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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.

Though not bad as a first step, the approach has two drawbacks. Parents often find themselves getting burned out by the amount of effort required. They find that teaching isn't as easy as it might have looked at first. They may slack off. They feel uncertain at how to proceed and grow frustrated at the slow progress. Both parent and child suffer and the goal of homeschooling recedes.

Also, they find that the materials are often part of the reason their child wasn't doing so well in public school. There are many well-meaning, hard working public school teachers, but they are burdened with using required materials. But parents may not know what other materials would be any better. Again they feel frustrated.

In either case, the child's progress is slowed or halted. At this stage, parents often seek a homeschool alternative, if they don't give up and opt for public school after all.


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