| Many people wonder what homeschoolers do all | | | | weekends, even, when most people think that |
| day. Do they get enough subjects in or do they | | | | learning can't take place. Parents are teaching |
| just sit around and watch TV? It is said that | | | | something all the time whether they know it or |
| public school children actually get 1 hour and 34 | | | | not. As the old saying goes, "More is caught than |
| minutes of instruction time in a day. The rest of | | | | taught." |
| the time is spent on administrative tasks like | | | | 3. Homeschooling time is more like tutoring than |
| switching classes, handing out papers, dealing with | | | | dealing with a classroom of 25 students. Many |
| discipline issues, giving instructions, etc. I believe | | | | children in public school receive one-on-one tutoring |
| that homeschool students learn more subjects | | | | which increases their learning. Homeschooling is |
| and have more productive learning time for these | | | | basically a tutoring time that is very focused and |
| reasons: | | | | geared toward the individual needing help. |
| 1. Parents have a vested interest in seeing their | | | | Therefore, more subjects can be taught in a |
| child learn and succeed. If the student doesn't | | | | shorter period of time. |
| succeed or learn enough, usually the parent is to | | | | Not only do homeschoolers teach the "Three R's", |
| blame. Granted, there are homeschool parents | | | | reading, writing and arithmetic, they can teach a |
| that do no take this initiative, but for the most | | | | whole lot more than that based on the reasons |
| part, homeschool parents take more initiative and | | | | given above. Here are just some of those extra |
| are more driven to pursue ideas and books that | | | | subjects that can happen in the normal course of |
| can enrich their child's learning environment. | | | | a homeschooling day: character development, |
| Parents have a natural and biological drive to help | | | | time management skills, geology, fire safety, |
| their children succeed, which in homeschooling | | | | money management, nutrition, public speaking, |
| drives them to pursue positive educational ideas | | | | traffic safety, music, patriotism, religion, cooking, |
| and books. | | | | current events and many more. |
| 2. Parents know their children better than anyone | | | | What should homeschoolers teach? Exactly what |
| else. They can use the time that they have with | | | | each child needs. Just as no 2 classrooms look |
| their children to interject comments and | | | | alike, no 2 homeschools will look exactly alike. You |
| instruction that they know will be interesting to | | | | need the basics subjects and then you can build |
| their child. This can be done on evenings and | | | | from there. |