Can you home school your child only with tutors?

Question

I was thinking if a full time working parents could afford to homeschool...

Answer 1

Yes, you can.

Here are some other options to think about:

If you both work FT and your child is old enough to stay home, you can also find a curriculum they can do on their own with your oversight in the evenings or your days off.

You also don't have to conform to "normal" school hours. You can do school in the evenings or weekends, or the parents can have opposite working schedules. Both parents can be involved in the teaching - splitting up the "load".

HS'ing doesn't take 7 hours a day like B&M school. In the elementary years, the direct parent involvement is about 1-2 hrs/day. As children are older and learn to be self directed, and with more independent work in the curriculum, the student does more hours in a day, but the parent time drops off.

You can find a good curriculum like K12, http://www.k12.com that has the majority of planning done for you. It also has dynamic progress tools. With an online curriculum like K12, if your child was at home doing work, and you had access to the 'net at work, you could log in and help him/her out.

Answer 2

One of the strengths of homeschooling is that when there's a good parent-child relationship, the relationship promotes better learning. Hiring in a tutor (or a team of tutors) eliminates that benefit.

If you're going to hire someone, or a team of people--you might be better off sending the child to a pricey private academy. The instruction will be as good, the facility will have greater resources (let's face it--do you have a fully stocked elementary-school library at home?), the socialization aspects won't require extra effort--and it will be cheaper!

Answer 3

You can definitely do it. But its gonna be very pricey! You might have to hire more than one tutor - and that makes it expensive. Alternatively, you can consider hiring an online tutor which would be cheaper. Try some online tutoring services like:

1) http://www.tuitionplaza.com/tutoring/ - tutoring by retired teachers and volunteers (free)

2) http://www.tutor.com - tutoring by professional tutors (not free)

3) ... and many more sites (use search engine!).

Think outside the box and you'll have more options.

Answer 4

There are inherent issues with that concept. I tend to agree with the others here, if you are in that route a Monetsorri type school or Prep school might be better.

Unless, course, you have a housekeeper who is home full time to help supervise the professinalism of the tutoring.

If you get my point.

Answer 5

It depends on the state. Where I am only parents can home school or a licensed teacher who has filed paperwork as a private school.

Answer 6

This is what wealthy people do. They hire private tutors to teach their children until they ship them off to an exclusive boarding school.

Answer 7

You could.....

But ya know it's really cool when you've been teaching you kid how to read........ then you notice how much he's improved and you KNOW the time you invested in him IS paying off and he is grasping the tools that will in able him to be a lifetime learner......it's a great feeling and It makes you thankful you've been a part of it.

I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

Answer 8

Homeschooling can consist of any type of teaching....I have known kids who basically taught themselves through text books.

Answer 9

It would be really really expensive. If you can afford $80/hr go for it, it's a really good option.

Answer 10

You don't ONLY have to use tutors. Mom's can teach them too.