Motivating Home Schooled Children...
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Where motivation in a mainstream school setting usually stems from the organised structure of a planned curriculum, marked assignments, sometimes peer to peer competitiveness, striving for the praise of a teacher or parent, home school educators generally emphasise learning for its own sake. Home schooling...
Home Schooling More Than One Child...
Many home schooling families have more than one child, and sometimes they will all be home educated at the same time, while other families may only home educate one child while the other(s) attend a mainstream school. Other families may have several young children or toddlers and another, older child...
Home Schooling and Sport...
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The socialisation issue is often discussed as a concern for parents who are considering home schooling their child – how will he or she adapt to being taught alone (or with a sibling or two)? Will he or she become more developed academically to the detriment of honing social skills? A key way in which...
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Home Tutoring In A Home School Education
Some parents feel unable to cater for their child’s entire teaching and want to hire a private tutor for some subjects, or others may book a tutor for a child’s entire home learning. It’s best to shop around as many tuition agencies offer home...
All About Home Schooling and Break Time...
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To many home educators, the idea of home schooling and a break time will immediately sound oxymoronic, because many home teachers believe that learning is not a specific, desk-based event but something that is part of every day life and can be picked up just as much in the supermarket as from a text...
A Home Schooling Day...
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Types Of Home Schooling Routines
It’s an obvious cliché but many families involved in home educating their children proclaim that there is no such thing as a typical day when a child is learning at home. One of the benefits of home education is its flexibility – if a child is feeling particularly...
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Information About Exam Entry for Home Schooled Children
For home schooled children who have studied for a public exam like GCSEs or A levels either independently, through a private tutor, or via a correspondence course, it is usually the pupil’s own responsibility to find an exam centre, register...
Using Past Papers for Exam...
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To help children prepare for exams within a home education, there are past exams papers available for all kinds of exams, from eleven plus examinations to GCSEs and A levels. These are available to buy from book shops and websites, and may also be possible to borrow from the library, but since many children...
Tips to Help a Home Schooled Child Pract...
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Exams are scary events for most children, and for home schooled children who will usually be taking exams in a big study hall when they are used to studying one to one in their living room or bedroom, exams can be an especially scary event! This article looks at ways to help your home schooled child...
Teaching Revision and Exam Technique...
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Most students feel nervous about exams, but homed schooled students might have extra nerves about taking the exams in a large exam centre with students they may have never previously met. It’s a good idea to take your homed schooled child along to the exam centre in advance of the date of the first...