Enrich Your Home Schooling Program with a Spanish Flare

Studies show that if done properly, the non-traditional home schooling method will produce better results that surpass performance of children that receive traditional classroom style methods. This is why it is important to continuously enhance the home schooling experience to ensure the best learning environment for your child or children. Providing a well-rounded curriculum is key.

Distance Learning

Students who are not physically sitting in a class room to get their education are taught using technology based instructional systems designed for remote access. This system is known as distance learning or distance education. Students and teachers communicate with each other through printed materials or electronic media or using a technology that provides real-time communications.

A Non-Traditional Tradition

More and more people are talking about home schooling and online schools. As talk about it increases, so do the questions of parents as to what exactly is home schooling and online schools. Are these two things the same and do these methods really work?

Tips in Establishing a Homeschool Reading Program

Reading is one of the most basic subjects that a child should take up during the early years of development. This subject is therefore important in creating a homeschooling program for your child. A good reading program for homeschool is crucial in developing your child's mental ability and school performance.

The Downside of Homeschooling

Homeschooling has become really popular these past years especially with children who are tired of the old school routine. With homeschooling, students enjoy greater freedom, flexibility and dynamism. Still, there are some that do not feel that the homeschooling program is for everyone. Some believe that not all children can benefit from the program and that specific groups of children are the only ones who can get the most out of homeschool.

Secondary School: Parents Need Assistance

Education system of many European countries is divided into primary and secondary schools. Such division seems to be successful and flexible approach to diverse education programmes needed for teaching children of different ages. Thus, teaching in primary school significantly differs from teaching in secondary school, and this may cause numerous problems for children transiting from primary to secondary school and their parents as well.

America Is Getting Dumber

The Growing Illiteracy of Middle America

Homeschool Info That Every Parent Needs to Know

Homeschool is one of the alternatives considered by parents and educators to traditional schools. Although its effectiveness has not yet been proven conclusively, there are sectors that champion homeschooling because it provides a much more flexible process that can be adapted to a child’s learning capability.

Homeschooling, A Beginners Guide Part VII

Gaining enough confidence in your homeschooling journey to go your own way.

Homeschooling, A Beginners Guide Part III

Part three in a series of articles of beginning homeschooling. How to create your own homeschool curriculum.

Homeschooling, A Beginners Guide Part II

Part II in the series. Trying to choose a homeschool curriculum is time consuming and can be a daunting task. Breaking it down into more manageable steps can make the process easier.

Free Range Education and Its Lessons for the Adults

I’d like to invite you to think for a moment about those activities that you enjoy doing most now, as an adult, and see if you can remember how you learnt to do them. Were you taught in a formal way? Did you teach yourself? Did you learn through performing tasks, reading about it or some other way? What motivated you?

Home Schoolers Lack Commitment

Home schoolers lack commitment! For some reason I expected better of my fellow comrades. I believed us to be an honorable bunch, but such is not the case. And I'm convinced that this lack of commitment hurts the home schooling community.

Homeschooling vs Public Schooling - Things You Must Consider

People new to homeschooling often have a thousand of questions to ask. It has been accepted that parents have an inherent right to determine the pros and cons of homeschooling.