I also need to find out what is involved financially speaking and how do i teach something that i dont know myself, is there a website that has all this info?
What all is involved in Homeschooling.........?
2006-09-20 05:45:33 · 11 answers · asked by stuffy 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Homeschooling has a lot of advantages. Smaller class ratio and the student will be able to learn better with individual help. They are not in a lot of danger that public and even some private schools face. And many more. I help with the homeschoolling of my brother and sister. They are in High school. We use the Abecka Video Program. It is a very good and high academic curriculum. It covers K-5 to 12th grade. Very good program. It comes from Pensacola Christian College. Why don't you look at HSLDA's website. They are the Legal Association for Homeschools. You can go to their website and find out information or you can call them at 1-540-338-5600. You may think that because you kids are homeschoolled that they will lack interaction with other kids. That is not true. You can join a homeschool group. This allows the kids to interact and a support for the parents. As for requirements, It may vary by state. See if there is a Home School Association in your state an talk to them as well. Think about it. It may be more expensive that public school but is a lot better. Your kids will grow up better educated than those in public schools. I hope this helped
2006-09-20 06:46:17 · answer #1 · answered by gingersnapgrad2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HI
Homeschooling has many benefits. We did it because our child was aherad and also to adapt to a sports trraining schedule later.
He will go into reg. High school though as we feel there are too many things we cano not provide.
If you choose to homeschool........
Make sure you have reg activities with other school children not just other homeschoolers.... some districts will let you even hve your children come into the school for certain classes.
Make sure you cover all areas including Music and art
Make sure you use a good cirriculum. Calvert is pretty good really overall.
Also Connections academy and less expensive! Its free if you free choice your child in for the next year in Feb.. else there is a fee.
Some districts have Virtual schools as well..check yours
You can register for any school anywhere in the US regardless of where you live in the last part of Feb each year under the Free choice act. This would allow you to enroll your kids in another districts virtual school cost free to you.
Virtual schools are good in that they usually provide computers and books free to families as they are part of the public education system.
Homeschooling and buying it all yourself will be VERY costly to do it right
Also keep in mind you need to have a set routine every day.. or chaos will rule.
Good Luck
Wismom
2006-09-20 06:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by Wismom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can develop a much closer relationship with your kids then if they were away from you all day. Also you have the religious aspect that you can teach them things they won't learn in public school. It depends on what state you are in for some of the guidelines you should check with the department of public instruction. Our state have some public school programs where you use their books and they provide a computer and printer free and the books of course and you can teach at home. There are a lot of websites that can help you if you find that your child needs special help in that area just key in your browser words like teaching, homeschool, free education materials. That will get you started.
2006-09-20 06:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by Jennifer T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know This doesn't answer your question but I am a 9th grader who has been home-schooled all my life and i love it. you can choose your own curriculum and if your kid is to fast or a little slow you can adjust the curriculum to meet the needs of your child. my mom is not a math expert but she can buy a geometry book and a CD to go with it and that's about it . I go in my room and do the math by myself. Homeschooling younger children is a bit more difficult but it can be done. why don't you try checking around your area for a homeschooling group that you can go to and ask questions. I highly recommend homeschooling. It is highly worth the effort in the early years when you get to high school and your child is performing much better than his peers in public school
2006-09-20 07:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by gamecockfreak2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
home schooling is the best way to educate children,because kids enjoy it,and they get all the special attention they need,not just taught what the teacher teaches everybody.home schooling can cost quite a bit,but if you look,you can find good,in expensive ways of teaching.You also don't need to know a thing about what you're teaching,curriculum's come with teacher books,and all you do is read what it says,also your child can get lessons on cdrom,so you don't have to do ANY teaching at all,that's the way I do it.of course,that wouldn't work on little kids,but older ones would be okay.I would go to www.cbd.com,and they have tons of home schooling curriculum's to check out,and books on home schooling. Good Luck!
2006-09-20 09:23:25 · answer #5 · answered by thepinkbookworm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The benefit is that you can teach your children at the pace that they are most comfortable too. When it comes to learning, slower IS better. It is useless to chug everything to short-term memory, as your children will forget about it whthin weeks, and they have to read the books all over again.
2006-09-20 06:07:56 · answer #6 · answered by Who_am_i 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are none. I was homeschooled PreK, then public first, then 2-5 homeschool. I loved public school... please don't take away this joy from your kids. They think they hate public school, but they shouldn't... The only benefit for me was that I became a heavy thinker, and very mature for my age. But I would've loved to be in public school. I hated homeschool.
2006-09-20 10:17:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So you want to teach something you don't know yourself???
Do you see any problem here??????????????????
What are the benefits??? none.
What will happen to your child??? He will love watching TV all day.
What are the long range prospects??? BAD
Why are you REALLY doing this???? Examine THAT!
2006-09-20 21:33:20 · answer #8 · answered by MrZ 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Really? You must be incredibly smart to be capable of teaching english, science, social studies, physical education, biology, history, government, math, algebra, etc. When I went to school, my english teacher taught english and my social studies teacher taught social studies. You must be genius to be so knowledgeable about all subjects you can teach everything. Wow!
2006-09-20 05:54:40 · answer #9 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Go to hslda.com
2006-09-20 07:23:48 · answer #10 · answered by zoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋