Educational Philosophy

All parents want their children to be safe, happy and well educated. When this is not happening, many take their children’s schooling into their own hands. Indeed, the status of home schooling has gone from practically illegal to mainstream in just a few decades. While such a change of attitude could be attributed to the poor performance of public education, we feel it is far wiser to attribute it to the advantages of home schooling.

After all, home school presents an opportunity for each student to move at his or her own pace. If a student is having difficulty, the trouble area can be located and missing basics filled in one step at a time preventing the child from “falling through the cracks.” For the student way ahead of his peers, individualized challenges can be presented that would not be possible in a classroom setting; challenges inviting enough to prevent the child from becoming “bored stiff.” And since parents know their children’s interests and the activities their children love, these can be incorporated into lesson plans to add greater meaning and purpose to every area of study. For example, a budding actor might enjoy using maps to locate movie studios and find his way to potential auditions.

Another reason to home school is the freedom it affords parents to teach courses in ethics, morals and family values. Many public educators avoid such topics for fear of crossing the line that separates church and state. Then too, if a parent wishes his child’s education to be free of the psychological “standards” that have seeped into most state schools, this can easily be accomplished with home school.

But perhaps the greatest benefit of all, it shows your child that you think education is so valuable you are willing to take on the extra obligation of teaching him yourself.