With the schools shut down for the rest of the year I thought I would share some of the Benefits when you Homeschool your child. Some of the Benefits when you Homeschool your child
Parents naturally want the simplest for his or her children, but deciding exactly what’s the simplest is usually a process of trial and error.
Here are some of the most important benefits.
1. Tailored Instruction
If you choose to homeschool your children, you have a great opportunity to give your children the individualized attention they need as they’re learning. Even if you’re homeschooling more than one child, your ability to tailor the instruction to each of your children is a helpful benefit they could never get in a public school. You get to teach your child in the way that they learn best, and this helps your child to be more engaged in the learning process.
2. Choosing Your Child’s Curriculum
There are a variety of curriculum options for folks to settle on when Homeschooling. Individualized instruction means a student gets the eye the teachers they have and therefore the assistance they have to master the talents required before moving on to a subsequent skill.
3. Flexible Learning Schedule and Environment
Homeschooling also provides a flexible environment for learning. There’s no requirement that you have to teach in the same location in your home every single day. You can teach in your child’s room one day, move it to the kitchen the next day, and to the family room another day. This flexibility allows you to go with what will work best for your situation on any given day.
4. Experiential Learning
Flexibility in the learning environment is additionally great because your child’s learning time doesn’t need to be limited to the house. There’s also the chance to show your child through project-based learning by allowing them to develop important life skills through projects that they’re genuinely curious about and need complex thinking and doing. Experiential learning may be a benefit that permits a student to find out and celebrate at an equivalent time.
5. Independent Thinking and Character Formation
Homeschooling allows you to create an environment where your child can be distanced from the negative peer pressure and bad influences that are found in the public school environment. Homeschooling gives you the influence in your child’s life that would belong to their classmates in a public school. Homeschooling allows you to intentionally train your children to be people of character so that they’ll have the strength to behave with integrity once they do interact with others. Students who are homeschooled have the power to develop the skill to think for themselves before considering the opinions of others in their decision-making.
6. Closer Family Relationships
Homeschooling does allow you to build a strong enduring bond with your child. You’ll be available each day as solid support for your child and you won’t have to miss out on any of the important moments of discovery that your child experiences.
7. Social Benefits
A homeschooled child’s social ability is essentially dependent upon a parent creating or finding the opportunities for his or her child to develop their social skills. Because homeschooled children interact with their adult parents most of the time every day, they tend to be better at interacting with other adults than public school students.
8. Learning With Your Child
Homeschooling gives you the chance to learn with your child because of teaching the child you have the additional advantage of learning new information and skills right alongside your child.
9. Academic Excellence
Homeschooled students tend to perform better than public school students whether their teaching parent may be a certified teacher or not.
I would like to remind you homeschooling isn’t for everyone but only you can decide what is best for your child. Follow your heart and listen to your children because even adults can face peer pressure when deciding to homeschool from friends and family.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
