
During our longest road trip, we had the opportunity to
learn first hand about homeschooling. Through online
resources, discounts at some bookstores (tell them you
homeschool), and traveling where history was made,
provided us with the opportunity to build a well
balanced, custom made curriculum.
The first thing you need to do is keep excellent records.
This will help public schools officials determine where
your child will be placed if, and/or they return to the
school system. The more indepth and organized your
records are, the easier it is for school officials,
Some of the ideas we all decided on would be a visit to
McDonald Observatory and would fall into the field of
science, or for history lessons, stop and visit the places
they read about in their text books. Visit the
Smithsonian Institute, living history centers, such as
Jamestown and Williamsburg, Va. There are some
study areas that defy a physical connection to the trip,
so these studies, such as math, literature, and
language were completed without benefit of a field trip.
The other positive aspect of homeschooling is that you
can incorporate studies that the public school systems
deem unimportant. Areas such as: life skills. Banking,
saving, how to buy insurance, how to invest, how to buy
a car, and how to budget, and other important skills. It
can be daunting at times, but there are many benefits.
Home School
There's no drama, like classroom drama, Edward M. Balwin