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Making the Leap from School to Homeschool



Well, it looks like you have made the decision to take your child homeschooling and so for that, congratulations. You have made the leap from the institutionalized schooling system standardized by the government into taking your child’s education matters into your own hands. That alone is a big responsibility now since all of your child’sschooling needs is now for you alone to handle as a parent or guardian. Despite how daunting this new responsibility may seem, taking on a homeschool curriculum may actually be the best thing for your child since the constant care and attention you will be giving your child will help him score better. In fact, those children that have been homeschooled have been proven to perform better in standardized exams.

From School to Homeschool                             
Schools are without a doubt the institutions that have fuelled the brilliant minds of Canada’s youth, the driving force behind what such children can do and offer for the country. But there are those who cannot seem to adapt to such standardized methods and have to thus resort to homeschooling Canada instead. Such times may call for a child for a child to be taken out of the system and to be taken care of in your own way. Being the parent or guardian, you would know what is best for your child and thus can determine exactly what your child needs to be educated like everyone else.

Education Your Own Way, Your Own Pace
The beauty of homeschooling is that you are in control of everything—you control your child’s homeschool curriculum as is appropriate, covering all other subject areas necessary for your child’s educational necessities. Such a curriculum will have to cover a lot of ground, often covering a science curriculum and a math curriculum among many other subject areas necessary, but with this particular form of schooling, your child will get to learn everything at his pace as you see fit. He won’t have to feel left behind, and you’d still get to spend as much time as you’d wish with your child—the perfect parent-child bonding system.

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