A small presentation from the people at Tutorhub about homeschooling and if it's the right thing for you and you child

1. Thinking of Homeschooling?
Ask Yourself These Five
Questions First.
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2. Homeschooling
● If the thought of never having to make a 6am start, put
up with a less than adequate education for your children
or force them to learn things they hold no interest in
sounds appealing, you may be considering home
education.
● However, homeschooling is a big commitment and this
presentation gives you five key questions you should be
asking yourself before you make the big leap.

3. 1. Are you ready for a
major commitment?
● If you choose to be your child's primary tutor, you'll be responsible
for not just their education - you'll be the one motivating them too.
● Finding online resources is easy enough, but are you willing to take
the time and effort needed to make the learning fun?
● This is your chance to be a great teacher (not just a good one) so
you'll be laying down lots of groundwork, taking trips to libraries,
museums and science parks.
● More importantly, you'll need to have practical and fun ways to
teach them ideas and facts that they only learned in theoretical
form at school, and teaching them that a home education definitely
doesn't mean a goal-free education.

4. Is Homeschooling
economically viable for you?
● Many two-parent households these days are reliant on two incomes
just to meet their expenses.
● Being a home tutor requires a lot of flexibility in your hours, making
a full-time job out of the question and even a part-time one rather
challenging to keep up.
● If extra income would be an issue, consider freelance work, which
you can undertake in your free hours.
● Additionally, it's very important to consider the most common
expenditures you can expect to incur. This will likely include the
price of a homeschooling course (should you wish to purchase
one), supplies, transport, tickets to museums and galleries etc.

5. Are you willing to seek out opportunities
for your child to socialise with others?
● Most home-schooled kids say that the biggest challenge
of homeschooling lies in building a good social network.
● Other homeschooling parents will be of great help, since
theirs is a tightly knit community that is used to sharing
information and resources and bringing their children
together to learn vital interpersonal skills.

6. Are you confident enough to withstand
possible negative reactions from family
and friends?
● Extended families are often not very receptive to the
idea of homeschooling and most of the time, this
resistance can be traced back to your fear for your
child's education and future.
● Friends (and especially other parents) can be harsher,
since they may feel that the validity of their own decision
to continue with traditional schooling is under threat.

7. Are you prepared for homeschooling to
not work for you?
● Most parents and children who are homeschooled say
they would never go back to traditional schooling.
● However, if for some reason homeschooling doesn't
work out for you, other options (such as flexible
schooling or a change of schools altogether) may be the
answer for you and your child.
● The key is for both parents and children to feel
comfortable with your decision.