There are many benefits to homeschooling. Some of the benefits are purely practical, such as not being tied down by school hours and vacations; others have to do with your child's education. Homeschooling gives you more control over the influences that affect your child. You can decide what it is you want your child to learn. The curriculum can be adjusted to suit the needs of your child. This is obviously one of the most important benefits of Homeschooling.
What are the benefits?
1. You have control over what your child learns.
2. The curriculum can be adjusted to suit your child's needs.
3. Your child will be getting individual attention.
4. The time spent on each subject can be tailor-made to suit your child. If your child needs more attention in one subject but find another very easy, more time can be spent on the difficult subject. The amount of time needed to learn each subject will depend on the abilities and interests of the child. This allows your child to learn all subjects without unnecessary pressure.
5. Your child's schooling becomes part of the family's activities and the parents are involved in every aspects of the child's learning and fun family activities can incorporate valuable lessons. Family closeness becomes the focus here. The child is also free of any negative peer pressure while making choices and decisions.
6. Your child is free from unnecessary competition and only has to compete with himself/herself.
7. Because the parent understands the child's strong points as well as weak points, the day can be planned in such a way that difficult subjects can be followed by a fun activity to give the child a chance to relax and rebuild his self confidence.
8. Learning becomes fun.
9. Parents can also tailor the curriculum to suit the learning style of the child.
10. The parent has control over the moral as well as the religious aspects of the child's learning. This is a very important reason why many parents do homeschooling, as especially religious learning is often not included in the school curriculum or the curriculum differs from the beliefs at home. This can confuse a child and make him very unsure of his moral roots.
11.Very often parents are also very worried about discipline in the school system and feel that there is too little discipline. Parents have better control over discipline at home and can also use discipline in a way that suits the personality of each child.
12. Parents also feel they have a problem with ethics and homeschooling also solves this problem.
13. Many parents repudiate the educational philosophy of grouping children solely on the basis of their age. With homeschooling the parent can have better control over the people their chills mix with and the decision can be made on other criteria than simply the age of the child. Because of this children learn to socialize with people from all ages, there are no artificial borders based on age alone. This is a model that is more true to real life as in real life one has to be able to mix with people from all ages.
According to research homeschoolers normally do better academically than their counterparts in normal schools. A national study, entitled "Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America," found that homeschoolers, on average, outperformed those in public schools by 30 to 37 points in all subjects. For parents who have the means and the time to invest in their children's education, homeschooling will always be an option they have to seriously consider. It can be difficult financially, because one parent normally has to stay home to do the main part of the homeschooling. If the family cannot manage on only one income, it may not be possible, although there are more and more opportunities these days for work at home moms.
Carefully consider the pros and cons before you make a decision on homeschooling.
Author Info:
Magriet is a work at home "Gran" with websites on family related matters. Visit her insightful site about homeschooling at http://www.homeschooling.topknacks.com She also have a site on Kids Crafts that is very related to homeschooling at http://www.kidscrafts.topknacks.com You can also visit her fun website with easy science projects ideal for the homeschooler at http://www.learnerscience.com
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