| Homeschooling provides both yourself and your | | | | important, as your child needs to associate your |
| child with immense levels of freedom, and there | | | | home with learning. If you frequently change the |
| will be temptation to stretch this freedom. Certain | | | | room you teach your child in, it will make the |
| rules and practices need to be implemented at | | | | learning process disruptive. Once you have chosen |
| the beginning stages. If your child is too young to | | | | on the hours you wish to keep for homeschooling, |
| take an active part in the decision, set aside a | | | | ensure your child is punctual and respects this as |
| few hours of the day for the various activities, | | | | he would normal school hours. You do not want |
| and stick to it. Without a distinct plan, it will | | | | homeschooling to become an extension of play. |
| become easy to neglect your overall goals. If | | | | You are playing a unique role- you are taking on all |
| your child is old enough ask his/her opinion on how | | | | roles of a school, and you need to do this with |
| they would like you to approach this- obviously | | | | professionalism and in the best interests of your |
| discretion is advised! | | | | child. |
| Ironically homework is a significant part of | | | | Patience is a vital ingredient in a successful |
| homeschooling. What this means essentially is | | | | homeschooling education. In spite of all the |
| periods of unguided learning, where you ask your | | | | precautions and steps one takes, it will be easy |
| child to complete pre-set tasks. You need to | | | | for a child to get familiar at home school. Some |
| ensure your child is capable of working and | | | | times it will be very difficult to keep your patience |
| maintaining concentration without supervision. | | | | and maintain discipline, at this point take a 10 |
| Manners, punctuality and courtesy are some of | | | | minute break, and try again later. |
| the key aspects of discipline which your child | | | | Homeschooling is not easy- and if it were, there |
| should ideally show in the early years. The school | | | | would be fewer schools. It requires a lot of |
| that your child attends have a massive impact on | | | | concentration, persistence and hard work. The |
| creating and moulding these fundamental | | | | flexibility and informality of homeschooling can |
| behavioural aspects. At homeschooling your child | | | | sometime work against it, and make it fee like an |
| needs to be taught and these behavioural qualities, | | | | 'uphill battle' at times. If you take the steps at the |
| and any deviation and lack of discipline needs to | | | | beginning of your child's homeschooling by setting |
| be thwarted out. | | | | out guidelines and goals you want to achieve and |
| It is recommended to dedicate a certain room in | | | | stick to them, your chances of maintaining |
| your house to homeschooling. This is extremely | | | | discipline will be far higher. |