How can a child be home schooled??

Answer 1

wow suzi really has some issues there huh?
Anyway, homeschooling is not for everyone but if you decide it is for you, it is very rewarding for the child and also for the parent.

Answer 2

Depends. What age is the child? What is the family educational philosophy? What are the family goals? What are the personal goals of the child? Where do they live? How long do they plan to homeschool? What are the resources available in their area? What is the learning style of the child (and the parent)? What are the child's interests?

If you want to know about homeschooling, there are a million gabillion quintillion websites and books available. I've included a few links.

Enjoy.

Answer 3

Our school district requires that a letter is written to the district with our intention to homeschool.

Then the parents are expected to buy curriculum materials to teach the child at home. No one came to see the home and check. Some states have different policies.

How do you do it? Buy books and start teaching the kids. Write a plan for each day/week/month and then get busy. it takes a few hours daily.

Answer 4

Step 1-look at www.hslda.org for all the legal info in your area.
Step 2-do some research and decide on a method you want to use
Step 3-find out if your school district has an obsolete books warehouse where you can get free books
Step 4-Enjoy your learning time with your child!

Answer 5

Most children are homeschooled. From the day they are brought home from the hospital they are learning from the adults around them. Aside from the unlucky ones who are put in daycare at 6 weeks old and left there from 6 in the morning to 6 at night they learn what they need to know at home. Parents teach children how to talk, how to eat, what to eat, how to behave, the concept of behavior and consequence. Many teach their children animal sounds, colors, rhymes, letters, numbers, counting, and letter sound. If they play music in the home...music appreciation. If they read to the child it fosters early reading and language skills.

Parents teach their children how to be responsible (pick up your toys) and how to socialize (share your toys, don't hit/bite, say you are sorry, say thank you).

And all of that before they enter public school.

If you choose to homeschool your child you can choose a better education than what they are getting in public school. For example in most public schools they don't teach handwriting anymore, meaning the correct way to form letters as many of us learned. They show a child a letter and tell them to copy it so many children are drawing letters, it hinders early writing skills and increases the chances of letter reversal (have you ever tried to copy a picture and then tried to remember all the details later). They teach the concept of addition and subtraction instead of encouraging rote memorization. So kids are having to think about the math longer, add on fingers, count forward or backward. In our state they teach kids how to take a test (because state funding and teacher jobs depend on the percentage that pass) instead of fully teaching the core subjects and building on them and giving the information to do well. They assume if they teach them how to do well on a test they will absorb what they need to.

Then there is socialization. We all had recess where we played with friends. In my area there is no recess at all from 3rd grade on and even before that if your grades are low or you have not finished your seat work, or if you misbehave or if weather is bad they will cancel recess. Lunch is expected to be quiet. No talking with your friends. You can do that at recess, oh yeah they can't. So now kids are being expected to sit quietly and focus all day without a break as of age 8 except in PE and in our area PE is only 3 days a week for 30 minutes because the schools are overcrowded. So they don't get any exercise either.

If a child is ahead or really bright they are told to sit quietly and do busy work while everyone learns. They get bored, they fidget, they talk, and all of the sudden behavior problem. They might need to be medicated.

If a child is behind they often fall through the cracks and are ignored until they feel stupid and unable to learn. So they quit paying attention. Try to fit in other ways, by making everyone laugh. Or just get bored not understanding, fidget, talk, and all of the sudden THEY have a behavior problem. Maybe they should be medicated.

Art programs have been cut, music has been cut, PE is shortened and on alternating days because they have twice as many kids to fit in the same 1 gym with the same 2 or 3 coaches and state law has rules about letting too many kids be with one adult.

So the question you have to ask yourself is can you do better than what is being offered in your area? Do you have a schedule that will allow you to give your child 3 to 4 hours a day in quiet work time? Will your spouse support your decision? What if everything doesn't work out like you thought it would? Will you put your child back in school right away or try to refine the homeschool program. If you homeschool is there a point in which you would re-enroll your child? What are the laws regarding homeschooling in your state? What records do you have to keep or guidelines do you need to follow?

Then look in to local homeschool groups and research curriculums. Attend a homeschool convention. Find the best fit for you and go for it.

Good Luck.

Answer 6

It depends on the laws where you live and what style of homeschooling you want to follow.

Check http://www.hslda.org for information on the laws. Some people opt for online types of courses which I don't believe fall under homeschooling laws, but not sure.

Answer 7

If you are interested in home schooling, there are places you can contact to get home schooling materials. Here is one that I know of:
Accelerated Christian Education
2600 Ace Lane
Lewisville, Tx 75067
972-315-1776
I hope this helps you.

Answer 8

There ar emany great resources to help you homeschool your child, such as online homeschooling. Check out some of these great Academies:

www.TheGraceAcademy.org
www.TheJubileeAcademy.org
www.TheMorningstaracademy.org
www.TheSouthernBaptistAcademy.org

Answer 9

Yeah why not provided there is plenty of resource to accomodate their learning.

Answer 10

their parents are too weird and are really anti social and want to keep them at home and control them---this reallys stunts their growth and development socially! My mother tried to say she home-schooled us when we were little but she was just paranoid that the public schools would teach us about sex and stuff like that and she never taught us S*it she just kept us at home all the time while she sat on her fat, lard cottage cheese aS$ and did nothing! heheheh