Unschooling Your Son Or Daughter: Practical Home Education Help
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Unschooling is a very fluid style of homeschooling. There is no curriculum and no set boundaries. Many parents feel quite apprehensive about such freedom. But, even unschooling has certain guidelines that make it a great method of homeschooling
Firstly, allow your child to express interests. Let them pick the subject. If they want to learn about flowers, tell them about the various flowers, their functions, parts of the flower, rare flowers etc. But don’t go overboard. Allow them the freedom to stop when they have had enough. This process of learning may take a month or a day. It is up to the child to decide how much they want to learn.
Expand your child’s areas of interests using videos, books, magazines, puzzles and games. Go to a museum or take them to a library. Simultaneously, broaden your own interests. The more you know, the more the child gets to learn.
Recognize all opportunities for learning. For instance, when in the kitchen, point out the vitamins in fruits and vegetables. What makes tomatoes red, and why are leafy vegetables good? If you don’t know the answers, don’t worry. Look it up. Lastly, don’t worry if the going seems slow. This is just the way kids learn. Give them time and lots of encouragement.
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