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Popular Home School Approaches

There are a dozen popular approaches to how to design a homeschool program for a child. They range from highly structured courses, to no structure at all. Over the past few decades, the many different styles have come to acquire some common names.

Many parents will stumble at first. They go through a period of trial and error as they seek out and learn the method that serves them and their child best. But most will find in short order an approach that suits their goals and the personality of their individual child.

Here are just some of the possibilities...

School-At-Home
School-At-Home is the general name for the approach most parents will try first. Not knowing what else to do, they'll look to experts to design the curricula and supply the materials. In essence, it just transfers what is done in public school classrooms into the home. The approach comes complete with study schedules, textbooks and record keeping...

Unit Studies
The basic concept of the Unit Studies method is to use the child's natural interests as a starting point. One of the most obvious observations one can make about an adult is their tendency to show interest in some things and boredom or dislike of other activities. That tendency starts very early in life...

Classical Homeschooling
This method is, like School-At-Home, very structured but the approach and materials are far superior. The reason is that it is based on a superior foundation. The Classical method emulates the individual education provided during the Middle Ages in monasteries. Still, it may be done entirely without religious overtones, and it focuses on developing the mind...

Unschooling
Unschooling is a method of learning that is not set in stone. In fact, it tends to mean different things to different people. Unschooling is natural learning, which is based for the most part on day-to-day life experiences...


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