How to Home School Your Child - Be Creative

Don’t be afraid to stray from the norm when creating lesson plans. Homeschooling is supposed to be more laid back and more fun than public school. The basis behind homeschooling is that your child can broaden their minds and take in material in new ways not offered in a more structured setting. 

Include lots of field trips in your lesson plans. Taking the child out of the classroom (or from your kitchen table) will make the learning experience more fun and exciting. You can even make the field trip a surprise. Don’t tell them where you are going, but instead let them figure out how to apply the lesson for themselves when you arrive. You can always guide them to the answers if they don’t understand it right away.

There is also a wealth of lesson planning ideas online, shared by both homeschoolers and traditional school teachers. These lesson plans are often very creative, and include activities that are interesting and fun, while still reinforcing key concepts.

Don’t be afraid to make your own lesson plans. If you have an idea of an activity that will help your child learn or enjoy a concept, feel free to plan it out and give it a try. Worst case scenario is that your child will not enjoy it or learn anything. It may seem like time wasted in that case, but the experience will lead you to create better lessons in the future. You never know if you don’t try. In homeschooling, there is never a worry about losing ground. There is always another hour, another day.

This is an excerpt from the book How to Home School Your Child: Developing a Well Trained Mind: Proven Strategies for Unlocking Your Child’s Genius with Homeschooling by Karina Bartlett

 

You can get the book on this link:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NAX3506/