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Strategies For Homeschool Parents

Homeschool Parents, you can contribute greatly to college success by having college planning as a priority for your children of all ages. From your youngest child to your oldest child, a plan must be in place for college. Avenues for extended academics, opportunities for honors and awards, and selection of school and community activities pave the way for successful homeschool learning experiences and for future achievements in college and career. College comes sooner than most parents anticipate. Be ready when the time comes.

Consider these strategies in preparing your homeschool child for future success:

Focus On Academics

Skills to master all subject areas in school depend upon the proper foundation for learning. The choice of pre-school experiences and the structure of an environment for learning in grades K-12 is essential for college success. The personal one-to-one uniqueness of homeschooling allows you as a parent to know first-hand the strengths and weaknesses of your child’s academic areas and to adapt the curriculum to suit individual needs. If supplemental teaching or tutoring is needed, then make the adjustments to better equip your child.

Provide Opportunities For Recognition

Homeschoolers deserve to be recognized for their academic merit and personal accomplishments. Connect with a homeschool program and other organizations that can offer these opportunities. Have your child volunteer or run for leadership positions, even if it is only chairing a committee. Since your child will have to compete with students from public and private schools, you have to go beyond the minimum and give your child exceptional experiences. Read more

2011
12/11
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Developing A Quality Homeschooling Lesson Plan Does Not Have To Be Hard

For the novice homeschooling parent, one of the most intimidating steps in the whole process is the idea of developing a lesson plan that is both effective and manageable. Fortunately, this does not have to be hard. The important thing to remember is that your child should be the main focus and you should do what is in the best interest of the child. For those choosing to do it on their own, this article will briefly outline nine steps to developing a quality lesson plan.

Step 1 The first thing that you will have to consider, obviously, is what you will be teaching. This, in large part, should be based upon your state or local school standards. In addition, you will also need to be aware of what grade level you are developing the lesson plan for and record a reasonable time estimate for your lesson plan.

Step 2 You will need to develop clear and specific objectives for the lesson plan from the beginning. However, you must note that these objectives should not be activities used in the lesson plan. Instead, they should be the specific learning outcomes of those activities.

For example, if you wanted to teach your child how to add 1 + 3, your defined objective may be that “the student will learn to demonstrate how to add 1 + 3.”

Your objectives should also be measurable. What this means is that you need to make sure that you will be able to tell specifically whether the defined objectives were met or not. Keep in mind that you can certainly have more than one objective for a lesson plan if you feel that this would be more beneficial.

Step 3 You should show, as early as possible in your lesson plan, what materials you are going to use. Be specific in this case so that you can make sure another teacher will have everything that they could possibly need in the event that you, the parent, choose not to teach yourself. Read more

2011
12/10
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