| In the United States, home schooling is growing. | | | | time interaction with other home schooled or |
| Today, we see this rate moving rapidly, with | | | | public schooled students. With this, your child has |
| between 1.3 and 1.7 million children in grades | | | | the opportunity of developing friends in a |
| kindergarten to 12 being educated at home by a | | | | classroom setting while still being taught by you. |
| parent. More and more families are discouraged | | | | You can work wirelessly if you like, making the |
| by the curriculum being presented to the children, | | | | home schooling far more enjoyable. With this, |
| finding home schooling a better option. However, | | | | your child can move from room to room, or |
| home schooling is also used for children that are | | | | even sit outside on a sunny day to do homework. |
| bullied at school, those that need special attention, | | | | As you can imagine, the possibilities are endless. |
| or for families that live in remote areas, making | | | | You can find other home schooled students in |
| traditional school attendance too much of a | | | | your area, allowing friendships to bud. You can |
| challenge. | | | | also have your child join a group such as a youth |
| Families that choose to home school their children | | | | development organization. If one does not exist in |
| do not have to rely on public, tax-funded | | | | your area, then create your own. In fact, you |
| resources, which actually saves taxpayers millions | | | | could develop a website dedicated to home |
| of dollars. However, families that choose to home | | | | schooled children just like yours, a place where |
| school, children are reliant on having connection to | | | | students can study together, play online games, |
| the internet. This means being able to download | | | | or simply chat. |
| studies and tests, and then sending the child's | | | | The interesting thing about home schooled children |
| results into the system for grading. Obviously, | | | | is overall, these children score in the upper 80th |
| having a reliable connection is important. In fact, | | | | percentile, which is far higher than children taught |
| some home school programs offer the child the | | | | in school are scoring. The reason is the |
| option of participating in some classroom time, via | | | | one-on-one attention the children receive. In |
| the computer. | | | | addition, home schooled children enjoy a quiet |
| With broadband service, your child could enjoy all | | | | setting without disruptions and distractions. |
| the benefits of being home schooled while still | | | | Knowing you can offer your child everything |
| participating in a few class studies if needed. This | | | | needed to be a successful home schooled child. |
| means you could log on, actually having a real | | | | |