K-12 homeschooling is slowly becoming popular among the parents due to various reasons. Often parents wanting to switch to K-12 homeschooling complain about the poor environment of the schools, their teaching practice and also the individual policies of the district schools.They also opine in favor of the home environment to impart better education and moral, character-building lessons. Often a remote, rural residence plays a part in opting for K-12 homeschooling.
Keeping at par with this recent development, K-12 teachers are increasingly leaning towards providing help to the children learning at their home. Conventional schools help the children build up community relationship, sharing mindset and communication skill. Therefore, as a K-12 teacher, you should be well informed about the proper methodologies for teaching a K-12 homeschooling child.
As the K-12 homeschooling child cannot get the regular resources from the conventional schools to help them with their education, some alternative resources must be ready at their hands. According to the report of the book “Homeschooling in the United States: 2003”, K-12 homeschoolers use the public library the most, followed by the homeschooling catalog, retail or other bookstores, homeschooling organizations, religious institutions, television or other media, distance learning, Internet or e-mail and the least number of students go for correspondence courses specially designed for homeschooling.
Of the popular methods of teaching, the “unit method” is claimed to be 45% more helpful to help children retain the information they intake. On the reverse, the “all in one” approach packs the school curriculum of a complete year extensively for the students not having the access to local libraries or other resources. K-12 homeschooling students also get online help through online curricula, study materials, online games, online tutoring, online tests and also vocational training.
Natural learning and community resources of the homeschoolers also include the museum, science parks, athletic clubs, after-school programs etc. The parents often form cooperative groups to give the homeschoolers the feel of a classroom environment.
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