Guide To Homeschooling: How To Teach Unfamiliar Subjects

It is inevitable that as your child advances to a higher homeschooling level, you encounter subjects that you are unfamiliar with. Here are some tips for you, as a parent, in order to help yourself – and help your child.

Home Schooling - The Disadvantages

While there are many benefits to home schooling there is also a downside, so you have to give it some serious consideration before you go down the home education route. One thing to consider is the time that you have to devote to the schooling of your children.

Online Schools: The Changing Face of K12 Student Learning

Susan Bond of IQ-ity discusses online schools geared toward k12 high school students and the No Child Left Behind Act.

San Diego Homeschoolers - Field Trip Idea - Classical Music Concerts

The San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra performs several concerts this holiday season. Inspire your children - come and watch young people perform beautiful classical music!

4 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool Your Child

A recent survey indicated that nearly 30% of American parents are seriously considering homeschooling their children rather than sending them to school. Home schooling is a different way of education for many parents. It allows children to be educated at home free from the daily school assignments and pressure.

Homeschool Program: Education of The Future

Homeschooling emerged when parents considered that their local academic programs didn't offer the level and rigor that they desired for their children. Thus they would merely pull the plug on going to a formal class, and instead be tutored by mentors, home teachers, and members of their communities.

Make a Difference in a Child's Life with Abacus Education

Speak of Mathematics and chill runs down through your spine. And same is the story when it comes time to teach mathematics to our children. And you as a parent / tutor are not at fault. Today's schooling system teaches a very ineffective method of learning math, rote memorization of times tables.

Developing Your Lesson Plans

As a homeschooling parent you are acutely aware of how important it is to have daily plans and be organized. Everyone has their own methods and tactics. And most of these plans certainly weren’t perfect right out of the gate and have evolved over time.

Designing Your Homeschool Curriculum? Include Latin!

When choosing your homeschool curriculum courses, be sure to include study of Latin. It benefits the youngster now and in the future in a wide variety of--and in far-reaching--ways.

Character Building 101

The existing character building programs I found were just not right for us, so I created one.

Educating About Discrimination

It seems that we have graduated a little from the old method of discriminating between colors and entered the age of looks and ethnicity. Clearing the slate clean, let me say that I'm not innocent of making my own assumptions about the looks of another person. Society today has done an outstanding job of showing the common citizen that beauty is the one thing that does rely on the eye of the beholder. With the wide spectrum of reality shows on plastic surgery, we as a society have put good looks on a pedestal much higher than can be reached. A good point is when the article mentions movies portraying the ugly villain and the handsome good guy.

Secondary School: Parents Need Assistance

Education system of many European countries is divided into primary and secondary schools. Such division seems to be successful and flexible approach to diverse education programmes needed for teaching children of different ages. Thus, teaching in primary school significantly differs from teaching in secondary school, and this may cause numerous problems for children transiting from primary to secondary school and their parents as well.