Top Ten Benefits Of Homeschooling
We started homeschooling back in 2006, but it never really felt like we had made a complete transition to a new way of thinking because my daughter was still in public school these past couple of years.
But this fall we made the leap with both kids at home. We've been at it long enough now to develop some new habits and traditions, to know what works and what doesn't, and to make a break from the old ways.
What better way to explain our new life as dedicated homeschoolers than with a Top Ten List!
The Top Ten Benefits Of Homeschooling
1. Our cat never gets lonely waiting for the kids to come home from school. He just curls up right at their feet, and in their lap, and on their desk.
2. The librarian is starting to recognize us from our frequent trips to get more books. Last week she looked the other way on an overdue book.
3. Little stockinged feet walking around the house all day means I don't have to worry about polishing the wood floor.
4. There is no better place to read The History of Colonial America than curled up on the couch in front of a roaring fire.
5. We don't need permission slips to take field trips. We just go.
6. No bullies, no PTO moms, no drop-off lane, no fashion police, no dumbing down, no fundraising, no harried teachers, no busy work. Nothing but learning.
7. The manager of our favorite deli recognizes us from our frequent lunches out and upgrades our meals with big drinks and free cookies.
8. The quality of handwriting always improves when the incentive is a half-hour morning break to watch an episode of Get Smart.
9. When the kids are asked what they did in school that day, they actually give a clear and detailed answer instead of the standard, "Oh, nothing."
10. School becomes exciting. Knowledge becomes a treasure. Learning becomes a way of life.
But this fall we made the leap with both kids at home. We've been at it long enough now to develop some new habits and traditions, to know what works and what doesn't, and to make a break from the old ways.
What better way to explain our new life as dedicated homeschoolers than with a Top Ten List!
The Top Ten Benefits Of Homeschooling
1. Our cat never gets lonely waiting for the kids to come home from school. He just curls up right at their feet, and in their lap, and on their desk.
2. The librarian is starting to recognize us from our frequent trips to get more books. Last week she looked the other way on an overdue book.
3. Little stockinged feet walking around the house all day means I don't have to worry about polishing the wood floor.
4. There is no better place to read The History of Colonial America than curled up on the couch in front of a roaring fire.
5. We don't need permission slips to take field trips. We just go.
6. No bullies, no PTO moms, no drop-off lane, no fashion police, no dumbing down, no fundraising, no harried teachers, no busy work. Nothing but learning.
7. The manager of our favorite deli recognizes us from our frequent lunches out and upgrades our meals with big drinks and free cookies.
8. The quality of handwriting always improves when the incentive is a half-hour morning break to watch an episode of Get Smart.
9. When the kids are asked what they did in school that day, they actually give a clear and detailed answer instead of the standard, "Oh, nothing."
10. School becomes exciting. Knowledge becomes a treasure. Learning becomes a way of life.
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13 Comments:
Very cool.
Phil, I have a question. I am a tutor and a lot of the boys I tutor are BORED out of their minds with school, and many are diagnosed with ADD or whatever. Now, some of them may truly have problems but it seems to me that the big problem is that they're trapped in a desk for 8 hours a day and don't get to run around. OF COURSE they are bored and wiggle and can't pay attention.
Tutoring them has made me seriously consider homeschooling for any children I might have, especially boys. How has homeschooling affected your son's wiggle-worm behavior? Would you say that attention problems have miraculously disappeared?
Thanks for the list, Phil. I have to say that as hard as some days are, it's totally worth it. My boys are learning and growing and I get to watch.
Can I be one of your pupils lol
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11) when you play hooky you don't have come home and tell your mom.
Fantastic list. My hat is off to you. I'm not so sure I've got the patience to do it.
Now don't forget to submit this to the Carnival of Homeschooling.
Andrea, my son isn't much of a wiggle worm, but my daughter is. With her, I just move her around from place to place. In our basement classroom, she has her little desk next to the window well, where she can see our bird feeders. From there we can go to the couch for reading or computer time. Or, to the big round table (our old dinner table) for art or something where she needs to spread out papers. But there are other places we can go as well. To the kitchen for experiments. To the family room floor for reading or computer time. Outside for walks, basketball, etc. And all of that is just around the house. We try to get out and about a couple of times a week, whether it's to the library, lunch, or on a special field trip.
Yes, I don't really have to worry about attention problems because I adjust to each child and what they are doing at the time.
Hope that helped!
Henry,
Done!
Good stuff Phil... If I had a do-over with my boys I probably would have done the same thing.
well said!
No waiting out in the cold for the bus! (my kids are usually brushing their teeth and still in their jammies when the big yellow bus stops across the street to pick up the ps kids)
No changing vacation plans for the school calender. (We spend the summer in Maine, but for us summer doesn't end until October)
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