Home
Schooling To Do List
(part 1)
The majority of home school families have both parents
involved in both the teaching and the planning. Each year
before embark on another year of home schooling you
should take the time to get out this simple list of things
to do and get done before your homeschooling year begins.
Home schooling a child requires much dedication and
encumbrances on your time. Neither your home teaching nor
your family time should be at the mercy of ill-planned or
inefficient home school schedule. So with that objective in
mind let's look at a few areas that will help you be
successful when teaching your child at home.
Before you start any journey you need a map. Teaching at
home is no different. In this case, it's your goals and
objective. I don't mean just a general idea you have
rumbling around in your head. Write out your goals both for
your school year and for each subject or unit study. I found
it helpful to create a timeline with the goal for the year
and the objectives as milestones throughout. You will be
able to find publishers and curriculums that work well as a
road map and tracking tool for you if you wish.
As you do keep in mind each of your kid's strengths and
weaknesses, also, learning styles and character.
Standardized tests are available for you to use as a
benchmark when teaching your child at home. Be sure to plan
for non-academic studies and character building studies and
activities that fit your beliefs and philosophy. And as you
begin finalize your plan, share this roadmap with your kids
and get them excited about all they'll do during the
homeschooling year.
Your homeschool materials should be a list of ideas,
materials, and supplies that relate to your home
schooling
and teaching
goals and objectives that you have written down. You should
use your goal and objective list to stay focused on what
types of homeschooling materials and supplies you'll need.
Gathering you supplies this way will help you stay within
your budget. Be sure to get this nailed down as early as you
can so you can get any supplies ordered that need be. And at
this point, if you have more than one child you are
homeschooling take a good look at which areas all the
children could work at close to the same level. This will
also help your budget as you won't have to replicate some
teaching supplies.
When it comes to your budget, one of the benefits I
discovered about home schooling my children was that
since I was spending less money each year on school clothes
and the latest fashions and such, I was able to allocate
more financial resources where the rubber meets the road
with educational materials.
More on home schooling planning coming up next.
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