- Seventeen Reasons To Homeschool Your Kids by Rudy Silva
Homeschooling was once a rare educational method. Today it is well known and an accepted way to education your kids. Most parents thinking of homeschooling have a difficult time deciding whether to do it or not.
434 words 2006-07-20 - Using the Library for Homeschooling by Lorraine Curry
Where can homeschoolers get unlimited educational materials and not spend a dime? The library, of course! What a blessing to be able to bring home stacks and stacks of books, all for free.
809 words 2006-07-20 - Senior High Home Schooling: Help is on the way! by Beth Gabriel
Help is on the way! Many cities have parent co-ops to help share resources. Check with your local library to see where and when your local home schooling group meets. Sharing books and resources with other parents is an excellent, low cost option.
457 words 2006-07-19 - Homeschool Children and Mass Society's Values by Reverend Brenda Hoffman
How do homeschool children get exposed to values other than the commercial values of a mass society? Schools may be able to prepare children to fit into the mass society or to help them find a set of values with which they could resist and reject the values of mass society.
557 words 2006-07-19 - Homeschooling – A Real Benefit by Kris Koonar
There are so many problems with our schools today that it can be a difficult choice to put your child on that bus each morning and send them away to an institution where it is likely little or no learning will take place throughout the day.
369 words 2006-07-18 - How To Prepare Great Homeschool Lesson Plans by L. D. Mairet
A key factor to preparing great homeschool lesson plans is realizing that all lesson plans are not "set in stone". Meaning that you do not have to follow a lesson plan word by word. A lesson plan should be used as a guide to help in your teachings.
457 words 2006-07-16 - Choosing Your Homeschool Curriculum by L. D. Mairet
Choosing your homeschool curriculum is by far the most important foundation of homeschooling. I strongly suggest buying a prepackaged curriculum for your base curriculum. A prepackaged curriculum will give you lesson by lesson, step by step, strategies and resources for your lesson plans.
445 words 2006-07-16 - The Benefit of Home Schooling - 8 Reasons to Educate Your Child at Home by Charlie Cory
Making the decision to home school is, on the face of it, not an easy one. There are many questions that need to be asked, and answered, before you can take this very significant step in your child's education.
366 words 2006-07-15 - Why Do People Home School Their Children? by Claire Quaty
Of course in America there are many options to educating our children. There are public schools, private schools, charter schools, Montessori schools and, of course, the option of home schooling.
684 words 2006-07-14 - Making Time For Yourself While Homeschooling by L. D. Mairet
Making time for yourself while homeschooling seems like a dream. There are several tips that you can do to help yourself while you are staying home and giving so much to others. First, get up an extra half hour to an hour before your children do.
543 words 2006-07-11 - Educating Your Children: The Home Schooling Option by Colin P
An ever growing number of thoughtful parents are concerned about the status of public schools in many cites across North America. At the same time, a good number of families are struggling to make ends meet.
534 words 2006-07-11 - Home Schooling – The Best Choice! by Beth Gabriel
You Control the EnvironmentThe major advantage to home schooling is that you control the environment. You choose the curriculum, you choose the pace. If your child is slow to understanding a concept, you have the freedom to allow the extra time your child needs to completely understand the topic.
370 words 2006-07-09 - Tips For Successful Homeschooling by Desmond Edwins
There are many reasons why parents choose to homeschool their kids. For many it is because they want to add religious content to their children’s learning experience. Making the decision to home school is usually a very difficult not and it is not one to be taken lightly.
676 words 2006-07-09 - Homeschooling Outside The Box by Michael Sakowski
My 12 year old son is creative and intelligent. He can compose artistic and written works at a level beyond that of many his age. So why can he be so difficult to teach? When using standard curriculum, it can be like pulling teeth to get him to do anything more than the absolute minimum.
687 words 2006-07-08 - The 10 "Be's" of Homeschooling by Lorraine Curry
1. BE AVAILABLE! Homeschooling is not hard, nor do the actual classes need to take much time, but it is important that your children find you available 24/7. 2. BE INTERESTED!
269 words 2006-07-08 - How To Write A Homeschool Unit Study by Reverend Brenda Hoffman
Regardless of what methodology you normally use for your homeschool, unit studies can provide you with a nice break from the norm sometimes. They are especially nice whenever you're trying to teach your child(ren) to think a little more about how the different parts of life actually fit together, and they can also give you a break whenever you're faced with the doldrums.
1333 words 2006-07-06 - Preparing Your Homeschool Classroom by L. D. Mairet
Once you've made the decision to homeschool your child/ren, you will need to prepare a homeschool classroom. This is important and critical for both you and your child. This will help separate work time and play time.
505 words 2006-07-05 - Homeschool Your Child Using Themed Based Curriculum by L. D. Mairet
Themes are a fun way to homeschool your child. A theme can be created from any topic that your child is interested in. A theme is simply a base topic from which you can teach from in your lesson plans.
459 words 2006-07-02 - Does Homeschooling Create Narrow Minds? by Reverend Brenda Hoffman
Some critics of homeschooling parents may suggest that they will be passing on narrow and bigoted ideas to their children. I would suggest that you do not have a right to try to prevent this from happening, nor can you prevent it even if you send your children to public schools.
575 words 2006-07-01 - Home Schooling – There Are Some Disadvantages by Kris Koonar
There are a number of advantages to home schooling your children. They get the educational material you know they should be getting. They get the one-on-one attention you know they deserve.
367 words 2006-06-30 - Home Schooling 101 by Kim Yonkers
Most people, when they first encounter the idea of home schooling, have one hundred and one questions. This article is intended to act as a reference point for people interested in the prospect of home schooling their children.
395 words 2006-06-30 - How Do I Determine The Length Of The Home School Year? by James Masterson
Homeschooling is a practical alternative or replacement to schooling institutions. In conformity with your state laws concerning this kind of education, children study and learn under the parents’ supervision.
734 words 2006-06-29 - How To Get Started In Home Schooling by Jay Moncliff
Home schooling has been around for centuries. The beginning of schooling actually started in the home and then moved into outside schoolhouses. A homeschool is where children are taught by a parent or parents without the outside influence or interference of the school system.
600 words 2006-06-29 - The Power of Homeschooling by Reverend Brenda Hoffman
There are 3 powerful reasons why homeschooling works. These include: (1. ) Homeschooling enables exposure to a broad range of people, ideas, and places. Homeschooling is so flexible that it allows family field trips whenever you want.
301 words 2006-06-27 - Planning Your Homeschooling Effectively Takes Creativity by David Black
Homeschooling is a growing trend across North America. An estimated 1. 2 million children are home schooled on a part time or full time basis currently in the United States. Many parents make the decision to homeschool their children, and in doing so are privy to some clear benefits.
547 words 2006-06-26 - Public school vs homeschool socialization by Reverend Brenda Hoffman
Many public school parents often ask homeschool parents, "If children are taught at home, won't they miss the valuable socialization that takes place in school? " Truth be told, most homeschool parents feel that the public school's social life is enough of a reason for them to homeschool.
888 words 2006-06-24 - Creating, Maintaining and Presenting a Homeschool Portfolio by Reverend Brenda Hoffman
Many school districts now require homeschoolers to present portfolios showing their student's progress in an organized fashion. This is actually a very convenient method of recording whenever it is done properly.
983 words 2006-06-24 - The Charlotte Mason Method Increases the Effectiveness of a Home School Reading Program by Brent Sitton
When it comes to home schooling, parents need all of the resources they can muster. Designing curricula, scheduling field trips, and tailoring lesson plans to children in different grade levels can be challenging.
455 words 2006-06-24 - Homeschooling versus Home Schooling - Part 2 by Pamela Weaver
Yesterday I discussed the difference between Homeschooling and Home Schooling. Homeschooling is teaching the academics while Home Schooling requires the responsibility of parents teaching academics as well as social aspects, values and responsibility.
356 words 2006-06-23
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