Title: Key Principles for Effective Homeschooling during High School!
Description: Parents find homeschooling for high school kids tough and they have to follow certain principles to make their program successful. A consistent schedule, proper lesson plans and regular feedback from students are the principles that govern effective homeschooling during high school.
Body
Homeschooling is a good choice for many parents who find regular schooling not suitable for their kids due to various reasons. Parents can choose to homeschool their kids at any stage of the academic life of their kids. Homeschooling kids during high school is a challenging task for parents since their kids are teen agers with choices and interests of their own.
Parents who choose
…show more content…
1 A consistent study schedule
A consistent study schedule is important for carrying out the day’s work without confusion. Homeschooling parents should make a consistent study schedule which typifies the work for the days of a week. When kids follow the schedule, they will not wonder what to do for the day. They will carry on with their work for the day during the stipulated hours and will complete it at the end of the day without fail. When a regular study schedule becomes the practice of a day, it will turn out to be a good study habit and help the kids do their work precisely and effectively on time.
2. Effective lesson plans
Homeschooling parents for high school kids have to write the lesson plans in teacher plan books. On seeing them, students understand what they have to do for the day and complete them without struggle. Proper lesson plans lead the homeschooled kids in the right direction of studies as they understand what actually they have to do with the subject and proceed accordingly. High school kids find effective lesson plans very useful since they have to tackle complex topics in their subjects. They can avoid struggles in their learning process by following the lesson
…show more content…
Developing reading as a good hobby
Reading is certainly a good hobby and it should be cultivated from the childhood of a kid. Homeschooling parents can make their kids read many classic books and derive the benefits out of reading such books. They can bring reading a necessary activity in their curriculum and frame the schedules accordingly. High school students may have their particular interests and choices in reading books and they get sufficient time for reading in the homeschooling background.
Parents can provide lots of reading material for their kids by gaining access to the local libraries, online resources and encourage their kids to spend considerable time on reading books. When kids develop a flair for reading, they naturally improve their reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills. As time goes on, they are able to learn their subject in a quick manner with good reading capabilities. Hence, by making reading a necessary activity for high school students, homeschooling parents can help them achieve better academic outputs in the long
This is not meant to be an exhaustive or thorough study, but meant to get the opinions of a few families that are currently homeschooling their children. This will give you an idea of the variety of families that home educate. This questionnaire appears in the Appendix, page 19. Task 3.
While it may be true that even if a student is reading Sports Illustrated, they will still become more literate and reflective than if they hadn’t read at all, it is also true that the student is then less likely to read the same desired material outside of class because they are already being forced to read it inside of class. Moreover, if class time is spent reading something such as Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success, the student will be more inclined to read Sports Illustrated outside of class; thus, increasing their reading time altogether. On the report of Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students’ Motivation to Learn, “studies have shown that students who read outside of school become better readers (Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding, 1988; Fielding, 1994; Guthrie, Schafer, Wang, and Afflerbach, 1995)” (64). Therefore, by engaging in materials which the students may not be interested in during the school day, they will be more likely to read other subject matters outside of school and consequently increase their reading
(Diane M Barone/Marla H. Mallette, 2013). They need to have a regular routine and a place in the house where children can do their work. (Diane M Barone/Marla H. Mallette, 2013). A parent that reads and listen to their child read-aloud can help in early decoding, and fluency skills. The parents can use explicit instruction, paired and repeated readings and giving the child corrective feedback.
If I chose to play games or extracurricular activities I knew I had to juggle my time of play versus school. If I completed school for the week in the three days then I had a four day weekend, but if I didn 't take care of that schoolwork then that meant I had no weekend and privileges were taken away. By me knowing what my work was in advance for the week, it was my responsibility to accomplish that goal. I believe that homeschool made me mentally and physically sharp because I had more time to run and play in the yard and go to field trips like the space center, the Houston zoo, museums, robotic competitions and horse rescue rehabilitation ranches. As a family we were able to take vacations and trips when most students were in school which allowed more attention on tours at points of interest.
However, what homeschooling does provide are flexibility and freedom. The flexibility to choose materials the child is interested in learning more about and the freedom to choose where and when to spend family time together. Families are not held to an 8-3 school schedule with truants and late slips. They have the ability to plan vacations according to what works for their family, not what the school schedule allows for them. Many states have heavy regulations on homeschooling as far as the requirements and responsibilities go.
Literacy Autobiography My mother read to me as a child for fun and school. She read us books such as, Go Dog Go, You Read to Me, I’ll Read to you, and To Kill a Mockingbird. My father read books to my sister and I, such as Fairy Realm, Little House, and Percy Jackson, before bedtime. I now find reading very enjoyable, even though my dyslexia has made reading more difficult.
Home is Where the Learning Starts Children start to love reading at a young age, but when reading textbooks the love for reading slowly starts to deteriorate. Most kids hate to read in school because it’s nothing they are truly interested in when in all reality children need to understand how important reading is. In the essay “My Literacy History” by Dedrick Skinner and “The Lonely Good Company of Books” by Richard Rodriguez he explains how he did not know why reading was so important, but as he grew older he understood its values. I also developed a love for books at young age when my mom began to read to me, but as I grew up I felt reading was a struggle because I didn’t understand its values like Rodriguez.
Home schooling is a trending concept that is popular mostly in US and around the world. Home schooling preferred often by the parents that have environmental concerns, religious beliefs, lack of confidence to the education quality of the public and private schools and inadequacy of curriculum. They believe that they can give better education to their children at home. According to Jamie Martin (Homeschooling 101: What Is Homeschooling, 2012), home schooling began to grow in the 1970s, when popular writers and researchers such as John Holt and Dorothy and Raymond Moore wrote about the educational reforms and they alleged that home schooling is a valid educational alternative.
Many argue that the difference in standardized test scores is rendered null when one takes into account the matter of homeschooling families being of higher socioeconomic status, and the parents of such families having higher levels of formal education. However, the increased test scores among homeschoolers remains true regardless of their parents’ level of formal education or their family’s household income (“Home-schooling: Outstanding results on national tests,” The Washington
Homeschool vs public school- an insanely controversial debate in which a student’s success and future are put on the line. The schooling years of a person are absolutely detrimental to whether or not that person will grow up to be prosperous and happy in life. Therefore, the method of schooling is an incredibly important topic of debate. Modern homeschooling began with John Holt, an educational theorist, who began having concerns about the mechanical-like characteristics of students who went through the public school system. A large motivator for people wanting to homeschool was having increased religious freedom, as public schools have become more and more secular and worldly.
Parents are aware of their children’s weaknesses and strengths, "Parents can choose the amount of structure that is best for them and their children. Each program can be individualized to suit the needs and interests of each child. Each child can progress at his own rate instead of at the rate of the group" (Gorder, 1987, cited in Margaret, p.11).Moreover, parents are able to assess their children on a daily basis and provide additional instruction if required. Another argument against homeschooling is that homeschooling generates isolated unhealthy environment for the child.
Many parents believe that homeschooling is the best option for their children. For those people who don’t know what exactly homeschooling is, “A home school is a school in which parents teach their children an academic curriculum at home instead of sending them out to a public or private school. Home schooling is legal throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, North America, Hong Kong, and South Africa. Home schooling is most popular in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Home schooling is legally accepted in all 50 states of the U.S., but each state has its own laws that a family must adhere to.
Public school: The right choice to make A person’s childhood is very important especially when making decisions, interacting with others or any other normal everyday activity. These essentials are left out by parents when putting their kids in homeschool. Public school provides many more benefits for a student. Public school is more beneficial for a student than homeschool for the following reasons: social skills, cost, and opportunities.
From the age of 3 years old I have played for a football team that has resulted in practice up to four times a week and two games a week. After traveling to and from training, little time is remaining throughout the day for anything else. I lived with my mother, grandfather and grandma growing up, to this day, I don’t recall seeing any of them pick up a book and reading one throughout my childhood. The only time I was subjected to reading was during school when I was forced too. I think this contributed to the normality of not wanting to or thinking about reading outside of school.
The impact of homework has on students Homework is a major part of our school life. Teachers always tell you to hand in your homework on time or else you will face different consequences. After spending eight hours studying at school, all you want to do at home is relax, spending time with your family, hanging out with your friends, doing your chores, etc. With homework, you won’t have enough time to do any of those. Homework takes up a lot of your time, and some of us have to go to academy so we won’t even have enough time to do it.