Homeschool Lesson PlansWritten by Mary Joyce
Homeschool families have an abundance of homeschool lesson plans and programs to choose from. As a homeschooling parent, whether you want a tightly knitted curriculum package or prefer to be able to modify and develop as your personal circumstances dictate, you will find a wide variety of homeschool lesson plans no matter what your preferences. Regardless of direction you take, don’t get tied to hip with your educational program. Seek out hands on real life learning experiences to supplement your homeschool curriculum. Keep you lesson plans as full of real life as you possibly can!Field trips that involve places and business in your hometown are outstanding supplements to any
| | Homeschool InformationWritten by Mary Joyce
Getting Started With Homeschooling. Before jumping into all decisions surrounding actual teaching and homeschooling of your child such as: what curriculum, what books, what materials, home school calendar, organize this, organize that…. Before you do any of that first get familiar with with this bit of homeschool information.....your state’s home school laws, rules, and other regulations. Some states are quite easy and others require much more work. The HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) is a great place to start. Legally you do have right to homeschool your child. Just make certain you comply with individual state’s regulations.Homeschooling does require a huge time commitment on your part. And that commitment depends on level of homeschooling you do. The subject that is being taught and even ages of children involved. One question that always seems to come up, particularly from outside influences, is whether parent is qualified to teach or not. If not parent, then who? Who better to teach and homeschool child? No one wants their child to be successful more than a parent. Plus, nobody would argue against a one to one teaching relationship between teacher and pupil and for vast number of cases this is exactly teaching environment in homeschool classroom.
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