Summer Activities Ideas

[adsenseyu2] As the long and dreary months of winter begin to come to a close, parents begin thinking about summer activities to get their children involved in. Summer activities provide children with something to do when they’re out of school for a few months. Not only are summer activities fun, but they also give kids [...]

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Summer Activities for Teenagers

[adsenseyu1] Summer activities for teenagers are important for a number of reasons. However, once the school year is completed, a lot of parents let their kids do whatever they want. Generally, this is because the parents still have to go to work every day and, after all, their kids are teens, so they can stay [...]

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Fun Summer Activities for Toddlers

Many parents concentrate on finding fun summer activities that their children can participate in while school is out. However, while there are tons of fun summer activities available for school-age children, it can be difficult to find some that toddlers can participate in. This doesn’t mean that it isn’t important for toddlers to be involved [...]

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What about Socialization? Homeschooling’s Biggest Disadvantage

Critics of homeschooling often choose a single disadvantage when citing this type of program’s inferiority to public or private schooling-socialization. How can children who do not interact daily with others outside of the family learn the social skills necessary for introduction into an adult world? Socialization is a huge obstacle for parents to overcome when [...]

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Unschooling: A Unique Approach for Homeschooling Children

The most controversial technique used with children who are homeschooled is known as unschooling. Critics of the unschooling method think that this way of teaching is less likely to produce graduates who are socially and intellectually ready for the adult world, whether it be college, the military, or the work force. However, unschooling is growing [...]

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Tutoring as a Homeschool Program

One of the ways in which your child can be removed from public school and taught at home is to hire a tutor. This is not technically the same as homeschooling, but falls under the same category for many parents. By hiring a tutor, you can more closely monitor your child’s education.  Parents who hire [...]

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Toddlers and Teens: Raising More than One Child

Parents who choose to homeschool their children often find that things become difficult when they must deal with children who are school-aged, as well as children who are toddlers. However, there are many things you can do to help keep your homeschool program running smoothly during this transitional time, and you can continue to employ [...]

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Time to Homeschool? Starting Mid-Year

Picture this: your child has never been happy in a traditional schooling setting, but this year things seem even worse. He or she is not getting the attention they need from the teacher and is acting out, which disrupts the entire class. In the past, you and your spouse have discussed homeschooling, but it never [...]

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The Next Step: Homeschooling to College Transition

Most high school seniors find the transition from high school to college as difficult, but also exciting. These feelings are no different for students who attended homeschool. However, the process to get to college may be slightly different for homeschoolers and the transition itself may need a little adjustment. Homeschool students can and have been [...]

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Stay on Task: How Scheduling Can Benefit Homeschooled Students

Although some parents who choose to homeschool their students believe in unschooling, or learning full-time and not teaching in a traditional sense, most children (as well as parents) can greatly benefit from a daily routine to homeschooling. This, of course, can be very flexible, but sticking to a set schedule can help ensure that your [...]

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So Many Methods, So Little Time: Homeschooling Techniques

There are many methods in which homeschooling can be effective for students. Parents can choose to use one or many of these techniques.  If you are new to homeschooling or starting again after being away from it for a few years, it is important to research the different techniques that are used. By doing this, [...]

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Religion in School: A Homeschooling Advantage

Many parents are concerned with the elimination of religion from public schooling altogether, such as the removal of the words “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance or no public praying while in school. While no religion is a form of religious tolerance in some cases, many parents, especially those who have grown up in [...]

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Personalized History Lessons: Including your Family Tree

One of the advantages of homeschooling is being able to create lessons that are specifically tailored to your children. One such lesson, when you are studying history, is your child’s ancestry. Learning about a family tree can be fun and educational for your children, since they are part of the lesson, and you might also [...]

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Not Just for Mommies: Including Fathers in Homeschooling

Most primary homeschooling parents are mothers. However, when you choose to homeschool your child rather than to send him or her to a public or private traditional school, you and your spouse are both taking responsibility for raising your child in an educational environment. There are many social and economical reasons for which the homeschooling [...]

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Miss Mason’s Method: A Homeschooling Technique

One of the most popular homeschooling techniques for parents to use with their children is known by the name of the woman who developed it, Charlotte Mason. The emphasis in this way of providing education is BY not drilling a child into memorization of facts, but rather encouraging learning and thinking as the two things [...]

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Make Science Come to Life for Your Child

If your homeschooled child struggles with scientific subjects, as many students do, there are many things that you can do to help your child learn these concepts more easily. Remember, not all children learn in the same way, so you may have to apply many techniques before you understand how your child best grasps a [...]

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Homeschooling Fear: “I Don’t Know How to Teach Difficult Subjects”

A benefit to traditional schooling is that your child will presumably be taught by experts in their fields. While these educators may not be doing the best for your child as they possibly can, they still know their subject very well. You as a parent, on the other hand, will find that it is impossible [...]

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Disadvantages to Homeschooling: Its Not for Everyone

Homeschooling programs can be very difficult for parents to begin and maintain, and there are many disadvantages to pulling your children out of traditional schooling options to begin home schooling. Before you decide to take this course of action, review the advantages, along with the disadvantages. Drawbacks can include lack of socialization, time, and money. [...]

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Buried in Books: The Use of Storybooks, Textbooks, Novels, and Other Works

Books are without a doubt the backbone to education. No matter if you use a traditional homeschool technique or unschooling, your child will need to learn to read at some point to become successful in society and get as much out of his or her education as possible. Many parent-teachers struggle with what kinds of [...]

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Beyond Homeschooling: “Umbrella Schools”

  Homeschooling falls under an educational category called umbrella schooling. These are considered non-traditional schools, more commonly known as cyber schools and charter schools. There’s a lot of debate among educational professionals as to where umbrella schools fall in relation to traditional schooling, and politics often enters the debate. Unfortunately, the needs of the children [...]

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