| If you are in a place where you are thinking about | | | | child the religious and moral instruction that they |
| homeschooling and what it can do for your child, | | | | feel might be lacking in a public institution. |
| you will find that there is more than one mode of | | | | Waldorf Education Method |
| education out there when you choose to take on | | | | In the Waldorf Education Method, it is understood |
| your child's schooling yourself. When you are | | | | that a person is composed equally of spirit, soul |
| considering the idea of homeschooling, take some | | | | and body, and that for a child to become |
| time to learn about the various different options | | | | completely well educated, he or she needs every |
| that you have in front of you; there is a wide | | | | part |
| variety of different types of instruction out there, | | | | Unit Studies Approach |
| so make sure that you choose the one that best | | | | When looking at the unit approach to |
| suits you and your child. | | | | homeschooling, you will find that the child's |
| Structured Learning/ Traditional | | | | education starts off with one point of interest |
| When you are looking at structured | | | | which is then used to branch out into other fields |
| homeschooling, you will find that you are | | | | of study. For instance, if the child is interested in |
| effectively duplicating the school day at home. | | | | stars, the parent might choose to direct the |
| Your child will have a day that is regimented much | | | | course of study towards astronomy, then English |
| like a public school student's day might be, with | | | | through looking at what poets wrote about stars |
| time allotted for specific subjects. One of the | | | | and math that centers on the distances between |
| advantages to structured learning is that both the | | | | them. |
| child and the teacher have a strong sense of | | | | Eclectic Learning |
| direction for their studies. | | | | Eclectic learning will take aspects of each method |
| Unschooling | | | | of homeschooling and tailor it to the needs of the |
| Unschooling takes on the belief that the modern | | | | student and the teacher. In this way, a good |
| institution of education is flawed, and that for a | | | | balance can be struck and a curriculum that is |
| child to get a good education, he or she needs to | | | | appealing and effective to the student can be |
| take the initiative. For the most part, children who | | | | developed. |
| are taught in the Unschooling method will be | | | | Accredited curriculum/distance learning |
| taught to read, write and do basic math, but after | | | | When a parent is working with an accredited |
| that, their studies will be guided by their own | | | | curriculum, he or she will use as the foundation of |
| natural curiosity. This method of child-led learning | | | | their study the recognized curriculum from a |
| permits the child to explore as they will, and it | | | | learning institution. This gives the teacher a solid |
| also allows the teacher to provide very | | | | base to work with, and by sticking with this |
| individualized curriculum to meet the child's needs | | | | curriculum, the teacher can guarantee that their |
| Faith Based | | | | student have roughly the same experiences as |
| Faith based homeschooling is a method of | | | | those he or she would receive from a |
| instruction that allows the parent to instill in their | | | | conventional institution. |