| As we are currently in the age of technology, and | | | | Better Off At Home |
| so many new things are cropping up in our midst | | | | The Moores did not want to introduce |
| when it comes to learning, it would come as no | | | | homeschooling as something that is an academic |
| surprise that there are also other ways of dealing | | | | equivalent to standard schooling but rather for it |
| with a traditional approach to education. Some | | | | to be seen as a natural approach to |
| people want to apply a more hands-on take on | | | | knowledge-producing experiences in the daily |
| educating their children with the thought of | | | | home life. They wanted to encourage parents to |
| changing their strategies from that of the usual | | | | invest their time in a regular interaction with their |
| classroom settings. | | | | children, and be involved with them in their |
| Most of these concerned parents are aware that | | | | process of knowing basic subjects. The time they |
| there is no single definite route to instilling ideas | | | | spent at home with their young ones in their |
| and basic knowledge to their kids but that | | | | formative years would greatly enhance their |
| alternative methods are available for them. Thus | | | | learning curves and would instill in them an innate |
| more people are interested in the process of | | | | confidence of support and emotional bond. |
| homeschooling. This is a method of teaching that | | | | As far as teaching at home is concerned, they |
| allows children to stay at home while being | | | | think that this would yield better results when it |
| regularly taught with subjects that are introduced | | | | comes to emotionally and socially adjusted |
| in standard schools as well, with the difference of | | | | children. They wanted to point out that not all |
| not having to interact with other children their age | | | | children who were sent off to the best schools |
| on a daily basis. | | | | with supposedly excellent teachers turn out to be |
| Two of the most influential experts in Early | | | | the most highly adjusted and knowledgeable |
| Childhood Education, Ray and Dorothy Moore, | | | | students. There are also other factors such as |
| conducted studies and research in the 1960s and | | | | emotional rapport and familial support that can |
| 1970s regarding the developmental aspects of | | | | entirely make or break each child's motivation to |
| children. Education placed a high regard in these | | | | learn. |
| studies that they were looking for alternative | | | | Compared to schools, the home is one of the |
| ways on how to improve children's reception to | | | | most secure environments for the child to be in |
| learning. They concluded in one of their studies | | | | on a daily basis. Thus it is a venue where the |
| that children do not benefit much from being sent | | | | children can associate good and sound memories |
| to a structured school environment at an early | | | | from. And add the learning dynamics to the |
| age, before the age of 8-12. They explained how | | | | equation, one could never find a much better |
| this setup can incur physical, emotional and social | | | | scenario for producing a mentally and emotionally |
| strains since children are not yet equipped to | | | | stable student. |
| constantly adjust at this point in their lives. | | | | |