Oct
29
If you have a picture perfect image in your mind about how homeschooling is then you may be surprised by the truth. Homeschooling isn’t all sitting at the kitchen table and watching your kids work while sitting quietly. This scenario isn’t all true since there are different ways of teaching your child. Some methods are …
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Oct
28
Homeschooling has become a growing trend throughout the decades. Today, more than 2 million children participate in homeschooling with that number increasing at a 7-15% rate each year. Making the decision to home school children is not an easy task. There are plenty of positives and plenty of negatives, weighing on each side. To get …
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Oct
27
More parents are beginning to get the assistance of a homeschooling teacher to help their child succeed in school. There is also an increase in the number of resources in which parents can find homeschooling lessons and home tutoring for their children in local communities and on the internet. And the best part for your …
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Oct
21
Education is an important tool in building the future of your children. There are different education approaches that may be adopted by the child, but nevertheless, all these approaches have the same goal. Traditional schooling refers to a school set-up where a teacher-student-classmate set-up is found. While as for homeschooling, the student stays at his …
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Oct
18
Perhaps a bit unfairly, the parents of homeschooled children sometimes discover that the success of their children’s reading achievement is often evaluated differently than it is for traditionally-schooled children. Traditionally-schooled children are tested regularly on their reading skills because the conventional teaching methods rely so heavily on children’s reading ability as a way for them …
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Oct
16
There are many different aspects of homeschooling that you must consider before deciding if this is the right route for your child and family. Many parents with special needs children choose homeschooling as a more relaxed alternative, especially if the child if medically fragile, physically disabled or severely delayed. School days are planned around doctor’s …
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Oct
15
Is Homeschooling even legal? Without a doubt, homeschooling is legal in all the 50 States of the U.S. But, that is just about where the similarity ends. Laws and regulations regarding homeschooling vary from state to state. Interpretations of these laws can vary from school district to school district. Additionally, these laws may change every …
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Oct
14
Homeschooling, while it affords you certain freedoms when educating your child, it is not always easy. There are things that you can do to make homeschooling easier for yourself as a parent. The following tips may help make your job as a homeschooling parent a little easier. 1. If in doubt, look on the Internet …
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Oct
14
Teaching cause and effect in a homeschool curriculum gives you lots of fun options. Causal relationships are all around us, giving plenty of real world experience with the concept. Importance of Cause and Effect Why should you bother teaching cause and effect? Understanding the relationship between causes and effects helps kids in many areas. • …
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Oct
13
Despite the fact that Homeschooling is legal in every state, the choice to homeschool your children is not one which you should take lightly. Extensive research and discussion will be necessary if you are to make the right decision. But, how do you tell whether homeschooling will be the correct choice for your children? Here …
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