How to Improve Your Homeschooling

Are you feeling rested up from Christmas vacation and eager to begin homeschooling again?

Are you feeling a bit behind and eager to catch up?

Or, are you transferring to homeschooling mid-year and just starting out?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this newsletter is for you

Q: What are the top three changes you would you make to your homeschooling?

1) Spend more time with students, not get them started and leave the room to do a chore.
2) Not take phone calls during school.
3) Not get on computer to look "something" up and then starting checking emails and do work.

1) Learn according to the child's interests and not the parents'.
2) Bring more FUN into learning.
3) Have more interaction with other homeschoolers.

1) I would relax more & not be so uptight about accomplishing so much.
2) I would play more games for learning.

1) Make sure the children are in more social situations.
2) Address each child as an individual.
3) Make sure to focus on each child’s strengths as well as the areas of study that are not as strong.”

1) Being more organized, without taking too much time to do it.
2) Find more ways to continue the days learning while still keeping things fun.
3) Having more ideas for field trips.”

1) More creativity and art.
2) More intense science projects.
3) More interaction with other kids.

1) Be more consistent.
2) Have more fun.
3) Be able to spend more time on the children's interests.

1) To be more relaxed in thinking and teaching.
2) To get and stay organized throughout the school year.
3) To do more hands-on experiments.

The Bottom Line

Here’s the bottom line. We had over 400 responses to this survey and most people said that the three changes they would make to their homeschooling would be to…

1) Work more with their children’s interests,
2) Make homeschooling more fun (by doing more art, more hands-on science projects and taking more field trips), and
3) Be more consistent in their homeschooling.

So, after reading the suggestions of others, what are YOUR homeschooling resolutions?

Q: How can you improve on your own homeschooling this semester?

A: __________________________________________________________________________

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Q: What three changes would you make to your homeschooling?

A: 1.____________________________________________________________________

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TIP: Just by writing your resolutions down, you have an 80% chance of achieving them. So write down your top three changes on an index card and tape it to your bathroom mirror where you’ll be reminded of it every day. Remember to write your resolution down in positive language, focusing on what you DO want, not on what you don’t want. Not sure what changes you should make? Ask your kids! They’ll tell you.

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