Advantages of Home Schooling

Education begins at birth. We are presented with this helpless infant that we have just delivered and this is the beginning of education.

As children grow they begin to learn. They learn to make sounds, speak, crawl and eventually walk. A bond is formed between parent and child and education continues.

When we home school we continue this bonding process.

I have found many advantages to home schooling my children. The first of course is continuing this bonding process. While public school children are looking up to their peers and other figures of authority, my children are looking up to me.

My children are developing the values that I have and learning also what my religious beliefs are. They are not subject to the values of society and the constraints of being able to practice our religion in a public arena.

Appointments for doctors and such can be conveniently scheduled during the school day eliminating the need for a longer wait or missed classes. We can incorporate the doctor visit into a field trip and a fantastic learning opportunity.

Every trip away from home whether it be the grocery store or the mall can become a field trip. How you may ask? Well let me explain. In the grocery store you can have your child add things up or compare prices. Both teach life skills, math skills and economics. Wow, 3 classes at once. For the mall you can again comparison shop or if your children are older they can practice job interviewing or even take in an educational movie during matinée times and prices.

We can openly discuss religion and incorporate a religious class into our family curriculum. The only place I know of right now that allows that in public schools is in the state of Utah.

My kids do not have as much peer pressure as kids in public schools have. Just because all the girls are wearing short short skirts does not make my daughter envy them or want one. In fact, she has developed her own sense of style and I assure you, it does not include a short skirt.

My son loves to cook. At the age of 13 he is able to prepare a complete meal for our family of 5. He receives cooking credit, math credit and again economics credit. A valuable life skill for his future. He loves to watch cooking on television. In order for it to count he is required to prepare a meal per week for the family. He is responsible for the shopping if we don’t have all of the ingredients and preparation for the entire meal from start to finish. He is allowed to have a helper but he has to direct the helper in all that the helper does.