Advantages Of Homeschooling

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What makes homeschooling better than traditional schooling? Lately, there is a

rising trend in families choosing to homeschool their child than send their

child to a traditional educational institution.

Let’s look at some of the benefits of homeschooling over traditional

schooling:

1. Flexible Schedule

Homeschooling enables a flexible schedule. For example, the child does not

need to wake up at 7 every morning. With homeschooling, your child can start

homeschooling at 9am or later depending on your preferred schedule. You can

schedule your child’s homeschooling education as you see fit with materials or

subjects that may be not available in a traditional school.

You can tailor the homeschool curriculum to suit the needs and interest of

your child.

2. Individual attention

In a traditional school setting, thirty to forty students are assigned to a

teacher in class. Therefore usually, the teacher cannot devote 100 percent

attention to any child since it will not be fair to the other children. Plus, it

is quite impossible to provide individual attention to all students.

With homeschooling, your child gets all the individual attention he/she needs.

For example, if your child is weak in mathematics, you could devote more time

and energy into teaching mathematics.

Your child’s homeschooling schedule can be adjusted to crater for that. For

example, if your child is better at science than at mathematics, simple devote

more homeschooling hours to mathematics and cut back on science. With

homeschooling, the choice is yours. Traditional schools can’t do that.

3. Family Activity

The schooling of the child can become an extended family activity. Examples

are field trips and experiments. Plus, the child also receives more quality time

with his/her parents. There is more time for family bonding. The child is also

free of any negative peer pressure or influences.

4. No peer pressure

With homeschooling, the child does not need to prove his/her abilities to

other children. Parents are able to deeply understand their child better with

homeschooling and therefore are able to plan the learning program according to

his strengths and weakness.

Parents can also change the curriculum to suit the learning style of the

child. For example, some children learn better from reading while others need to

write. Some children even learn better from experiencing or seeing things in

action.

5. Religion Learning

Religious learning is a sensitive issue hence most traditional schools shunned

it. However, with homeschooling, parents can take control over the moral and

religious learning of the child. Parents can impart their ideologies and deep

beliefs into the child rather than let the school dictate what moral and

religious education the child will be receiving.

Homeschooling is the best way to educate a child as you can see from the

advantages listed below. If you have the time, the interest and the ability, why

not give it a try?

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