For Beginners

Scott and Becky talk about who should homeschool and make points about rising to the challenge of homeschooling.

As homeschooling parents our job is not to make our kids want to learn.

As human beings we have a built in curiosity and intrinsic motivation to learn. Our job as home schoolers is to provide opportunities and encouragement and materials to satisfy their pre-existing desire to learn.

The best thing you can do is to get out of the way and not do anything that will turn them off from learning.

Public school is one big learning turn off. Interruptions, Rote Learning, Boring Text Books Written by Committee, should I continue?

It's like hunger for food, a chef's job is not to make you hungry, it's to satisfy your already existing hunger with delicious nutritious exciting dishes.

What we can do:

Don't worry about trying to make them want to, the want to is up to the learner.

Don't do anything that will turn them off to learning, don't ruin their appetite.

Think of yourself, not as a home schooler, but as the manager of a 5 star restaurant, your job is to organize awesome chefs to prepare delicious dishes of learning for your kids, and hey, you can always roll up your sleeves and step into the kitchen as well.

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A lot of homeschooling parents feel frustrated because they don't have enough time to give each of their homeschoolers the attention they deserve.

Your own family might think you are not capable of giving your kids a quality education all by yourself.

Trying to teach advanced subjects such as Algebra can quickly become an overwhelming challenge.

The solution to this problem is to hire a tutor. Families have been hiring tutors for centuries to give one on one instruction to their children.

But hiring a tutor is difficult; you have to find a good one, and then if you do it's really expensive to pay them by the hour.

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Scott and Becky answer the question: What is home schooling?

They also talk about why learn and what is money for?

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In this episode Scott and Becky explain how when you homeschool mom and/or dad are the legal principles of their family homeschool, and whose job it is to prepare the diploma and transcript, they also talk about a great book of art by Charlie Harper, and Becky talks about how important sleep is for kids.

Email your questions to homeschoolshow@gmail.com

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In this episode Scott and Becky talk about how learning is work and how to make it enjoyable. They also talk about testing and quizzes and answering the age old question of children, "why?" We are here to answer your questions, email them to: homeschoolshow@gmail.com

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In this quick video Mr. Scott shows you how to use a calendar to assign video classes to your homeschoolers and make your home school schedule.