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Tips On How To Distinguish A Good Home Schooling Curriculum
By David Drew
With the expensive features of typical schools today, most parents had favored a new kind of program that will educate their children with lesser expenses. This program is known as homeschooling.
Basically, homeschooling is a great alternative for parents who cannot financially meet the steep costs of sending their children to schools. Parents who opted for homeschooling had decided to educate their children in their own home, where they can supervise and control the expenses needed in their children’s education.
Actually, parents who opted for homeschooling are more morally and spiritually bothered. They believe that most schools today can no longer suffice the required proper education needed by their children. Most parents contend that it would be better to teach their children at home where they can supervise their children’s education.
In a typical school, there are many instances that the curriculum provided by the institution is, more often than not, a deviation from the ethical standards of the society.
However,
Home schooling gives teen flexibility - Kansas City Star
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.kansascity.com/433/story/900310.html&cid=1272557196&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNFd-LYyJouN6id457f9VmBNWmkERA"><b>Home schooling</b> gives teen flexibility</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Kansas City Star, MO -</font> <nobr>Nov 20, 2008</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>When I was a kid, I never thought that I'd be <b>home</b>-<b>schooled</b>. Yes, that's right. My high school is my bedroom - books upon books with no end in sight. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
First batch of home-schoolers do well in PSLE - AsiaOne
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td width=80 align=center valign=top><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1i-0&fd=R&url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%252BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_304652.html%3Fvgnmr%3D1&cid=1272477150&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNH5zcEsq1zUZSB1PmbmeldI7A8fyA"><img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=094W2G9crm8J&imgurl=www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20081120/stlimwuiliangNHPSLE.jpg width=78 height=80 alt="" border=1><br><font size=-2>Straits Times</font></a></font></td><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20081121-102306.html&cid=1272477150&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNG7YTMEsXn38dpalj99MVzwVetJ0w">First batch of <b>home</b>-<b>schoolers</b> do well in PSLE</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>AsiaOne, Singapore -</font> <nobr>Nov 20, 2008</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>He was among the first batch of 31 <b>home</b>-<b>schoolers</b> who took the PSLE this year under the Compulsory Education Act. Pupils from madrasahs and San Yu Adventist <b>...</b></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-1&fd=R&url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%252BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_305008.html&cid=1272477150&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNElttOVGCFdYsvCJB7j1H_qEYnCDw"><b>Home</b>-<b>schoolers</b> do well</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Straits Times</nobr></font></font><br><font class=p size=-1><a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&ie=ISO-8859-1&ncl=1272477150><nobr>all 14 news articles</nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
Home schooling in, maids out - Inquirer.net
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081121-173501/Home-schooling-in-maids-out&cid=1272716987&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNGrkt07xtCLrEtof1my61pEUD6EyQ"><b>Home schooling</b> in, maids out</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Inquirer.net, Philippines -</font> <nobr>Nov 20, 2008</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>With diligence and creativity, I <b>home</b>-<b>schooled</b> my children for several years. (I refused to enroll them in a public school because I believed that it would <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
Home schooling on the rise in US - United Press International
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/19/Home_schooling_on_the_rise_in_US/UPI-71011227113443/&cid=1272301825&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNHa_rThzEAAPFwlARk6O_1uImQNKg"><b>Home schooling</b> on the rise in US</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>United Press International -</font> <nobr>Nov 19, 2008</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>19 (UPI) -- A California think tank says there has been a sharp increase in the number of children being <b>home schooled</b> in the United States. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
Joy Behar says home schooled kids are demented - The Inquisitr
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.inquisitr.com/9185/joy-behar-says-home-schooled-kids-are-demented/&cid=0&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNE3OWKe-ryTVIEDDAi89-OHDaOtRg">Joy Behar says <b>home schooled</b> kids are demented</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>The Inquisitr, Australia -</font> <nobr>14 hours ago</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>Joy Behar, of the view has enraged the American <b>home</b> school community, by suggesting that many of the kids who are <b>home schooled</b> end up being ?demented?. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
Tailoring school to the child - USA Today
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/11/tailoring-schoo.html&cid=1272448958&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNFLy1aE6K8pcZTA6w30PutcNvxQfQ">Tailoring school to the child</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>USA Today -</font> <nobr>Nov 19, 2008</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>These days, there's a third option, even for busy parents like the Obamas: <b>home schooling</b>. That's what New York mom Melissa Meyer discovered when she <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
Joy Behar, I Have w Question For You: When Will the Left Finally ... - Huffington Post
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christine-escobar/joy-behar-i-have-w-questi_b_145244.html&cid=0&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNGuTU_7V_eRM0hGXIxWEFG3GRm2Uw">Joy Behar, I Have w Question For You: When Will the Left Finally <b>...</b></a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Huffington Post, NY -</font> <nobr>8 hours ago</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>I'd like to invite you and other liberally-minded critics of <b>homeschooling</b> to meet and get to know my kids, who are 8 and 3 and have never been to school. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
Education Next: As Popularity of Home Schooling Grows, Greater ... - Earthtimes (press release)
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/education-next-as-popularity-of,629234.shtml&cid=1272271786&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNFtwWCBYbaMww3BDRQ_i6ly3pFhew">Education Next: As Popularity of <b>Home Schooling</b> Grows, Greater <b>...</b></a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Earthtimes (press release), UK -</font> <nobr>Nov 19, 2008</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>(Business Wire) <b>Home schooling</b> is now popular among a broader and more representative group of the American public than ever before. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
Expanded Q&A: Kristen Stewart of ?Twilight? - NewsOK.com
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2008/11/21/expanded-qa-kristen-stewart-of-twilight/&cid=1271505094&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNEgN9_6JGm0wuoIujntIIxpwZUg3Q">Expanded Q&A: Kristen Stewart of ?Twilight?</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>NewsOK.com, OK -</font> <nobr>7 hours ago</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>I got so much out of <b>home schooling</b>. I really loved <b>home</b> school. Independent study is for me. A: No, because I had this other; the business is not just <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
HOME-SCHOOLING: Love of parents sparks learning - Washington Times
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td width=80 align=center valign=top><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9i-0&fd=R&url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/16/love-of-parents-sparks-learning/&cid=1270923782&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNFTrQU0TXurDiiLFHHgAJJFvB_eNA"><img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=V4j4LNZRAk0J&imgurl=media.washingtontimes.com/media/img/photos/2007/08/04/WT200710108040022V2_r106x74.jpg%3Fc4028041f07984cc2b0208af53263b8f9a78b153 width=80 height=56 alt="" border=1><br><font size=-2>Washington Times</font></a></font></td><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/16/love-of-parents-sparks-learning/&cid=1270923782&ei=GIAnSe_lM4aqNrnNlRU&usg=AFQjCNFTrQU0TXurDiiLFHHgAJJFvB_eNA"><b>HOME</b>-<b>SCHOOLING</b>: Love of parents sparks learning</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Washington Times, DC -</font> <nobr>Nov 15, 2008</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>This isn't limited to <b>home</b>-<b>schoolers</b>, of course. Any parent can practice the art of watching and admiring, of listening and enjoying. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>
it does not go to show that opting for homeschooling is a perfect option because not all of the curriculum fitted for homeschooling are created equal. Therefore, it is still important that parents should be able to distinguish a good homeschooling curriculum from those that will only waste your money.
Here’s how to do it:
1. Interaction and socialization aspects
A good homeschooling curriculum should put more emphasis on socialization and interaction. Since the children are mostly at home while learning their lessons, it is best if a homeschooling curriculum have schedules for interaction and socialization with other children.
2. Flexibility
It is important for a homeschool curriculum to be flexible. It should not constrain you to stick to their program even if you find out in the end that it will not work for you and your child.
A good homeschooling curriculum should let you change if there are things that need to be changed.
3. Comfortable and Corresponding
It is extremely important that the homeschooling curriculum that you will choose is appropriate for you and your child. You should both be comfortable with the curriculum.
Even if the program sounds too good to miss, as long as you and you child are not comfortable with it, then it will never work for both of you.
Therefore, if these three factors are present in the curriculum of the homeschooling program that you have chosen, the program will work for you. If not, then it was never good enough to foster your child’s education.
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