Charity, they say, begins at home. Virtually everyone follows this belief and it is often used when one seems to be neglecting the family.
Just like charity, learning should also begin at home, as the family is the first agent of socialisation and should as such not ignore its duties or push it over to others.
It should, in fact, be the first contact every child has before experiencing life in the classroom.
Homeschooling is quite broad, however it all boils down to learning at home, whereby parents are actively involved in the education of their children.
Before schooling became a law, this was what obtains but the song seems to have changed now, as parents would rather have their children learn ‘everything’ from their teachers.
A child misbehaves and the school teacher is to blame. What happens to the parents? It has become a game of blame shifting.
Parents are constantly saddling teachers with responsibility that is not theirs in the first place.
With homeschooling, children are able to get first hand experience of education which actually helps their development and socialisation in the larger community later in life.
Instead of waiting for your child to be shooed to the classroom before acquiring some certain knowledge, why not start from home?
Homeschooling gives you, as a parent, an insight to who your child is. A parent at a particular time was complaining bitterly about how her child is not doing well in school and at the same time casting blame on the class teacher.
It was later discovered that the child has a learning disability called dyslexia. How did the parent not know this before that time? Because they failed to start with homeschooling for the child!
If they had started education from home, the issue would have been identified and possible solutions would be applied.
A teacher can not play the role of parent in the life of the students. No matter how closely related they may be, a parent is a parent and a teacher, a teacher. That is what it is.
Homeschooling children definitely brings about a mutual relationship between them and their parents, as well as their siblings.
Relationship plays an important in the family, the absence of it will make the home divided.
In the area of career path, parents will easily know the area of academic leaning of a child who is homeschooled and so, the issue of forcing a particular project or career on a child will not be in the picture, rather it would be career counseling given the child.
With homeschooling, parent gets to know their children’s level of concentration, speed of assimilation, areas of strength, as well as weaknesses.
All of these is only possible when there is a one-on-one relationship, of which a great influence is possible.
A child that is solely taught in school would often sing ‘my teacher said’ to you when you try to help them with homework, this would not be the case where homeschooling is actively done.
Do not leave the education of your children to class or the hand school teachers alone. Be involved!
Don’t miss important articles during the week. Subscribe to edbuild daily digest for updates
