How to Home School Your Child Part Two - Getting Started

In the last article, we talked about how to prepare yourself for home schooling. Now we are going to jump right on in and discuss how to get everyone else ready and begin home schooling. So sit back and get ready because this is where the fun really begins and the hard work begins too!Prepare Your Child If your child is still young, you can start pumping them up for the big day. Circle it on the calendar as when "school starts." Make it as much like you would when they would start school. Tell them what will happen and how their day will change.If they are older, you will need to tell them how they will not be leaving friends, but how they won't be going to school. At first, this may be hard for them. You will need to give them extra adjusting time. Do not spring it on them and pull them out all in one day.Prepare Friends and Family You will have to tell your friends and family. Prepare yourself for all kinds of reactions. Not everyone will be supportive of your decision. Some will be downright rude and mean. Plan to explain over and over. How you plan on educating your children. They will be concerned. Remember, they love your kids and have their best interest at heart. However, it is often best to have these discussions away from the children.Adjusting to Home School Schedule Opinions vary greatly on this issue. Personally, I am on the side of day one, we have a schedule and we follow the schedule Rosetta Stone German . I do not believe in letting the children ease into the schedule as I think it creates confusion on "why could we watch TV yesterday and not today?"Of course, teachers let children ease into a schedule at school too. However, I was never one of those teachers either. I was always a day one teacher. This was always my preference and it always worked for me. This is your decision as you are the teacher. Welcome to teaching!Get Supplies Together Are you ready to pay a fortune? Teaching is expensive when you have the district pay for books and parents pay for some supplies but you pay for both. However, you can use the library and the Internet. Make friends with the librarian as the librarian can tell you all the books that will be very helpful, especially in the early years.Have everything ready as you do not want to lose time looking for things when you need them. Gather them up the night before.Plan Your Week As a teacher, I was required to plan my week out. This should be your goal too. This way you know what books, supplies and materials you will need. You cannot leave everything until last minute. You need to plan tests, exams and have idea what you will do each day, so you can clearly teach. (This is why a good curriculum guide will come in handy).Your first year follow the guide. It really will help you get an idea how to teach and what you will need to do each day. It won't be long and you will see what you will do. You will get into a groove and know what to do each day.Next Time: Collecting Grades Everyone needs some way of displaying progress. In the final article, I will show you a fair method of collecting progress on children. Teachers have used this acceptable method for years. In fact, there have been talks about changing to this type of records keeping. Until next time, happy teaching!

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