Homeschooling
People homeschool for so many different reasons. Often they are driven by their own educational philosophies, or they are unhappy with aspects of the available schools, or they are just excited to have that experience or life style with their children.
What is Homeschooling?
Homeschooling is many things. Its defining feature is that parents oversee their child’s education instead of the state or the school district. Secondly, the bulk of learning takes place at home instead of at school, although most families take advantage of many resources that are available outside of the home.
People homeschool for so many different reasons. Often they are driven by their own educational philosophies, or they are unhappy with aspects of the available schools, or they are just excited to have that experience or life style with their children.
Regulations differ across the states. New Jersey has no restrictions at all; Pennsylvania is one of the strictest states. But the steps are not difficult. I've supplied links below to explain what one must do in order to homeschool their children.
I began to homeschool my son because of the fourth grade experience he was facing,. My approach was "even if he only read books for a year he'd be better off than what he was facing." But then I fell in love with homeschooling. It happens!
How to Homeschool in Your State
Each state has different requirements of homeschoolers. The easiest way to learn about what your state requires is to go to Home School Legal Defense Association website. (hslda.org) On the HSLDA home page scroll down and click on Homeschool Laws by State. Their site is very user friendly and I always found what I was looking for.
Nina loved Homeschooling
Nina just simply reveled in homeschooling. She had no idea when she began how much she would enjoy the experience. She had some success giving her children choice, but she overflowed with ideas of her own of what they could be doing, of what she could be learning with them.
I feel like my relationship, our relationship with the kids is so much better than it was when they were in school, and when all of our focus was around making school work. Now I feel like we make our life work, and we do school. 2014
I think we’ve been lucky; we’ve had a lot of opportunities to do things beyond just my leading their education. I will never not be grateful for those opportunities. 2023
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