School Education vs training at home

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our education system at the moment is for me a very timely and sensitive topic, as in the next year should my child go to school. But the problems we are beginning to face already. I understand that some of the teachers in the kindergarten parents decided to thoroughly prepare for school in psychological terms.

I just do not understand how these people are going to teach my child and that they can give him?! With the teacher we were very lucky. But luck is that the choice of pre-school institutions, we have made based on what the child be the teacher, rather than on the beauty of space and coolness toys. On the issue of the first teacher we get even more serious. Although the thought of home education are increasingly visiting my already zamorochennye all these "holidays, festivals, we must-to-have-been-child-and-white-shirt-and-pants-black-as-in-all," head. I do not want robots made in my next robot child who is able to work and think only according to instructions. Our education system is slow and I'm not sure that's what will teach my child at the school, will be important in 11 years. So if you are interested in all that relates to the education of children out of school, you will be interested to learn a few tips from people who have already gone through this experience.

What is home schooling?

Leo Babauta, author of the blog Zenhabits and has a decent amount books Life in the style of minimal, 4 children who do not go to school and study at home. He decided to share their experience of home schooling in his blog.

He, like me and many of my friends said that at present education system is not able to give the children what they really need. The school prepares robots are not able to train on their own and in order to learn new material, they need a teacher. School - it is solid rules and prohibitions. For children it is rather hard labor during the lessons and preparing homework rather, they do not live, and serving time. Then go for a walk and do other things, you have to live.

At home, training for children - it is fun. And it lasts for a certain period of time, and happens all the time. Every new book you read, painted a picture, or a conversation with an interesting man. Children learn not by strict rules - it's not hard labor. For them such education is life itself, in which they constantly learn something new and interesting, and life - this is the biggest and interesting with amazing teachers and school in the world workshops.

If the school involved by clear instructions and a specially designed textbooks, at home you can use any source of information.

In school, students are taught to strictly follow the instructions, and at home you can teach your child to think for themselves.

At school, everyone learns at the same pace and under the same program. At home, the child to learn at a pace that helps absorb information best. All children are different. Perception and memorization of different information is also different, so it is impossible to equate all and if you do not have time, so try not strong enough. Houses no lagging and Losers. In home schooling does not exist losers.

Positive aspects of home education

• This is how entrepreneurs learn. The school taught to follow the instructions and prepare a good employee. Home schooling allows children to think for themselves and make their own decisions in order to navigate in uncharted waters. Home schooling prepares entrepreneurs, not robots.
• It is much more natural. If we take the history of mankind, the school education still very youthful. Before that, people did not go to school while still appeared geniuses such as Leonardo da Vinci, Tolstoy, Mozart, Einstein and Benjamin Franklin.
• It gives a sense of freedom. School structure is good for those who love to take decisions for them by someone else. But if you want to make your own decisions and learn things as needed, you will have more freedom than the school can give.
• We learn together with their children. The school does so gradually that parents are completely removed from the learning process. During home schooling parents standing next to, they help, suggest and guide. In addition, you do learn a lot of new and interesting things, your children will learn to interact with others to ensure that in the future with their help to find answers to their questions.
• It's much more fun. As I wrote, the school - it is training in a strictly limited period of time. It is necessary and very often, instead of listening to the teacher, the children look at the clock waiting for the end of this hard labor. Home schooling is not something forced. It is an inseparable part of life and is not limited by time.

How to study at home

Since training at home - courses without rules, it is difficult to build a single system. Therefore, the first will be a little scary. Scary is not due to the fact that the child will be difficult, but because of the fact that you can not handle. Therefore, Leo wrote a few general tips that tell you the right way.

• Listen to your child. By the age of six it is already clear that he likes especially, and that is difficult for. The eldest son of Leo wants to go to college, so I enrolled in a special preparatory courses on the Internet. He had already decided that he likes, and directed all their efforts to improve in these subjects. It all depends on your child's inclinations. It can be hard sciences, or a passion for literature or language. Or maybe you have growing future genius violinist or a painter. Guide them and keep, and then at the time of admission to the University, he will already know exactly what he wants to do. And hardly fail the exams.
• The power of questions. All children love to ask questions. And it's very good, because the question is a great opportunity to learn something new. Look for the answers with them in books, online or ask the experts in this field, if some of your friends are there.
• Your friends - an incredible source of knowledge. Who better to tell you all about how the car engine works - a teacher at the school, or an auto mechanic? The same goes for all the rest. Do not be afraid to ask questions with your child. For many it will be a very nice and they are happy to share their knowledge about their favorite business.
• Play games. Play all kinds of games and do not focus on what it can teach this game. The main thing is that the children will have fun and they learn that life can be a game, and will learn in this game.
• Do not forget about research projects. It can be a collection of layout and experience with plants. This can be anything and everything to do with science. And it can be very fun.
• Indulge the child's interests. If you see that your child is very interested in any science, help him learn about this area as much as interesting as possible.

Rest of the school system and reconfigure. If your child has already studied for some time at the school, he will need a little time to move away from the system and start your training without frames. It can be a week or two, and a few months. Do not worry, you'll be able to quickly make up for lost time.

• Palmed off interesting magazines and books. It will be a good stimulus for learning something new. Where a child may receive interest, such as diving, if he had never read about it or watching videos about the fascinating underwater world?
• Find your way. The most important thing in home training - to find out what is right for your child. Try different things. Play. Master. Walk and meet new people who can tell a lot of interesting things. You should always be fun and interesting. There should be no coercion. Once the child feels that he is forced to do something, the interest will disappear instantly.
• Be patient. You will not see immediate results, but your child is changing, albeit slowly. It may seem that he is lazy and does not want to learn and then be tempted to force the child to do something with regard to their studies. But since you mess up. Just let them play in that, in what they want. Over time, they learn to regulate their own games and training.
• Trust.It is important to trust your children, and it can be very difficult at first - to believe that they are quite able to learn on their own. If they are interested in something, they are sure it will learn.

To be honest, looking at his studies, I do not understand at school, why did I have to stuff it all, if the result is less than half in handy? Erudition? It seems to me that it is rather a waste of time. Well, tell me, why do I need to know everything about a group of arthropods, unless I'm not going to be a biologist or zoologist?! Yes, we need to know where there are apples on the trees, but why so much detail? How much time and effort has been spent on something that had never come in handy? Why lug all the luggage that scored quite valuable resource - memory - almost to the top? It is better to travel with a purpose and knowledge that will help to achieve it as quickly as possible. And if I need something else to do and I will not know how, then I just find the desired information and learn.

It will be very difficult, but if you do not lower your arms, will trust your children and yourself will not be lazy, you need all turn out. It is a very controversial and complex issue - whether the children need school. I think that there is a huge number of people who stand up for the school system. But we are able to make the right choice on their own, without regard to what people say and what is now the child is not in school, like everyone else. And who are all these others?

What do you think? You have decided to abandon the school and teach your child at home?