them learn the social skills they need. A good parent who homeschools will make sure their child is involved in the community so they will be better prepared to exist in that community when they grow up. If a parent is well-versed in school curriculum, then there is really no reason not to homeschool your kid if you have the resources to do it. It is definitely not for everybody, but for the right person with the right kid, then why not?
p.s. I should also add that I, personally, think a public school is the best way to educate a kid… provided it is a decent public school. All public schools are not created equal, unfortunately. Everyone is biased in one way or another. I just thought it fair that I reveal own bias!