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Home Schooling

Home Schooling. What Is It?. Home schooling is a very general word to describe teaching children at home or outside of school. Children that are taught by tutors or certified teachers that come to the home are still considered home schooled. It can be child-led or have a set curriculum.

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Home Schooling

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  1. Home Schooling

  2. What Is It? • Home schooling is a very general word to describe teaching children at home or outside of school. • Children that are taught by tutors or certified teachers that come to the home are still considered home schooled. • It can be child-led or have a set curriculum. • It can involve just one child or a whole community

  3. Is It Legal? • All states allow home schooling as an alternative to public schools • In NJ the law says all children between ages six and sixteen must attend school or “receive equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school,” which is what home schooling falls under.

  4. Are There Restrictions? • Some states, like NJ, only require the parent/guardian to notify state or local education agencies that they are going to home school the student • Others require the parent to submit a proposed curriculum or tests • Some test the parents or require them to have a certain educational level • Michigan is the only state that requires certified teachers to be involved

  5. How Is It Done? • Unschooling- no formal structure, learning through exploration, almost completely student led, focused on process, not content • Virtual School- online, led by certified teachers, independent work, includes hands on activities, can include field trips • Groups- parents/guardians get together and teach each other’s children, socialization, lessons

  6. Why Home School? • Control what your children learn and when they learn it. • Give your children in-depth, personal attention in any subject with which they struggle or excel. • Protect your children from the negative influences they may encounter outside the home. • Transfer your values and beliefs to your children and address their questions when they have them.

  7. What are the Disadvantages? • Put forth more effort to find children with whom your children can build quality relationships. • Spend more money on your children's education than you're accustomed to. • Spend 24 hours a day with your children for several days at a time. • Get out of your comfort zone to learn how to home school effectively. • Not all students get the proper level of education

  8. Real Life Experience From A Home School Mom • Can be a great experience when you have a good support group. • Can be isolated if you don’t. • Testing is a problem with public schools. • Sometimes you run out of things to teach. • Both parents have to be on the same page

  9. Real Life Experience From A Home School Kid • Easier for families that move a lot • Public school was better, there was more social interaction • Learned more at home in elementary school, but more at school in high school grades • The best part was being able to control how long the school day was • The worst was no summer vacation • Might consider homeschooling their child if public school wasn’t doing its job

  10. Resources • http://www.state.nj.us/education/genfo/faq/faq_homeschool.htm • http://www.thelaboroflove.com/forum/hs/ • http://www.homeschoolinginnewjersey.com/gettingstarted/whyhomeschool.aspx • http://www.sonlight.com/before-you-start-homeschooling.html?aid=1108

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