| Virtual schools - are they really homeschooling? | | | | for grades K-12, including high school electives. It |
| Virtual homeschooling has become increasingly | | | | might be a good idea to test your child on a trial |
| popular in recent years. However, most virtual | | | | version to see if it is a good learning style fit for |
| "homeschooling" programs are not really | | | | your child. Visual and auditory learners are more |
| "homeschool" but are just a virtual public school. | | | | likely to do well with this style of learning that a |
| This can be a fine choice for some families who | | | | kinesthetic learner. |
| are just looking to spend more time with their | | | | Privately-owned virtual schools |
| children, wanting the ability to teach religion or | | | | Another choice would be a virtual homeschool |
| want to remove their children from negative | | | | program available from a private school, such as |
| influences. Keep in mind that there is little or no | | | | Laurel Springs, Time 4 Learning, e-tutor. The nice |
| choice of curriculum and all the state standardized | | | | thing about these programs is that they because |
| tests are mandatory. | | | | they are not virtual public schools, they are more |
| Computer-based Homeschool Curriculum | | | | flexible and customizable to your child. One of the |
| These homeschool programs are quite different | | | | main advantages of a computer-based curriculum |
| from virtual schools in that the teaching materials | | | | is that it can allow parents who truly desire to |
| are on CD-Roms. This can be a boon to the | | | | homeschool, but assumed it wasn't possible due |
| homeschooling parent who works out of the | | | | to time constraints or a lack of confidence, to |
| home part-time. The only complete homeschool | | | | homeschool their child in with one of the most |
| curriculum on cd-rom that I am aware of is | | | | convenient and easy-to-manage methods |
| Switched on Schoolhouse by Alpha Omega. It is a | | | | available. |
| Christian program and they offer full curriculum | | | | |