Homeschooling

Have you ever considered homeschooling your child/ren? I have taught children who are being homeschooled, some who have never attended school and some who have left school due to various reasons. Homeschooling is not something I have considered for Mia. It's certainly not something I would do without careful consideration. I think the social side of school is imperative for children to learn to socialise with their peers. Even the arguments school brings, especially in an all girls school, these arguments, however horrible at the time help to build character and an understanding of the world around them. Welcome to real life as they say. Even as adults arguments and bullying happen in the workplace. It is possible to socialise children who are homeschooled into social situations with other children of the same age. This can be done through hobbies such as sport or creative classes. 

I have taught children who have left school through bullying or because the school wasn't giving the care and attention needed for that particular child. These cases are terribly sad and as a teacher they make me feel like our education system lets some children down which just shouldn't happen! 

For me if I did chose to homeschool Mia it would be pretty easy for me to do as I am a teacher so know the curriculum well. I also own/run a tuition centre specialising in maths and English so she could easily have an hour of each subject per day and I wouldn't even need to be her teacher as I have other tutors working for me. Trying to teach your own children is hard! If I lived in an area where I considered none of the schools 'good' that's when homeschooling would be the option. I'm very lucky in the sense that I live close to a number of lovely nurseries, primary schools. Not so sure about secondary schools but I think great secondary schools are hard to come by. 

There are many great websites with free resources available which you can use if you're homeschooling or even just helping your child at home with some extra work. 

UK Resources:

Primaryresources

Teachitprimary

Teachit

BBC Bitesize

TES

US Reaources:

Superteacherworksheets

Englishforeveryone

Mathsisfun

Being in the UK myself I obviously use and know more of the UK resource sites but the superteacherworksheets site is brilliant for maths, science and English and although you have to pay a small subscription, in my opinion worth it if you are homeschooling and need the bank of resources.