Parents as Educators

Parents are the primary educators of their children.

From birth, a baby experiences reality through the care given by his parents. As time goes on, he comes to understand more about the world around him in the home that nurtures him as he learns to speak his first words and begins to discover that the world is a vast place. His most natural response to observations will be to question his parents about what he discovers. The child evaluates his experiences and knowledge through the lens of his family. Therefore, it is easy to see how parents are the primary educators.

The role of the parents as primary educators, however, should not minimize as a growing child learns more independently. It is sad that any parents simply do not understand the true nature of their responsibility to act as the primary educators of their children. The problem is that most teachers see themselves as the real primary educators. But teachers are motivated by a sense of duty while parents are motivated by love.

Therefore, it makes sense for parents to continue their role as educators by choosing home education. Let’s say when a random child acts out in a classroom, the teacher seeks to make the disruption stop, even to the point of removing that child; when a parent’s own child acts out at home, the parent seeks to determine the cause of the problem and remove the problem, not remove the child. No one can know any given child to a greater degree than that child’s parent, no one will love a child more than that child’s parent, and no one can be a better teacher for a child than that child’s parent.

For home schooling UK, legally, a mum do not need to have any teaching qualifications to home educate her child.

The Struggling Reader

Nov27

Disinterested. Resistant. These are just two frustrating words that might describe a student who is a struggling reader. You may be tutoring only your home schooled child, but you are challenged “to the max” to engage any such reader.

Research has proven which approaches work for helping struggling readers improve their reading skills, but what if they aren’t motivated to improve their reading skills? We all know how to do a lot of things that we don’t do simply because we aren’t motivated. Often it’s not the know-how that stops us from completing tasks; it’s often the lack of motivation.

Find out what your child likes, loves, listens to, watches, plays. Kids will read, well, anyone will read more when they read subjects in which they are not only interested, but have a vested interest. Their reading interests mirror their life interests.

Words are everywhere, not just in books! Every homeschooling mum has surely by now discovered the delight of file folder games. When struggling readers play games they read squares, cards, directions! Games are the age old, but tried and true method to engage children in specific, strategic, standards based reading skills or any other subject a tutor wishes to either review or reinforce.

No matter what the age of your reader, there are fabulous magazines to which you can subscribe. Magazines with lots of activities and photos with captions as well as poems and stories will capture the visual needs of every learner and leave them wanting more.

A home education environment where success is possible and the parent sets reachable goals can have a profound, positive effect on a struggling reader.

People new to home schooling UK often have a lot of questions to ask. A home education specialist can answer all your questions.

Affordable Housing for Everyone!

Oct31

Having a full time job unfortunately doesn’t always provide enough money for one family to live in their home, and therefore it may be the case, that due to this financial crisis across the world, families have to move to a smaller property in order to save money and to be better off, in financial ways. Estate agents have the job of helping people to find somewhere to move, and offer a number of money saving schemes that are designed to help people in society who are struggling to afford their own home. For example, part buy part rent is simply a scheme that involves paying for the part of the property that a family can afford (usually ranging from 25% to 85%) and then renting the rest of the property. This should help the families who are worried about being able to pay the full amount up front for a home. If people are worried about being able to afford a new home for them and their family, then do not panic, simply contact the nearest estate agent and find out information there about money saving schemes and new build homes in London that are on the market.

Protect Your Child Of School Bullying Through Home Education

Oct19

Bullying happens, however much we dislike the idea. But the effects of bullying can last into adulthood, so it’s important that everyone helps to protect bullied children.

Bullying at school can take many forms, including violent attacks, threats, name calling, social isolation, hitting, tormenting and humiliation. If children are persistently bullied, they can develop low self-esteem, shyness, depression, suicidal feelings and their academic work can start to suffer.

One of the long lasting effects of bullying in schools may be that your child, in later life, may lack the self belief to promote themselves in areas such as job interviews and leadership roles even though they may have the necessary academic skills and competence.

Adults that have been victims of childhood bullying often have poor communication skills in all areas of their lives including the workplace and social environment.

Adults who have been bullied as children may have difficulties making and maintaining relationships including friendships when they have not been helped in learning to trust others and feel worthy.

Have you ever considered the lasting consequences? Some parents may answer yes, but have done nothing about it. In fact some parents believe bullying in schools is a normal part of growing up and that their kids will sort things out themselves. They therefore choose to not get involved, hoping that the problem will go away by itself.

Many of these problems are alleviated through home education. Home schooling your child takes that pressure away. Without worrying about what clothes they are wearing, if other students are “talking about them,” and worrying about fitting in, your child is capable of concentrating on the learning taking place.

Home education in UK is on the rise. Bullying is the main reason for parents taking their children out of school to home schooling in UK!

Homeschooling When Mom Is Sick

Oct8

Homeschooling is hard. It is tough for a mother to juggle the tasks of teaching her children, checking their work, supervising the toddlers, driving children to basketball or art class, making meals, cleaning the house, shopping for groceries, disciplining, and all the many other responsibilities of running a household.

Getting by is sometimes all a mother can do. But what if Mom gets sick? If she is sick for a day or two, the homeschooling can recover. What if she is sick for an extended period of time? Should the family quit homeschooling and send her children to school?

Home education is meant to be flexible. When mom is sick, you have to be even more flexible to make it through. It is impossible to homeschool as usual. Many adjustments must be made. Many tasks mom does just have to go undone for a time and many projects must be put on hold. All the things that were thought as important must be abandoned as focus on only accomplishing what is necessary.

“If you are going through a sickness try to RELAX with your schooling. You must be master of your schedule, don’t let it master you. As we home educate our children, we must remember that while the academics are important, learning real life skills with a good attitude is just as important, if not more so,” says Kathleen Warrren, managing editor of Home Educating Family Magazine, that has been homeschooling since the mid ’80s and a brain tumor challenged homeschooling her three children.

Home education is the legal schooling alternative in UK. People new to home schooling in UK often have a thousand of questions to ask. A home education specialist can answer all your questions.

Being moms today

Sep20

Having a family can be a strain on a couple due to arguments and stress, lack of time together and financial problems. If both parents are working then usually the financial situation is not too bad, however if only one of the two parents has a job then it can be a struggle. Mothers are usually the ones that stay at home in order to look after the children and do the housework. Sometimes this is a choice; however some mothers stay at home and leave their job because they have to. This could lead to boredom and money problems. Something that can help a family to have that little bit of extra money is by taking part in a beauty course. Although this originally costs money to take part in, the qualifications gained means that you can set up your own business and do this job from home, meaning its perfect for housewives who are looking for a new hobby and to gain money at the same time. There is a wide range of beauty courses available, for example massage courses, hair and beauty courses and makeup courses. For more information search online where the beauty courses are advertised.

One World Kids Cookbook-Ferran Adria & Sean Mendez

Aug7

After a long day out at work or a long day running errands and looking after the children, dinner is often a chore that isn’t done as well as it could or at least not to its full potential. The kids are waiting impatiently in the background and eating out or ordering in isn’t an option. Therefore ideas of easy, cheap and healthy meals are so important. Especially, as there is nothing more important to a mom than being able to offer their children healthy meals at the end of every day. It is also vital that these meals are affordable to every mother, which is why the cookbook, One world Kids Cookbook, by Ferran Adria and Sean Mendez is the one that offers all the criteria. Firstly, the book in itself is cheap making it an affordable buy for all mothers. Secondly, it offers well priced meals for all family sizes and even the most demanding of children will find something they like in this book. Lastly, the dish’s are also healthy which is important to every mother. The dishes hope to incorporate all of the five a day and is one of the best books on the market.