If you're a single parent or a married couple on a tight budget so that both parents have to work, you may worry about finding the time and energy to homeschool your children, but it can be done. It comes down to planning and scheduling your time.
Most home-schooling parents teach their children about two to four hours a day and turn out well-educated kids. So the problem is how to squeeze in about ten to twenty hours a week for home-schooling. Here are some suggestions:
1. Can you change your work schedule so that you can work in the afternoon or at night and teach your children in the morning?
2. Can you work part time, leaving yourself time for home-schooling?
3. Can you find a job in your local neighborhood so that you don't waste one to three hours commut-ing every day?
4. Can you work from home? Computers, the Internet, fax machines, and e-mail all make working from home relatively easy. Thousands of companies now offer this option to their workers. You could of-fer to work for slightly less money if your boss resists this arrangement.
5. Can you start a simple-to-run home business that would give you more free time.
6. Can you do all your home-schooling on weekends? If you can arrange concentrated six-to-ten-hour sessions on Saturday and Sunday, you'll be free to work at your job during the rest of the week. Or you might try a combination of weekday and weekend home-schooling sessions.
7. If you have no other alternatives, home-schooling could be done in the evening, say from 7 to 10 P.M., or a combination of weekday nights and weekend sessions. 8. If you're married, get your husband or wife to help with the workload. Both parents should be in-volved in home-schooling if possible.
In my book, "Public Schools, Public Menace," I describe 22 ways that parents can homeschool their children, even if both parents work. Almost a million parents now homeschool their kids, and most of these parents work. You can do the same.
Joel Turtel is an education policy analyst, and author of "Public Schools, Public Menace: How Public Schools Lie To Parents and Betray Our Children."
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com,
Email: http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com,
Phone: 718-447-7348.
Article Copyrighted ? 2005 by Joel Turtel
NOTE: You may post this Article on an Ezine, newsletter, or other website only if you include Joel Turtel's complete contact information, and set up a hyperlink to Joel Turtel's email address and website URL, http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com
I will never forget the day that my daughter's sixth... Read More
1. STOP focusing on what you are going to make... Read More
Well first off, please to don't institute the ? hour... Read More
Q. We are getting to the stage with our kids... Read More
1. The Law of the BeastAs parents we need to... Read More
My son recently had his third birthday party and it... Read More
Hope, excitement and anxiety all wrapped up in fresh haircuts... Read More
Not too long ago my teenage daughter approached me with... Read More
If you are currently homeschooling or considering homeschooling your child,... Read More
For the first year or two of life outside the... Read More
Research literature, recent books, and common sense, all point to... Read More
I am a single mother of a 17 year old... Read More
Your daughter tells you that Uncle Charley has touched her... Read More
Child tantrums are a way for children to express their... Read More
It's no joy to be sick. It's even less joy... Read More
If your child or teen has been diagnosed with Attention... Read More
Recently, a much-anticipated game of mini-golf with my children soon... Read More
I have been a single mom for almost 20 years.... Read More
We're all familiar with the over-indulgent parent. But there's another... Read More
Children are moral and make moral determinations... at least until... Read More
There is nothing pleasant about failure, at least not at... Read More
Did you know that over 75% of teens aged 16-17... Read More
In our last article about the neurology of ADHD we... Read More
Bedtime and children's sleep habits can cause nightmares - for... Read More
Q. How do I overcome the 16-year-old who does things... Read More
reliable maid service Morton Grove ..What should the goals for counseling be when the patient... Read More
Researching career education uncovered the following shocking statistic: The average... Read More
To have reasonable expectations of our children is an important... Read More
How would you like to have a closer relationship with... Read More
The distressed adolescent often has feelings of abandonment, emotional detachment,... Read More
Assuming there are no serious motor problems present, what can... Read More
Public-school teaching is structured in such a way that it... Read More
If you're a single parent or a married couple on... Read More
As parents, we love our children and want to do... Read More
We know that you want your little guy or gal... Read More
All babies cry, but if yours cries a lot, isn't... Read More
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Results of the Spanking Poll on Rexanne.com: Voters - 233Percentage... Read More
O.K. So now you have taken the step of having... Read More
Do you want to create a deeper, more loving relationship... Read More
Question 1 "How do I get more time to play?"... Read More
Does your child pout, blame and brood? Does he gripe,... Read More
Research published by University of Rochester neuroscientists C. Shawn Green... Read More
On a bright Sunday morning, a couple of weeks ago,... Read More
Many families do not want to believe their child is... Read More
My wife and I have been working on a video... Read More
For many adults, reading a book or newspaper seems effortless.... Read More
Early childhood educators have called play "children's work". Many parents... Read More
Our children are our most important legacy to the world.... Read More
There are a few points about shyness in children which... Read More
You're trying to catch up on some sleep on a... Read More
Parenting |