When it comes to a significant endeavor such as homeschooling your children, it can be just as important to clarify what not to do as it is what to do. Here are some ideas to add to your not to do list.
Do Not Take on the Trappings of School
Many budding homeschoolers think of homeschooling as schooling at home, but rarely (if ever) does it work when one attempts to duplicate the constructs of school at home. Homeschooling is not school at home: It’s learning at home—education at home—which is rather different.Most of the strategies employed at school are unnecessary at home—not to mention unpleasant. They are for maintaining order, managing behavior, and engendering the compliance and obedience of a collective.
