Home School College

Kris Koonar asked:


Many parents are unaware about when they can start homeschooling their child. In fact, a no minimum age criterion has been specified for home schooling. Whenever you decide to begin home schooling your child, you may do so. However, you need to acquaint yourself with state requirements for home schooling. If your child has gone through some traditional schooling, you must determine his need at the time of transition. One of the best things about home schooling is that the age of the child has very little to do with the curriculum chosen.

Generally, children who are educated via home schooling are those who have some traditional school background. Parents who decide to home school their child, generally find the new school and classroom inadequate, in terms of being able to provide a proper atmosphere, intellectually challenging for the child, allowing him to reach his full potential. When the child has gone through a traditional school, it is essential to consult the institution and get the childs records in order, to assess the childs educational level and performance in school. This would enable you to choose a fitting curriculum that would adequately address his home schooling need.

If you have decided to home school your child from an age that is below the normal schooling age, you need not go through any prior consultation. Just make sure that you follow the correct procedure for home schooling, as prescribed by your state. For example, if the state requires prior information about your intentions to home school your child, you must follow the guidelines and any other specified requirements.

Many people express concern on the fact that home schooling a child is not age dependent. There are many parents who move their children out of the traditional schooling model in order to provide an age appropriate curriculum. Home schooling on the other hand is concerned with the intellectual appropriateness of the child and not his age.

In the traditional schooling methods, all the children in a particular grade are required to follow a standard curriculum that does not take into account their individual intellectual levels. In homeschooling, as a parent you can decide on which aspect of your childs education needs more time and attention and what would be the appropriate material required fulfilling that need. If your child is above average and is capable of taking on more complex and advanced material, you can go ahead with the advanced home schooling curriculum.

The home schooling system is based on merit rather than on age. It also lets you design a curriculum that is suited to the preference and ability of the child. It would allow him to grow as an individual, instead of making him follow some generalized curriculum applicable to a particular age group only.

Traditional schools encourage an atmosphere where children are amidst peers of the same age group. This results in age-based socialization. In home schooling, the child interacts freely with all the people in the community and this gives him greater exposure to opportunities and experience, to develop as per his emotional and intellectual maturity.



Sean

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Is it possible to start home-schooling now, when I am in high school? If so, how can I learn more about it? And also, does being home-schooled hinder my chances of being accepted to a good university?

Tamara

cbtoolkit asked:

All episodes are posted at HomeschoolVideoBlog.com. Discussions on why this family chooses to homeschool plus…

Charlene

Kris Koonar asked:


Home schooling is an option that is becoming more attractive to parents as time goes on. Schools have become increasingly unstable over the past couple of decades. Children roam the hallways unchecked, textbooks are outdated, violence is prevalent, children are bullied mercilessly, and the quality of education on the whole has greatly diminished.

What options do parents have to combat this downward spiral? Initially, private school was thought to be the answer. As enrollment in private schools soared many parents failed to see a difference between public and private schools. The problems were still the same.

The option of home schooling has been around for a long time; however, until recently it had not been so popular. The idea of home schooling seems like a cure-all to many parents due to the advantages this type of education provides over traditional schools. Children who are home schooled can avoid many of the problems schools have become known for. For one, the environment is less threatening. Children can learn without fearing other students, aggressive or nasty teachers, and be under the constant supervision of parents. In addition, home schooling allows parents to dictate the academic course of their children. Home schooling also allows students to proceed at their own speed. If a child is weak at multiplication and division, a parent can focus lessons on those skills in favor of another skill that the child might grasp rather easily.

Home schooling is also advantageous because it keeps children away from other students that may be corruptive forces. There are many students in school who do not value learning. This is not any fault of the schools; however, it is still a painful reality. These students can lead to the destruction of a stable learning environment. Home schooling keeps children focused on learning and not on avoiding social pressures.

It may sound like the perfect option, but there are many disadvantages of home schooling. First of all, home schooled children are usually less socialized. While schools can sometimes be the breeding ground for poor social behaviors, school is also a place where students learn to interact with others and build social skills. It seems a bit like a catch 22.

In addition, another drawback to home schooling could be implementation of an educational plan. Many parents are not qualified as teachers and may not understand what is necessary to ensure a child has access to the proper curriculum.

Finally, another disadvantage to home schooling is the necessity for parents to take full responsibility for their child’s education. If you choose to home school your child there is no one for you to blame if your child does poorly. The responsibility falls completely on the parent.

There are many advantages and disadvantages to home schooling. Before you begin a home schooling plan make sure you have evaluated your ability to properly instruct your child and provide a quality learning experience. If you do not think you can handle it, you might as well send your child to school but become more involved with his or her education.



Tamara

unschool asked:

Price (age 9 3/4) has two bouts vs. teenagers at his beginning homeschool fencing class on May 17, 2007. One loss and one win.

Marcia

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im in 10th grade and im trying to find home schooling in concord, california where i live…i cant find nothing..does anybody know of a free or not that expensive home school around here?

Elizabeth

pugspinkpocky asked:

My friends taught me (er, us) thriller this afternoon, because we ARE going to do it at the formal.PERIOD. If the DJ decides they aren’t going to play it, I was told I was to use my ’skills’ to force them. I have a couple different versions, so I skapped them together into one video so I wouldn’t have to force you to watch 5754789 different versions. Well, enjoy! (And if you want to know which one is me, I’m the goof ball in the back, not doing any of the moves in the red shirt) and NO! We are not completely fashion clueless in one of the last videos! We tucked our shirts into our pants/shorts, because apparently somebody said it was Michael-Jackson-y. Well enjyoy, and comment and rat eand subscribe!

Jeremy

M. asked:


I am in tenth grade. I recently broke my foot and have been on crutches for eight weeks. Being on crutches it is difficult to get around school. If I re-brake my foot, I’m going to be home-schooled. Can I be home-schooled for only a quarter? Also, how do I get started?

Luis

Mimi Rothschild asked:


As the home school movement gains momentum across the country, more home school students and their parents are turning to a new supplement for home school curriculum: e-learning. There are hundreds of schools and universities offering online classes on hundreds of subjects at dozens of grade levels. Home school families are discovering that the format of e-learning is especially conducive to a home learning environment. Online students are encouraged to work at their own pace, and the learning is largely self-directed; a concept with which many home school students are already familiar.

Detractors of both home school and e-learning cite the perceived difficulties of learning outside the time and space confines of the traditional classroom. However, some educators and many home school parents assert that these constraints are the problem with public education. Individual children learn with different styles and at different rates. The enforcement of blocks of time and dedicated spaces for learning can be an impediment for many, which is one of the strongest reasons parents turn to home school in the first place. The nature of e-learning lends itself well to the objectives of the home school environment: to encourage children to learn independently, and enable them to make informed, responsible decisions, or “think outside the box.”

Though some believe e-learning suffers from a lack of face-to-face interaction, home school families often find online classes superior to the traditional school setting. Quality online courses offer plenty of opportunities for students to interact with each other and with their teachers or professors through e-mail, live chat and class message boards. Additionally, home school students who are already used to self-learning often find themselves excelling in a self-directed e-class environment, and become eager to help others learn as well.

For home school parents who are looking for e-learning classes to supplement their children’s home school education, there are several factors that will help decide which online classes will be beneficial. A good e-course will have extensive instruction posted for students at the outset of the class, and easy access to knowledgeable instructors. Home school parents themselves are usually not professional educators, and are therefore more able to recognize competence in e-instructors who are not necessarily formally trained. Also, a good e-course should feature ways to interact with peers and get feedback from other students on posted work. E-learning can be a powerful addition to any home school curriculum, and should not be overlooked by the home school community at large.



Claude

Ann J asked:


My step-son has been home schooled by his mother but now will be coming to live with us. How do I go about getting him ready for public school and back into mainstream public school?

Brent