Parents who teach their kids at home can use technology to improve and add to the ways that kids are taught in schools. There are a lot of teaching packages and software for education that can help make a curriculum. The internet is a great way to learn because it is full of online dictionaries, libraries, encyclopaedias, and museums, among other things.
Depending on the homeschooling laws in your state, the following may be true:
- School officials can ask parents about their qualifications to teach or instruct their child. However, parents don't have to have a certain level of education to teach or instruct their child. A person who has finished high school or less can teach the child, as long as she is able and has a clear head.
- Children in high school should learn English, which includes speech, language, literature, and composition; science, which includes chemistry and biology; social studies, geography, economics, U.S. history, and world history; mathematics, which includes algebra, geometry, and statistics; music, art, physiology, and health, physical, and safety education; and mathematics, which includes algebra, geometry, and statistics.
- Children in elementary school should learn English, which includes reading, spelling, and writing; math, geography, science, civics, history, physiology, and health; music, physical education, and art.
- School officials can ask what subjects the child should study, how long the homeschool year is, and how many hours are spent teaching each subject.
Even though they can say how long each subject should be taught, they shouldn't be able to say how it should be taught.
This means that parents who homeschool can figure out and evaluate the number of instruction hours based on how they homeschool. They don't have to be able to copy the public school, but they should be able to match it in terms of efficiency and system.
When a child is homeschooled, it is up to the parent to figure out what the child needs to learn. Subjects don't have to be taught for a certain number of hours, but each subject does need a certain amount of time so that the child can learn it well.
Also, keeping to a schedule is not a big deal when homeschooling because kids use and understand time differently.
- School officials can recognise and sort educational materials, but only to figure out what the subject is and what grade or level the child is in. They shouldn't use this right to tell the teacher how to teach or how to teach a certain subject.
When a child is having trouble with a certain subject, like reading, the parent should let the child read for longer hours so that the child has enough time to learn that subject.
The parent may shorten the time spent on a subject that the child learns and understands quickly and easily, and use the extra time for subjects that the child finds hard to understand or on which the child doesn't make much progress.
When a child is homeschooled, he or she can learn and explore each subject at his or her own pace and to the best of his or her ability. And the parent can come up with fun ways to teach and learn.
A few effective and helpful teaching tools that aren't physical, like community service, travel, trips to parks and museums, etc., will definitely give important skills and knowledge that can't be found in books.
- Parents and school officials must agree on a way to evaluate or assess the child. This could be through standard tests, regular reports on the child's progress, or samples of work with dates on them.
Find out how your child learns best so that you can:
- You'll be ready to decide on a homeschooling curriculum. If you don't know how your child learns, you might choose a curriculum that won't help your child learn.
- You'll know how to teach them or have the right tools to do so. Some parents have the wrong idea that their children learn the same way they do. For example, when parents are visual learners, they expect their children to be visual learners as well. Just keep in mind that children are different from their parents and siblings, and that they usually learn in different ways. The sooner you figure out and understand how each child learns, the sooner you can teach them well.
- You can better figure out and understand what your child needs to learn. When kids can't talk to each other well, they get frustrated and down, just like everyone else. But if you know how your child learns best, you can help him or her understand himself or herself better. This will help them interact and talk with their peers better.
Knowing how they learn and what they can do will help you figure out how many hours they need for each subject. Homeschooling doesn't require you to teach your child a subject for a set number of hours. It depends on how well your child learns; if he can do his math in less time than the curriculum says he should, that's great. He should spend more time reading if you think he needs to.
