When creating a
homeschooling program, teaching, student age, and family schedule should all be
taken into consideration. These
three things should be integrated to come up with a program that will benefit
children and adults. No need, however, to see the
wheels. Use
the tools available to you to find a program that meets your needs.
The first step in creating a homeschooling program is to develop a mission statement. Take a few minutes to sit down, write and re-write the statement of purpose of your home school. Consider these questions: What do you want your children to learn? What can you provide through homeschooling that your child can not go through the regular school education? What are the characteristics you want to promote your child? Writing a mission statement will guide you in your selection and instruction scheduling.
Once you have a mission statement, it's time to do some research. Collect information on the topics you plan to teach, and the level of your child's development. The Internet is a valuable tool for this kind of research. For simplicity, you may want to refer to educational standards set by the state to the right level. They have done the research for you. Use standard mission statement to add and delete topics you want to be part of your curriculum. For example, if religion is something that is important to you, you can add this topic to research your state standards. Or you can integrate into existing standards such as teaching people who have made a difference, or use religious works as part of a cultural studies or literature.
With a mission statement and instructional content, you can now start to plan your week teaching. With a weekly calendar in front of you, the first time to put the food, snacks and a good sleep for you and your child / family. Then add in the family routine is required, as a weekly trip to the grocery store, gym, or church commitments. Keep in mind that this activity may be related to current research and become part of the learning environment. Decide how many hours per day you want to spend on education, and what is the time to start the day. Finally, divide their time between classes. It is generally accepted that at least 2-2 • 1/2 hours per day should be devoted to language arts (reading, writing, grammar, spelling, listening and speaking). One hour should be spent focusing on math. The rest of the time you have to share with other subject areas. Some people prefer to hit every subject for a short time each day, but most hit each area of study once a week for the long term. For example, Monday - science, Tuesday - social study, Wednesday - religious studies, Thursday - art and music, Friday - community service.
Last morsel in your homeschool schedule is physical activity. While some choose to treat that all content areas, and nominate one or two hours per week in sports, we highly recommend that you take the time each day to cope. Combining some spark of physical activity in the rest of the day will energize students and allow them to focus more on their studies. In addition, spending 30 minutes of physical activity targeted to your child every day to model and promote healthy behaviors that will survive.
The first step in creating a homeschooling program is to develop a mission statement. Take a few minutes to sit down, write and re-write the statement of purpose of your home school. Consider these questions: What do you want your children to learn? What can you provide through homeschooling that your child can not go through the regular school education? What are the characteristics you want to promote your child? Writing a mission statement will guide you in your selection and instruction scheduling.
Once you have a mission statement, it's time to do some research. Collect information on the topics you plan to teach, and the level of your child's development. The Internet is a valuable tool for this kind of research. For simplicity, you may want to refer to educational standards set by the state to the right level. They have done the research for you. Use standard mission statement to add and delete topics you want to be part of your curriculum. For example, if religion is something that is important to you, you can add this topic to research your state standards. Or you can integrate into existing standards such as teaching people who have made a difference, or use religious works as part of a cultural studies or literature.
With a mission statement and instructional content, you can now start to plan your week teaching. With a weekly calendar in front of you, the first time to put the food, snacks and a good sleep for you and your child / family. Then add in the family routine is required, as a weekly trip to the grocery store, gym, or church commitments. Keep in mind that this activity may be related to current research and become part of the learning environment. Decide how many hours per day you want to spend on education, and what is the time to start the day. Finally, divide their time between classes. It is generally accepted that at least 2-2 • 1/2 hours per day should be devoted to language arts (reading, writing, grammar, spelling, listening and speaking). One hour should be spent focusing on math. The rest of the time you have to share with other subject areas. Some people prefer to hit every subject for a short time each day, but most hit each area of study once a week for the long term. For example, Monday - science, Tuesday - social study, Wednesday - religious studies, Thursday - art and music, Friday - community service.
Last morsel in your homeschool schedule is physical activity. While some choose to treat that all content areas, and nominate one or two hours per week in sports, we highly recommend that you take the time each day to cope. Combining some spark of physical activity in the rest of the day will energize students and allow them to focus more on their studies. In addition, spending 30 minutes of physical activity targeted to your child every day to model and promote healthy behaviors that will survive.