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Some of the 'reasons' I relate to most...
Some of the 'reasons' I relate to most...
- The teacher to student ratio...
While I was in teacher's college doing my placements at various high schools, and specifically when I was teaching applied level classes, I realized just how important teacher to student ration was. 1 teacher for 35+ students is NOT enough!
While I was in teacher's college doing my placements at various high schools, and specifically when I was teaching applied level classes, I realized just how important teacher to student ration was. 1 teacher for 35+ students is NOT enough!
- The metal detector...
That one struck a cord with me for sure. You don't want your kids to feel like they are entering a prison when they are simply going to school.
- You don't have to worry about what your child was taught that day in school...
I think this would be one of the hardest things for me as when your child goes to school it is not just what the teacher is teaching, but what all of their peers are teaching them as well. At a young age children are SPONGES and I would hate not knowing the types of things they were being exposed to on a daily basis that they would internalize as fact /reality.
- Fads / Trends won't come home with them...
This is one of the great parts about homeschooling; your children grow up less materialistic and less prone to following the latest fad/trend. They place their value on the important things in life and their self worth is not found in the clothes or toys or hair style, but in who they are as a person.
- Chores / Baking...
These two go hand in hand for me in that your child will be learning life skills while they are at home with you. Life skills are JUST as important as reading, writing and arithmetic! Your child will be a more well rounded individual and will be more independent later in life having learned household skills from a young age. You can also integrate learning into the daily tasks of the household.
- Learning becomes contagious...
I love that box as it shows an older brother teaching his little sister a skill. I think it is a great opportunity for your kids to learn through teaching and to learn leadership through helping younger ones to know what they know. In my university career we studied the work of Dorothy Heathcote and she would allow the students to 'teach themselves something they already knew that they didn't know they knew'. Sounds a little bit confusing, but the idea was that by allowing a student to explore and TRY something (like passing on knowledge to another sibling) they actually reaffirm for themselves something they already knew (that they may not have realized they already knew).
That one struck a cord with me for sure. You don't want your kids to feel like they are entering a prison when they are simply going to school.
- You don't have to worry about what your child was taught that day in school...
I think this would be one of the hardest things for me as when your child goes to school it is not just what the teacher is teaching, but what all of their peers are teaching them as well. At a young age children are SPONGES and I would hate not knowing the types of things they were being exposed to on a daily basis that they would internalize as fact /reality.
- Fads / Trends won't come home with them...
This is one of the great parts about homeschooling; your children grow up less materialistic and less prone to following the latest fad/trend. They place their value on the important things in life and their self worth is not found in the clothes or toys or hair style, but in who they are as a person.
- Chores / Baking...
These two go hand in hand for me in that your child will be learning life skills while they are at home with you. Life skills are JUST as important as reading, writing and arithmetic! Your child will be a more well rounded individual and will be more independent later in life having learned household skills from a young age. You can also integrate learning into the daily tasks of the household.
- Learning becomes contagious...
I love that box as it shows an older brother teaching his little sister a skill. I think it is a great opportunity for your kids to learn through teaching and to learn leadership through helping younger ones to know what they know. In my university career we studied the work of Dorothy Heathcote and she would allow the students to 'teach themselves something they already knew that they didn't know they knew'. Sounds a little bit confusing, but the idea was that by allowing a student to explore and TRY something (like passing on knowledge to another sibling) they actually reaffirm for themselves something they already knew (that they may not have realized they already knew).
What are your favourite from the 20 reasons and why?
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