What Is Homeschooling?

Foreign language courses taught from Kindergarten – this is one that floors me. The early years are the best to teach foreign language since the ability to learn languages is highly correlated with the age at which you begin lessons (earlier the better), but the public schools don’t start until junior high, when the child needs to work that much harder to learn another language.

Field trips your child is actually interested in - if your child is interested in plants, plan your entire day lesson at your local arboretum or if the age of sail excites your child, spend a night of learning in an actual wooden sail ship. For you big spenders, ANY vacation trip can be a great “field” trip for your child to learn about the region, people, culture, food, etc.

Competition into academic events – this is a great experience for children since it gives them a chance to shine. A popular example is the National Spelling Bee, but there are so many others that your child may be interested in (i.e., state or national level Latin competitions, science fair competitions sponsored by corporations such as the Intel Science Talent Search, and many others).