| Parents who are considering home schooling their | | | | Start with easy things and then go on to explain the |
| young child, sometimes get confused about initiating the | | | | difficult concepts. If you start the spelling session with |
| process. There are some standards that a parent | | | | Arsonist instead of Apple, your child will definitely not |
| should set, before beginning home schooling for their | | | | be able to grasp. |
| young child. A Home school should not be drudgery or | | | | Always remember, all work and no play will make your |
| parents would never captivate the childs attention for | | | | child dull. Allow him to indulge in an activity that he |
| long, to teach him anything important. | | | | loves. Find out what interests your child the most, it |
| Given below are some tips that hopefully will help | | | | could be reading a story or listening to |
| home schooling parents and kids alike: | | | | cassette-recorded stories or playing with building |
| Dont make the curriculum a dictator. It is not necessary | | | | blocks or modeling clay. |
| that your child should do every exercise mentioned in | | | | There are different ways to learn. For example, simply |
| the book. A parent should focus on whatever the child | | | | by touching things, the meaning of Kinesthetic could be |
| does, since he learns via the fun he has. | | | | highlighted. Listening could help learn the meaning of |
| Make the more formal lessons like spelling and math, | | | | Auditory, while watching a cartoon or reading could |
| short and teach them with examples. | | | | highlight the meaning of Visual. These three, Kinesthetic, |
| Dont leave the child with the exercise for too long. | | | | Auditory and Visual are aids in the learning process. |
| Monitor the child during the exercise, as much as | | | | Children can adopt any of the styles or they can use a |
| possible. | | | | combination of all three, unless of course if they are |
| Help your child with the writing, since children do not like | | | | physically disabled. As a parent, you can increase the |
| to write too much. Many parents discover that children | | | | speed of learning as well as memory by adapting the |
| can think much more if someone is there to help them | | | | lessons and curriculum to the childs learning style. |
| write out their thoughts. | | | | Different educational material appeals to different |
| It is imperative for parents to let the child develop at his | | | | learners. Workbooks, flashcards, matching games, |
| own speed. Dont burden the kid with too much, too | | | | instruction charts and books appeal to visual learners. |
| soon. | | | | Songs and rhymes and instruments please auditory |
| Switch off the TV during lessons. This will give your | | | | learners and model kits, puzzles, typing and gardening |
| child the opportunity to learn and explore more. | | | | etc are preferred mode of learning for kinesthetic |
| Encourage the child to explore what interests him the | | | | learners. |
| most. | | | | Try the different educational material available, while |
| Take the child to the local library. You can also build a | | | | teaching your kid. Never compromise with their |
| small library of your own, with colorful books on math, | | | | education and make sure that you dont purchase |
| spelling and interesting stories. | | | | anything that you cant return. |
| Develop a methodical process to teach your child. | | | | |