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Bolstering The Homeschooling Experience

Author: Arthur Truax

Bolstering the homeschooling experience

Some parents elect to homeschool their children as a means of having more influence over their education, spending more time with them or helping them deal with anxiety or medical complications. But, it is not always easy. Ensuring that your child gets all the information he needs or that her home and social lives are in balance requires dedication and forethought.

To help build a good foundation for a homeschool program, here are a few simple things to keep in mind.

Learning style
One of the great benefits of homeschooling is that it allows you to find the best way for your child to learn. Despite their best efforts, traditional classrooms often resort to a "one-size-fits-all" approach to accommodate the various learning styles present. With homeschooling, it is a good idea to try many different approaches - visual aids, lectures, experiments - and pay attention to what seems to suit your child's particular learning style. Finding the right approach can affect huge changes in your child's performance and attitude.

Connect
Although homeschooling offers you the ability to exert great control over how and what you teach your child, there are benefits of incorporating other people - adults and children - into your method. Partner with other local homeschoolers for field trips and joint lessons. If you are geographically isolated, using video conferencing to bring in guests and experts can add variety to your lessons.

Bring in life studies
Some parents prefer homeschooling because it allows them to broaden their child's exposure beyond just books and lessons. Cooking, exercise and art projects can all help your child learn things that some schools gloss over for various reasons.

However you approach it, remember that homeschooling should unlock your creativity, not stifle it. Try different things and talk with your children - they're involved too.

In Brief

  • Ensuring that your child gets all the information he needs or that her home and social lives are in balance requires dedication and forethought.
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