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How to develop a homeschooling style that will work best for you?

A lot of parents think that once they decide to homeschool they should buy tons of curriculum and programs. Before doing so, and perhaps wasting a lot of your hard earned money on something that may not even work, try to know your children. How so they learn best? Are they visual learners? Spend a few days using trial curriculum or browse through a few textbooks. Observe your child very carefully and see the method they are most responsive to. It might take you some time to figure out what works best. Similarly, what may work for you one year, may be completely unsuccessful the next year. Decide on a Schedule After you have made up your mind about a curriculum based on the learning style and needs of your child, you can plan your entire day. Remember, since you are homeschooling , you are no longer tied to a certain schedule or total hours every day. Figure out what will work for your family and you. It will be helpful to decide what subjects you should work on every day.

The increasing popularity of homeschooling

The advantages of homeschooling abound. Homeschooling parents can come up with a range of different methods to teach their children and focus on subjects that their children find interesting and do well in. Parents can create lesson plans that fit the interest, maturity and ability of their children. Stronger family bond – Almost all families that homeschool say that homeschooling plays an important role in bringing everyone in the family closer. Time spent by parents on teaching their children, and learning together, can nurture a loving relationship within the family. Religious freedom – a lot of parents feel that homeschooling offers them the opportunity to incorporate their beliefs and values into their children’s learning on a regular basis. Emotional stability –children who are homeschooled don’t have to be concerned about peer pressure, bullying, and unhealthy competition so their confidence and self-esteem don’t suffer. Parents with children who have been bullied

Foreign languages: How to teach your child a new language?

Every child has the ability to learn different languages, and it is a fact that little children can pick on different languages more easily when compared to adults. But how do little children do it? How do they take in strange sounds, and how does this affect their life? Firstly, it is very important to remember that every language has its own sounds, and that there are some sounds that are present in one language and may not be present in another language. For example, in Japanese there aren’t two separate sounds for “l” and “r”. Instead, there is one letter that syndicates both sounds. This is why Japanese speakers that are monolingual have a hard time differentiating these sounds in languages such as English. However, there is a very brief time window at which children, no matter which language or background they come from, can distinguish sounds of every language. After reaching ten to twelve months, infants lose this ability and are only able to differentiate and p