How to Home School Your Child - Additional Activities

There are additional activities you will want to research and plan to enforce learning. One of the best things about homeschooling is that you can take the time and energy to make sure your child understands every concept presented. Sometimes this can take additional practice or activities to help them really succeed in achieving learning goals.

Another great thing about homeschooling is that you can teach your child how to apply what they have learned to real life experiences. Traditional schools often do not have this option. They can take occasional field trips to show children the outside world. But as a parent focused on just one or a few children, you can take additional time to really show your children how to apply their knowledge.

For example, when you teach your child about counting money, you can take them to the store and practice by purchasing items and counting the change they receive. When you teach your child about economy, such as supply and demand, you can take them around to different stores to show the differences in prices of various items. These types of activities reinforce the lesson while also allowing them to see how what they are learning applies to life. Many students are more likely to succeed once they leave school when they have this understanding. They are also more likely to enjoy learning if they understand the purpose behind it.

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/