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Is Homeschooling For Your Child?
More people everyday are turning to homeschooling their children. Violence in schools, poor curriculum and excessive homework are all reasons why some parents have chosen an alternative to government education. There are many more examples for parents wanting to educate their children at home.
Homeschool today is not simply keeping your children home while you become their teacher. Surprising to some, homeschooling has become much more sophisticated today than in years past. There are numerous tutorial programs, online curriculums and DVD instruction that are used to help educate children.
One of the more interesting means of homeschooling is through the use of tutorials. Many tutorials are started at churches where parents and teachers select exactly the curriculum that is taught to the kids. The burden of teaching is removed from these parents while a more experienced individual, many times a former teacher, instructs the children on the various topics.
The tutorials generally have a cost associated with the class, as the teacher generally expects to get paid. However, for parents with limited recollection of 8th grade algebra or 10th grade literature, it can be worth the expense.
The tutorials give the home schooled child a place to meet other children as well receive needed instruction on the various subjects. Most tutorials are given on a single day of the week. All the material for the class is gone over that will be required for the week. The student is then required to complete the lessons before the next tutorial.
Not all tutorials are given as traditional classes. Many parents use tutors to instruct their child on specific topics such as music appreciation or a foreign language. These arrangements are made outside a typical tutorial class.
Another similar program that many communities set up is a Co-op. A co-op is simply a group of people who get together to teach their children within the group. Each homeschool parent takes a turn teaching the children. If the Co-op meets once a week, each parent will take a turn each week teaching the children. The more parents in the Co-op the fewer times there will be responsibility to teach.
Homeschooling can be an alternative way for your children to learn. With programs like the Co-op or tutorials, traditional schooling can be mingled with the advantages of the parent having control of how their child is educated.
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Quotes To Ponder:
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. - William S. Burroughs, American Novelist and Philosopher
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Political and Spiritual Leader
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
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Linda Young,Ph.D.