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- Home Schooling 101 By Kim Yonkers
Most people, when they first encounter the idea of home schooling, have one hundred and one questions. This article is intended to act as a reference point for people interested in the prospect of home schooling their children. The first question many parents ask is “Why would we want to school our children at home?”There are a number of benefits to home schooling your children. Home schooling yields positive academic, social, emotional, and spiritual benefits for any family that is willing…
- Learning Styles And The Home Schooler - Part III of III By Pamela Connolly
This is part III and the last part of this report. I hope you and your child are benefiting from the cues to their individual learning style and suggestions on how to can adjust your learning environment to achieve a successful and enjoyable homeschooling experience.Next consider your child's level of structure.STRUCTURE effects how your child handles new material.If your child is analytical and detailed oriented, structure the style of the lessons on:- Details
- Step by step order
- One thing…
- Growing Socialization in Home Education By Tawanna McDonald
Let me mention the subject of Home Schooling. What thought immediately comes to mind? There have always been many views of home schooling. There are varieties of opinions ranging from great parents to troublemakers. Most of the negative thoughts of home schooling are based on rumors and preconceived ideas. Out of all thoughts about home schooling, socialization is one of the first things that come to mind.
The most debated topic among home schoolers and non-home schoolers is this issue of ade…
- Bird Flu Pandemic, Home Schooling, and Public Schools By Lance Winslow
Can the United States survive the predicted Bird Flu Pandemic? Will we be forced to alter our lifestyles, wear masks and forego large public areas, activities and events? What about our children, school and education? Large Universities can go virtual but what about our elementary, middles schools and high schools?I propose that we figure out a way for home schooling in the case of a United States out break, epidemic or pandemic of evolved Bird Flu virus. Education must go on in our schools, b…
- The Disadvantages of Home Schooling By Allan Wilson
“Home Schooling – Look Before You Leap”Are you considering home schooling your children? While you may have focused on the advantages of this form of education, take a moment to think about possible disadvantages of home schooling. Consider the demands of home schooling before you take the plunge.Answer the following questions with “yes” or “no” to see where you stand on readiness to home school your children.1.) I am available to stay home and commit many hours to not only instructing my ch…
- Home Schooling In Florida - Guide to Florida Home School Requirements By Tanya Stesen
Are you thinking of home schooling your child or children in Florida? Wondering what the requirements are and how to get started? It’s really not as scary as you may think. Florida is actually a pretty easy state to begin home schooling in.Home education, as defined by Florida law, is “sequentially progressive instruction of a student directed by his or her parent or guardian in order to satisfy the requirements of Statute 1003.21 and 1002.41.” Florida’s home schooling law is broad giving pare…
- The Benefit of Home Schooling - 8 Reasons to Educate Your Child at Home By Charlie Cory
Making the decision to home school is, on the face of it, not an easy one. There are many questions that need to be asked, and answered, before you can take this very significant step in your child's education. What can influence the decision is an idea of some of the benefit of home schooling.So here are some things to think of.1. Your child will get one to one attention with you. The issues associated with large class sizes will be gone forever.2. Noone knows your child better than you, so y…
- How to Get Started in Home Schooling By Jay Moncliff
Home schooling has been around for centuries. The beginning of schooling actually started in the home and then moved into outside schoolhouses. A homeschool is where children are taught by a parent or parents without the outside influence or interference of the school system. There are many variations on a homeschool but all fellowships basic rule of no outside interference. Home schooling is legal in all 50 US states with each state having set guidelines and rules about the homeschool proc…
- Home Schooling in Southern Idaho By John T Jones, Ph.D.
My son and his bride had four natural children but they wanted to help other children. To their four, they added nine for a total of thirteen. Four are of mixed race born of unwed teenagers. The other five are black Haitian children.I am a product of the public school system as are my five children. I was surprised to learn that thirteen of our 32 grandchildren were being home schooled. It seemed strange to me. For one, a young mother needs some time to herself. Teaching all day does not fulfi…
- Top 5 Reasons for Bringing Your Home Schooling Family into a Broadband Wireless Environment By Daviyd Peterson
1. Sharing is good.Your connection to the Internet deserves to be shared with everyone in your home school program. One or two computers wired to your internet access can be turned into four or more in their own rooms. Even better you can create a small computer lab where no one will be standing in line to use the connection for homework or research. Even if you have one computer for everyone in your home school program with another computer sharing a wireless broadband connection the access i…
- Is Your Family Ready for HomeSchooling? By Cheryl Dixon
More parents are deciding to homeschool their children each year. As early as the late 1960's homeschooling increased from 10,000 to 15,000 children. In 1999 the number of homeschooled children had risen to 850,000, and by 2003 the number jumped to 1.1 million children which represents a 29 percent relative increase over the 4-year period.Students are considered to be homeschooled if their parents reported them as being schooled at home instead of at a public or private school for at least par…
- The Added Advantage in African American Children's Education - Computer Home Schooling Part 3 By Daviyd Peterson
We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit how 'bout you!In our last article our subject was finding resources to homeschool african american children using the Internet and other avenues. In part 3 of 4 we will champion the use of computers to teach our african american children and prepare them for the future where computers will be involved in almost every aspect of our society.Recent news came out that John Singleton, director of Boyz N the Hood has joined the ranks of other high profil…
- Learning Styles And The Home Schooler - Part II of III By Pamela Connolly
Create the best learning environment for your child.In addition to receiving and processing information, learning is affected by how the child responds to the organization of the material. Consider these four basic types. (Remember it is not a box to keep your child in...these are cues to keep in mind when you create and teach lessons.)CONCRETE/SEQUENTIAL ... These Students:- Apply ideas in a practical way and focus on facts.- Work well within limits and produce concrete products from abstrac…
- Home Schooling in Your Motorhome By Rooster Boisseau
At first glance the terms “hitting the road” and “hitting the books” might appear mutually exclusive. But if you home school your children and have access to a motor home, read on.Your one room school house on wheels.One of major concerns of parents who decide to home school their children is that their child is not exposed to the wide array of mental stimuli encountered by children who participate in a more conventional education. Children who go to public and even private schools are expos…
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