Because it takes a lot of time to teach your children,
most home schooling families only have one parent earning money full - time, while the other parent does the teaching.
And as I mentioned above, research and our own experience with
many home schooling families, shows that home schooled children are better socialized.
Remember that all the problems of educating at home have been solved already, by
home schooling families who have produced fine highly educated children, many who have gone on to university, and who are working successfully in all areas of life.
It is also some work to find out about the different methods you can use, the different curriculums that are available, the field trips, learning how to teach, meeting
other home schooling families, etc..
We have been
home schooling our family since 1997, which is when my stepdaughter, Meghan, came to live with us and when I fell pregnant with my first baby.
Most home schooling families will tell you that one of the biggest benefits to home schooling is avoiding the everyday morning rush to get out the door.
Resource Link has a strong history of meeting the needs of traditional students and have been a blessing to
many home school families.
April 1999), which shows that
home schooling families are at least as involved in civic activities and the building of «social capital» as those who send their kids out for education, and she ends with this thought: «I don't think we need worry much about their socialization in the narrow sense, either.
We are
a home school family so we enjoy doing educational trips, playing outside, and doing crafts.
Many of the best resources that
home school families have come to appreciate are located on this site.
If you don't know any other
home schooling families, find an Internet discussion group (for more information on finding support, see our article called «Find Support»), so you can get help from people who have already been where you are.
The Learning House supplies quality home education materials and encouragement to
home schooling families.
And one of the best ways to learn about home schooling while deciding if you will home school, is to meet
home schooling families.
Another easy way to keep your costs down, is to buy something and split the cost with
another home schooling family, and share that resource.
However, I have found this is a much bigger pro for home schooling, for most families (I have seen exceptions to this, children with no friends, both in schools and in
some home schooling families, but home schooling parents can usually do a lot more about this problem, if it occurs).
Home school families can request any screening by contacting the district nurse at 763.792.5530.
The primary question driving this investigation is: What characterizes the existing relationship between the virtual charter school and
the home schooling family?
and, in turn, (2) What does
the home schooling family provide the virtual charter school?
We would highly recommend this to any Educator or
Home School Family.
HOME SCHOOLED - we're FPEA members and have an established reputation with
our home schooled families.
as
a home school family, someone is ALWAYS with us (a very good thing) and just setting this healthy boundary tells my children that husband and I are a pair and we are important.