Home education need not be expensive. You can home educate with a library card, the resources you already have at home and free resources in your community. An Internet connection is also extremely useful if you can afford it. Many commercial homeschooling supplies are available if families choose to use them and prices vary. So [...]
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What Problems Can Be Associated With Home Education
If you have made it this far on our website you may seriously be considering home education but now wondering, “There must be a downside that they aren’t telling me about.”
Of course home education brings its own problems – but doesn’t parenting in general? We are not promising you a bed of roses! Home education [...]
What does it mean to Homeschool?
Homeschooling is an increasingly popular educational alternative in which children learn outside of conventional schools under the general supervision of their parents.Homeschooling means different things [...]
Read the rest of this entry »What are some of the benefits of homeschooling?
A wise man once said, “We can teach our children to have courage, faith and endurance; they can teach us to laugh, to sing, to love.” For many, the deepest and most abiding [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Why do families choose homeschooling?
Families choose homeschooling for a wide variety of reasons. Some parents enjoy being with their children and watching them explore the world. The learning process which begins [...]
Read the rest of this entry »What about socialization?
Most homeschooling families consider socialization to be one of homeschooling’s great advantages. Instead of spending the better part of their days in close contact with others [...]
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Parents do not lightly make the decision to homeschool their children. They realize that it is a big undertaking and responsibility. But for homeschooling parents, the task [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How does homeschooling work?
What do families do all day? As most families will tell you, there is no typical day. Homeschooling children learn through reading, through conversation, through play, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How can I be sure of teaching all that needs to be taught?
Here are some things to think about; who defines what must be taught? Why? By what criteria? Who could teach everything? Are schools doing this – certainly notA good place to start is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How can parents teach subjects with which they are not familiar?
They don’t have to. Homeschooling doesn’t mean that the parents are the only people from whom the child learns. The parents are facilitators, helping their children seek out [...]
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