| The time has come for your child to begin his | | | | course lower expenses as nowadays public or |
| education, and you are faced with the ever | | | | private schools can be very costly. You can save |
| present question: What should I choose? | | | | the money for involving your child in different |
| Homeschooling or Public Schooling? | | | | social activities that will develop his or her social |
| Both offer advantages and disadvantages and we | | | | skills. |
| will discuss some of them in this article as it is | | | | Advantages of Public Schooling |
| best to know all the facts before making the | | | | The biggest advantage of Public Schooling is the |
| decision. | | | | social development of a child. While you can |
| Advantages of Homeschooling | | | | definitely involve him in other social activities none |
| Probably the main advantage that home based | | | | will be as effective as being part of the same |
| schooling has over public schooling is the flexibility. | | | | group for several years. |
| You can set the learning periods after your | | | | Public schooling also gives you more time for |
| schedule and the lessons can be fitted to suit | | | | yourself, your job and for the many household |
| your child's learning style. Also the homeschooling | | | | chores you need to do. Homeschooling can prove |
| system allows a lot of changes to the curriculum | | | | to be very time consuming for the parents as |
| thus making it easier for you and your child. | | | | they have to be with their child all through out the |
| The learning activities are more practical as home | | | | lessons and also correct the worksheets. |
| based schooling is an unstructured educational | | | | You should make the decision by taking into |
| program and parents can develop the lessons in a | | | | consideration all these facts, by thinking about the |
| fun way that will make the child more eager to | | | | time you can invest and the effects that |
| learn. | | | | homeschooling or public schooling will have over |
| The other big advantage of homeschooling is of | | | | you child. |