Do you know the REAL reason homeschooling works? It is because parents are love-givers, rather than just care-givers. Find out why this is so important in this article from The HomeScholar.
Decoding words can be one of the greatest hurdles a child faces when learning to read. Children become disengaged when they feel unsuccessful, and parents get frustrated when their kids can’t “just sound it out.” Phonics does, undoubtedly, have a place in reading instruction and is one way that readers can figure out unknown words.
Children’s books often personify the things around them. For instance a chair may come to life and talk to the child or an animal might talk to the child in English, perhaps these children’s books help the child developed empathy for other things and other people and even their pets and animals. If this works well, then that is a very good thing and it is something that parents should look into. Let’s face it, children love museums and they like looking at things because when you’re young you are very visual…
For many parents, the idea of homeschooling a child is a very daunting one. In some cases, the aversion to teaching is a result of their own personal and negative experiences at school. In other cases, parents worry that they are not experienced or qualified enough to be able to teach, much less develop, a proper academic curriculum. Often, parents want to teach their children, but they simply do not want the responsibility of having to do so. In these events, the best choice is often the use of a qualified and accredited distance learning homeschool program.
How many times do parents hear “When will we ever use this stuff?” from their teenagers? Watching the news recently, I was struck by how difficult it is to understand our current economic crisis. I found myself wishing that I had paid more attention when my son Alex rambled on and on about economics.