EDUCATION INFORMATION

Archive for January, 2010

Many parents decide to give education to their child from the safety and the comfort of their home. In fact home education can be of the same quality or even better than the education received in schools. Moreover schools are no longer a save place.

There are several things to consider if you want to give education to your child from home. The first on is the cost. Home schooling might be better for your child but it might be costly as well. You have to spend money for schools supplies and pay a home schooling professor. In some cases one of the parents should quit working in order to be at home and monitor the kid’s education.

If you can afford it make early arrangements. Dedicate a learning area for your kid. It is better if this is not his or hers room as the kid will have difficulties to concentrate. Choose a place that is quiet and convenient; provide good lighting and the necessary furniture. Buy all of the school supplies your child will need for the learning process. If you are not sure – consult the kid’s teacher.

The teenage years can be quite a challenge, however you decide to educate your child. If your child has been home educated for at least a few years before reaching adolescence, then they will probably be accustomed to the lifestyle.  Many parents who approach me when they are in this situation feel they are in crisis and that there are many obstacles to their ensuring a suitable education for their child. This article identifies some of those challenges and explores how to move from crisis to opportunity.

What are the challenges and opportunities?

Changing responsibilities

Deciding to home educate your teenager changes the way you handle your responsibility to ensure that they receive a suitable education. Rather than delegating a large part of that responsibility to a school, you are now directly in control of all of it. Or are you? How do you do that when your teenager knows exactly what they do or don’t want to learn and it bears no resemblance to your ideas of what constitutes “an education”?