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The Advantage of Homeschooling your ChildOne of the biggest advantage of homeschooling is parents have far more input in their child's education. There is overwhelming evidence to support the claims that there are numerous advantages to homeschooling. When you incorporate conscious learning into your homeschooling efforts, you are certainly giving your children lessons that they can never learn in a conventional classroom. One of the major benefits to homeschooling is having the flexibility to follow the child's interests and energy. (And of course your own!)Most families homeschooling are still following a curriculum, and there are many, ranging from Christian based, to external curriculums, still based on the school curriculum in your Country. Parents range in how flexible or relaxed they are in how they deliver the material. Many parents are more comfortable just following the guidelines and activities, some parents love preparing ideas and activities themselves. Then of course there is Unschooling, which generally does not use a curriculum at all. The advantage of homeschooling is you can decide what suits you and your children.
What are the Cons of Homeschooling?To enjoy the full advantages of homeschooling it is important to make provisions for the cons of homeschooling. One of the disadvantages of homeschooling is the fact that parents have the total responsibility for planning and implementing the activities.I really looked very seriously into homeschooling when my children were small, but back then there was very little support and no Internet. Now, particularly with the Internet, there are a wealth of resources available for parents, from specialised curriculums through to peer support forums and ideas. It is really important that you don't set yourself up to have a battle with your child's learning. For homeschooling to be effective you want to be working with the child's energy, not trying to force them to sit down and do their math!
If you are getting in a struggle, take some time out and re-focus on something that you are both inspired to do. Home schooling does require some creativity on behalf of the parents, but the biggest advantage of homeschooling is you have so much flexibility to set up whatever suits your situation. Here in Australia, because of some of the remote living conditions, we have some wonderful online distance education (used to be school of the air!), with lots of interaction via the Internet of kids working together and access to teachers. This is still using the conventional school curriculum however. But many families find they can get all the schoolwork out of the way in the morning, leaving the afternoons free for farm activities. Share your experiences of homeschooling or ask questions about the pros and cons of homeschooling. Advantage of Homeschooling:
Another of the advantages of homeschooling, is you can take advantage of your child's style of learning.
Schools simply don't have the flexibility to cater to children who are very physical (instead they get
labelled ADHD!) If your child is very active, you can do heaps of learning activities outside, spacial games, maths, words in the sand,
having short bursts of activities followed by a run around the outside of
the house for ten minutes will be far more productive than trying to make a child sit still at a desk for an hour.
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When homeschooling your children, there are several things to keep in mind.
Keeping a balance between a well planned activity and being able to follow a child's interest in a topic can be a bit of a juggling
act.
Having some sort of overall plan can ensure that you make use of the advantages of homeschooling, but still gives your child a wide ranging education.
If you are too highly planned you will be too
attached to your program and won't have the flexibility to expand or explore the direction the child is going.
But on the other hand if you are totally unstructured, you can miss out on the benefits of activities that
do require some pre-planning.
A walk around the garden with a magnify glass might lead to
finding out about lady bugs. A trip to the supermarket is an opportunity to read, make lists, budget or use money.
Seeing someone in a wheelchair might lead to finding out about people who are differently
abled, or a trip to a nursing home. Keep your attention out for ways you can extend your child's horizons.









