As a home educator, we find it helpful to have lots of tools in our toolchest. Not like rulers and calculators, but more like methods, ways of prodding, teasing, and coaching children as they learn. Every parent uses different tools, depending on experience, preferences, and the needs of the children.
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Stepping outside the public school system to educate our children at home causes us to evaluate ourselves in comparison to the schools. We’re compelled. It continues even once we’re comfortable with our own teaching methods.
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Watch children. Learning is a natural process that children enjoy. They participate in it compulsively, with relish. They become engrossed in activities for hours to perfect some new skill.
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People become homeschoolers for different reasons. Some want to provide a curriculum that goes well beyond what’s offered in the schools. Some believe their children, often children with special needs, have not been treated fairly. Some parents believe they can offer a richer course of studies that goes well beyond what’s offered in the schools. Some want to provide an individualized program that addresses their child’s special interests. All the homeschoolers I know are good parents who love their children and are willing to go the extra mile to provide them with the best education they can provide, usually at some personal cost.
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