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Some parents are homeschooling to protect their children, but many parents have other reasons.Read below to be encouraged!
101 Reasons to Homeschool
#1 ... Glorify God
#11 ... Biblical worldview interwoven into all subjects areas with the homeschooling student witnessing God's providential care
Academics ...
#21 ... not learning new math, new new math, etc.
#31 ... In-depth study that homeschooled scholar is interested in
#41 ... The government schools have "out-lawed" God, and therefore become inappropriate places for Christians to send their children.
Family ...
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 1:4
#44 ... Building close relationships between parent / child / siblings
#51 ... Ability to teach and encourage younger siblings or encourage other young homeschooling scholars
#61 ... Students learn how to interact with other from mature adults.
#71 ... Learning appropriate socialization skills
#81 ... Children with learning diabilities are freed from a system that is embarassing, failing, and exposing them to the ridicule of their classmates.
Older Students ...
#83 ... Ability to do volunteer work for others less fortunate (e.g., geriatric facilities, SPCA, VFW/American Legion, etc.)
Younger Students ...
#89 ... No staying up late and going crazy doing science fair projects.
#91 ... Homeschooling may be done in jammies (which works especially well when a child or parent is ill).
A 2003 survey by the Federal Department of Education found three main reasons parents homeschool. #96...The first reasons was a concern about the environment of public schools, this ranged from bullying, to exposure to drugs, sex, and alcohol.
#99... As I prepared for the time that "school" would begin, I realized that there is more to homeschooling than teaching a child how to write cursive, find square roots, and recite the capitals of the fifty states.
Still, my desire to play a daily role in training my child’s mind and shaping his character was overwhelming. It seemed like there was no better use of my or my husband’s time and energies .
#101... If you can't find matching socks for your child first thing in the morning, who cares?
#106... You never have to drive your child's forgotten lunch to school.
#111... Your child will never suffer the embarrassment of group showers after PE.
#116... Your kids recognize that this list is numerically in reverse order.
Why Home School? by Phil Lancaster
#121...
Socially
Home educated children are spared the corrupting environment of the peer-oriented classroom and thus benefit socially. A common myth of our society is that children need to be with other children for extended periods of time to be properly socialized, but this is the exact opposite of the truth. Much time in a peer culture is damaging to children. Socialization is one of the best reasons to home school.
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The Teachers:
Throughout the Word it is the parents who are assigned the role of teaching their own children. The primary responsibility rests on the father. God said of Abraham, For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him (Genesis 18:19). Paul gave this guidance under the Holy Spirit's inspiration: And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4).
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The Goal:
Education ought not to be seen as an end in itself. Nor should it be viewed in terms of mere academic or social preparation for life. Knowledge, by itself, is nothing and leads only to pride (Knowledge puffeth up... 1 Corinthians 8:1). We could give our children the very best academic
preparation in the world, and only end up making them more effective instruments in the devil's hands. No, God has something higher in mind.
#134... I get to teach my kids what they and I feel is important
#136... We can go on a field trip whenever we want to . #141... I am there all the time for them
#146... He is easily persuaded by his peers and I know this would be a horribly bad thing in public school setting
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#2 ... Christ-centered curriculum
#3 ... Christ-centered graduations
#4 ... Being proud of Christ-centered, self-disciplined, hard-working, well-educated young adults God has given families to rear
#5 ... Building godly characters
#6 ... Build on skills learned and mastered in each academic discipline (precept upon precept)
#7 ... Teaches the homeschooled scholar the relationship between academics, the "real" world and their Christian duty
#8 ... Training warriors in the Christian faith in all areas of life including academic (e.g., math, science, history, grammar, phonics, literature, etc.). Teaching Christians do not compartmentalize. All things are for His glory!
#9 ... Transferring knowledge and experience from one Christian generation to the next
#10 ... Teaching good stewardship and protecting the environment (i.e., no utilization of buses) 
#12 ... Homeschooled youth will not have their beliefs ridiculed, mocked or contradicted before they are fully prepared to join the battle.
#13 ... Strong Christian witness in the community lets others know you take your faith seriously, not just on Sundays and/or Wednesday evenings, but every day.
#14 ... Fulfillment of the Christian duty to their offspring as presented in Deuteronomy 6:7
#15 ... Academics tailored to needs of individual scholar. (Many different types of books could be in use for homeschooling due to the learning style of the scholar.)
#16 ... Encourage student to work in areas they have talent (e.g., math, science, grammar, musical instruments, etc.)
#17 ... Help student to master areas they are weak in
#18 ... Ability to forge ahead in various subject(s) without having to be held back for slower students (e.g., learning Shakespeare, challenging mathmatical concepts, etc.)
#19 ... Experiencing subjects, like grammar or math, do not have to be miserable and can actually be fun !
#20 ... Ability to learn history as it truly occurred and not how it has been changed for the politically correct
#22 ... Having fun learning geography
#23 ... Reading literature at an earlier age and not having others spoil it
#24 ... Ability to learn foreign languages at an earlier age and not when a child is older when it becomes more difficult (Note: Many homeschoolers consider Latin to be part of Language Arts and not a foreign language).
#25 ... Able to view academics as something fun, interesting, and exciting and even if it is not to have the self-discipline to learn same
#26 ... No sick/inclement weather days. School need not be missed due to sickness or bad weather. Academics can be adjusted accordingly.
#27 ... No school phobias. Scholars look forward to participating in school.
#28 ... Learning becomes a way of life and not a compartmentalized part of life.
#29 ... No unecessary, tedious busywork so idle hands do not get into mischief.
#30 ... Testing can actually be utilized the way it was intended from a Christian worldview (ie., to forge ahead in strong areas, strengthen weak points, preparation for those times when God tests us, etc.)
#32 ... Teaching and disciplining are possible as parents are better able to determine the causes of acadmic problems and solve them than government schools (such as whether a child is having difficulty learning the material or just not trying or being stubborn or unruly)
#33 ... The homeschooled scholar is not held back by slower students or dragged forward by faster students. The pace of the studies is tailor made to each student's individual needs.
#34 ... Homeschooled students' studies are not determined by the latest unproven fad or trendy teaching method.
#35 ... Homeschooled students' are not forced to be a part of a grand social engineering experiment.
#36 ... The homeschooled student will not be sitting under the counsel of the ungodly (Psalm 1). Moreover they are not urged or forced to become a companion of fools (Proverbs 22:15) unlike the false, steril, anti-social environment that breeds the dysfunctional socialization in government schools.
#37 ... Homeschooled scholars avoid government control via peer socialization
#38 ... Able to complete the thought/project working on without being interrupted by bells and whistles in the hallways (unlike the government school's Pavlov's slobbering dogs system)
#39 ... Do not have to ask permission to go to the restroom or take prescribed medication (e.g., asthma, kidney, etc.).
#40 ... Do not have to accept inappropriate labels or submit to inappropriate medications (e.g., ritalin)
#42 ... Homeschooled youth become excited when their curriculum arrives wanting to start it immediately unlike their government school counterparts that whine and complain when Government classes start.
#43 ... Homeschooled youth do not need a pass to be in the halls or the restroom.
Michael and I are having a blast living and learning together. Homeschool is the only answer for us!
#45 ... Ability to build close relationships with extended family members (e.g., grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins)
#46 ... Ability to tap talents of extended family members and have them teach the homeschooled scholar in those areas they excel in
#47 ... Ability to learn family history FROM grandparents and aunts/uncles
#48 ... Learning home economics in an appropriate setting ... in a home with a family ... and watching how it applies to REAL life
#49 ... Learning shop skills in an appropriate setting ... in a home with a family ... and witnessing how it applies to REAL life
#50 ... Participating in civics at an earlier age with family members (e.g., voting, participating in campaining for political candidates, working to pass bills, etc.)
#52 ... Parents are also educated during the homeschooling process. It is not uncommon to hear "I have learned much more teaching my children than I ever learned in school!"
#53 ... Meets the needs of a family schedule
#54 ... Frees the family from the tyranny of the government school calendar
#55 ... Parents set the standards and rules for what types of play are acceptable at "recess"
#56 ... Parents and other family members teaching, encouraging and re-enforcing courtesy and honor.
#57 ... Teaching daughters that being feminine is a good thing and that it is their duty to obey God with what He calls them to do
#58 ... Training sons to demonstrate courtesy and honor to females without fear of condemnation from the politically correct crowd
#59 ... No more having bad days due to racing in the morning to shuffle children off to various buildings.
#60 ... Youth experience positive interaction with those in the community of all ages and backgrounds
#62 ... Homeschooled youth are able to live and study in an environment free from drug/alcohol abuse, profanity, and other anti-social behavior.
#63 ... A family's privacy is not violated at government schools by being forced to answer intrusive, personal questionnaires.
#64 ... Students eat healthy food prepared fresh everyday while thanking God for this provision. They are enabled to eat in a friendly, decent manner free of food fights or other anti-social behavior.
#65 ... The family does not need to go to a doctor or spend money unwisely to get a piece of paper to explain why a student was sick with the flu for three days.
#66 ... Students can attend family weddings, funerals, baptisms and other important events without having to get permission from a government official.
#67 ... Families may take their vacation in the spring or fall when the weather is nicer, the prices are better, and the crowds are smaller.
#68 ... Child's self-esteem. Homeschooled youth KNOW that their parents do not consider them to be nuisances and only tolerable in small doses. Homeschooled children know they are loved and wanted. Homeschooling families like each other.
#69 ... Parents (and not the government through our neighbors' taxes) are responsible for the training of the children they bear.
#70 ... More time together to build a strong family and good Christian character in children is required. An 8-hour school day, sports, music, homework, etc. does not leave much time for family.
Peers ...
#72 ... Not wasting time in standing in line, changing classes, collecting money, discipline, etc.
#73 ... Field trips that meet academic needs and interests of the homeschooled scholar
#74 ... Not being restricted to like or dislike what the "in crowd" at government school approves of (e.g., not having to have a "herd mentality")
#75 ... Homeschooled scholar is able to be their own person without being manipulated by same-age individuals
#76 ... Homeschooling is more enconomical as the family does not have to purchase school clothes that are "in", school lunches, extracurricular activities, being bullied into helping with fundraisers
#77 ... Students do not have to deal with the risk of personal danger of assault from bullies on a constant, daily basis. The family helps the homeschooled scholar with quick one-liners for those occasions the homeschooled scholar runs into bullies.
#78 ... Families spend their money wisely in making educational decisions for their students.
#79 ... Children are not forced to artificially "grow up" too fast; however, since they are allowed to grow at their own pace, homeschooled children tend to mature in character more quickly than government schooled children.
#80 ... Homeschooled youth are allowed to have their own opinion.
#82 ... No group showers after P.E. or other encroachments on your personal privacy.
#84 ... Ability to do intern work for local veternarians, medical practices, attorneys, etc. to determine if that is the area they would like to purse
#85 ... Ability to meet with adults and not be intimidated or obnoxious
#86 ... Older students are available to work when same-age peers are in school. Homeschooled scholars are able to adjust their study schedule so they can obtain the best employment opportunities in the community
#87 ... Older students reinforce their learning by teaching younger siblings
#88 ... No more false government school generated "generation gap," "generation X," etc. by separating young adults (teens) from their parents during the years they most need them. Young people are forced to find role models and standards in immature friends rather than in their adult family members. Instead, homeschooled families are experiencing the "all inclusive generation" that enjoys one another's company.
#90 ... Extra hugs and kisses while cuddling on the couch homeschooling!
#92 ... Academics can frequently be disguised as "play" which means homeschooled students have lots more time for play
#93 ... No more running to the store to figure out what to buy all those teachers for Christmas. Instead, that time can be devoted to family endeavors and church/community projects.
just by taking the time and making the effort to teach their children at home, children recognize that learning is important to their parents.
#94...
Another reason is that since parents are able to work one-on-one with their children, they can move at a pace that best fits the child, and with a style the child thrives in. A child won't be force to spend another year learning material he already mastered, or even worse being bumped up to the next grade before the child is ready for the new material. With either of these situations, children start learning to hate education.
#95...
And finally, parents have the freedom to find fun ways to learn. Just today I read an article about a homeschooling family which went into their back yard. The children looked for different types of bugs. Then the family went to the library to research the bugs they found. The knowledge those children learned will be refreshed in their minds each they go into their backyard.
#97...The second major reason was to provide religious or moral instruction. Historically public schools were very supportive of a belief in God, but in the last couple decades public schools seem very hostile to any type of Christian religion. Additionally parents want their children to have integrity, be hard workers, and so on. These traits are not being nurtured in the public schools we have today.
#98... The third major reason was dissatisfaction with the academic instruction in public schools.
#100... Your kids never tell you that you're a lot dumber than their teacher.
#102...Cleaning out the refrigerator can double as chemistry lab.
#103... Your kids have good reason to think they might get spanked in school, but no reason to think they'll get beat up by a gang.
#104...If the principal gives the teacher a bad evaluation, she can stick her icy feet against his legs at night.
#105 ...You can post the Ten Commandments on your school room wall and won't get sued.
#107... Your child will never go to their 20th high school reunion, meet an old flame, and recklessly abandon their marriage.
#108... You get to change more than diapers, you get to change their minds.
#109... If you get caught talking to yourself, you can claim you're having a PTA meeting.
#110... It's better to be slightly concerned about socialization than very con-cerned about socialism.
#112... The only debate about the school lunch program is whose turn it is to cook.
#113...You never have to face the dilemma of whether to take your child's side or the teacher's side in a dispute at school.
#114... If your child gets drugs at school, it's probably Tylenol.
#115... The teacher gets to kiss the principal in the faculty lounge and no one gossips.
#117... Your honor student can actually read the bumper sticker that you have on your car.
#118... If your child claims that the dog ate his homework, you can ask the dog.
#119... Some day your children will consider you to be a miracle working expert and will turn to you for advice
There are many excellent reasons for choosing to teach your children at home.
#120...
Academically
There is now incontestable evidence that, on average, children who are home schooled fare better academically than children of either public or private schools. This is not surprising since tutoring has always been recognized to be the best method of education.
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Family
Any home schooling family will tell you that one of the greatest benefits of the process is the way that family bonds are strengthened. Parents and children grow closer through the shared hours of each day. Siblings develop a new love and respect for one another as they live and learn and work together day by day. These families can overcome the
family-fragmenting forces of modern life. They have more time together, and love is spelled t-i-m-e.
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Spiritually
Home educating families prosper spiritually. Parents are able to guide their charges in Godly paths as they protect them from the immorality and falsehood so prevalent in public schools and teach them the Bible and its application to life. The very process of disciplining one's own child
results in character growth in both the child and the parent.
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However: As good as all these reasons are, however, the very best reason to choose home education has not been listed yet. The Scripture is our wholly sufficient guide for what to believe and how to live in ways that please God.
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works (2 Timothy 3:16,17).
Or, put another way: According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue (2 Peter 1:3). Or, finally: Your
Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Psalms 119:105). In other words, in our Lord Jesus and His Word, the Bible, we have all we need for spiritual and moral decisions in life.
#125...
The best reason for choosing home education is that it is God's revealed plan for raising our children. The Bible knows no other system of education. God did not prescribe schools for His people; they were invented by others. The pages of Scripture espouse, by precept and example, a process that closely resembles what we call home education.
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Of course, as the man's helper (Genesis 2:20-23), his wife is also a teacher of the children. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother (Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20). Even the grandparents are to share in the teaching task: speaking of God's
commandments, Moses said to God's people, ... but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons (Deutoronomy 4:9).
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The Method:
God's method of education is revealed in Deuteronomy 6:7-9. Speaking of God's commandments it says, And thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
#129...
True education occurs any place ("home and road") and any time ("lie down and get up"). The parents are to be the constant companions of their children, teaching them God's view of life at every opportunity. Every child of a Godly family will live unceasingly in an environment that is saturated by God's Word, and his parents will be creating that environment.
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Since the purpose of education is to love God with the whole heart and to have His commandments lodged in the heart, the method must be one which reaches the heart. Discipleship-along-the-road living with the two people to whom the child is closest (his parents) is God's method for reaching the heart of the child.
Our educational method must reflect a Biblical understanding of truth and life. The Greek/Western worldview sees truth as ideas that can be reduced to printed pages and considered in abstraction in a classroom. In the Biblical/Hebrew worldview, truth is personal (Jesus said, "I
am ...the truth." John14:6); while it can be expressed in the statements of Scripture, it is always connected to life and conduct (...speaking the truth in love... Ephesians. 4:15). Truth is not only something we can know, it is also something we can and must "do" (1 John 1:6). God's truth is only communicated truly in the context of relationship. God did not just give us the written Word of truth, He gave us his Son and fills us with Himself (Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 1 John. 4:15).
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The Content:
All education should focus upon the Lord God: who He is, what He has said, and what He has done. Fathers are instructed concerning children to ... but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4), not the instruction of the world or of mere men, but "of the Lord."
That is not the only use of the Scriptures. Psalm 119:105 presents one of the broader purposes of the Bible: Your Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." God's Word is intended to illuminate the world we live in so that our walk is pleasing to God. The purpose of a light is to shine on an object so that it can be discerned more clearly. Similarly, the Bible is meant to "shine" on anything we encounter in the world so that we can understand it from God's perspective. This means that beyond studying the Bible itself, we should use the Bible as our lens throughwhich to view any other subject in life.
The second component of study in a Godly education is what Psalm 78 calls the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done (verse 4). To study these works of God we must, of course, begin with the Bible itself which reveals His mighty works of
creation and redemption. This study will lead us beyond the pages of Scripture to the whole wide world that God made and sustains by His power. History, science, geography, law, art, music, mathematics, language-any subject area is a study of the works of God since it is He who created this world and guides the history of men in their scientific,
cultural, and civil endeavors. Each of these subject areas must be approached in the "light" of the Word, if it is to be properly understood. The Bible should not only be a subject in the curriculum; its truths should permeate every other area of study, providing God's perspective on every subject.
That is why many home educators abandon the traditional school-subject approach to teaching in favor of a "unit study" approach which takes into account the inter-relationship of the disciplines. Children thus engage in academic study in the same manner in which they experience the rest of the world-encountering the connectedness of the various elements of life. Such an approach not only respects the nature of the content of education, it also is most compatible with the discipleship method of teaching: learning from real life as it is encountered "along the road" every day.
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Understood in its broadest terms, education is character training. God is in the business of transforming people. He is creating a people who have a living relationship with Himself. The beginning of the process is simply to take God seriously in everything or, as Scripture has it: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge ... (Proverbs 1:7; 9:10). The end of the process is mature people who know God; and who, knowing Him, love him; and who, loving Him, obey Him in all things.
The path of safety and blessing is always that which adheres most closely to the revealed will of God. Home education as we practice today falls short of the perfect pattern set forth in the Scriptures, but it is certainly a big step in the right direction-because home education is God's idea.
#134 no one gets to bully my kids.
#135... no one gets to tell my kids they can't pray or share Jesus in school.
#137... We do school for as long or as little as we want
#138... I don't have to worry about them being abused.
#139... They are able to relate to more people than their age group.
#140... I bellieve this is what God wants us to do.
#142... They dont have to worry that I don't care about them.
#143...
I like homeschooling because I can move as slow or as fast as my child needs.
#144... We can drop all other subjects if he needs help in one area- what flexibliltiy!
#145... We are forming an even closer bond
#147... I can teach him the things that I want him to know and exclude the things that I don't want (evolution, sex ed, that I find inappropriate.)
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Famous Families who homeschool their children all schooling years or for a period of time: John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Michael Jackson, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Kate Gosselin-homeschooled all 8, Mayim Bialik and her husband,Billy Ray And Tish Cyrus,Billy Ray And Tish Cyrus, Katie Holmes, Nicole Kidman, while the above chose to homeschool with tutors at home, Erykah Badu chose to homeschool her children herself.
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21 Reasons To Homeschool by Terry O'Hare
Because the responsibility for training and educating children rests primarily with the parents and primarily take place in and around the home. Parents are capable by God's grace to accomplish this (Deuteronomy 6:7, 11:19; Psalm 78:5-7; Isaiah 38:19).
Without quantity of time with parents, there is little quality time to train and influence our children in all areas of life (Deuteronomy 32:46-47). To lay up treasures of memories in the lives of our children.
So our children will daily learn the truth of God's Word for the ultimate salvation of their soul (II Timothy 3:15) and as a basis for developing all other areas of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7).
So our children will experience the peace of the Lord in their lives (Isaiah 54:13).
As defended by the Supreme Court, parents have the fundamental constitutional right to direct the education of their children according to their beliefs (Wisconsin vs. Yoder [1972]). A right exercised is a right preserved (Acts 22:25-29).
Though some aspects of education may be delegated (I Samuel 1:25-28; Galatians 4:1-2), in this day we cannot in good conscience place our children under the control of government schools (Proverbs 29:12; Colossians 2:8; II Timothy 2:14-18), especially with those whose philosophy is contrary to righteousness (Psalm 1:1).
To protect our children's hearts from negative peer pressure, various fleshly temptations, and ungodly role models during their formative years (Proverbs 28:7; I Corinthians 15:33). Children will have more parent supervised time and therefore be better protected from injury or assault, especially in these wicked days of random, senseless violence.
To gain the respect of being the teacher to our children (Proverbs 31:28-31), to prepare ourselves to teach younger parents (Titus 2:3-5) and to provide visible evidence of our ability to handle ecclesiastical affairs (I Timothy 3:4-5).
To be the customary source of answers to life's questions, the dispenser of advice to life's challenges, and the giver of encouragement to life's trials (I Thessalonians 2:11).
To foster family unity, emotional closeness, and mutual enjoyment (Proverbs 1:8-9).
Increases the opportunity to develop your child's tastes and attitude Proverbs 22:6) and to provide individual nurturing for their unique needs (Ephesians 6:4).
The social training received in home will produce a stronger sense of personal identity through their unique contributions to the family and will call our children to higher levels of maturity (Proverbs 13:22l II Corinthians 12:14; II Thessalonians 3:10).
To have greater personal influence in preparing our children for the responsibilities of adulthood (Philippians 2:12).
Choosing curricula suited for the child's needs will assist them in developing confidence in what they know and lay the groundwork for independent thinking.
A tutorial education is a superior academic process. It allows our children to have more time to explore and think since their studies will generally be finished in less time. Since we know our children best we can make the studies fit them individually to develop their areas of weakness or mature their strengths, without wasting their time on repetition or busywork.
It gives us the freedom to live our family life without having to accommodate to the structure and demands of a school setting. It decreases certain stressors on the family, such as rushing to be at school by a certain time (though punctuality is a virtue) or facing unwanted imitated behavior.
It is a cost-effective choice compared to an expensive private education and a wasteful government managed education. Some of the investment in equipment, materials, and curricula can be recouped by resale.
To obey the Great Commision of our Lord Jesus Christ in the lives of our children (Matthew 28:19-20).
To repetitively pass on lessons that we have learned in life in order to guard our own hearts as well as our children's (Deuteronomy 4:9). To personally be challenged to grow in grace through the instrument of our children.
Public school are unable to administer corporal punishment and Christian school are limited in the adminstration of such discipline. Therefore, the godly fruit of corporal punishment is more likely to be achieved in the home school setting (Proverbs 3:11-12, 13:24, 22:15, 23:13-14, 29:15).
To reap rest, delight, and salvation in the lives of your children (Proverbs 29:17). To avoid reaping shame for leaving our children to themselves or in the company of riotous men (Proverbs 29:15).
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· Grandma Moses
· Charles Peale
· Leonardo da Vinci
· Andrew Wyeth
· Jamie Wyeth
Religious Leaders
· Joan of Arc
· William Carey
· Jonathan Edwards
· Philipp Melancthon
· Dwight L. Moody
· John Newton
· John Owen
· Hudson Taylor
· John & Charles Wesley
· Brigham Young
Inventors
· Alexander Graham Bell - invented the telephone
· John Moses Browning - firearms inventor and designer
· Peter Cooper - invented skyscraper, built first U.S. commercial locomotive
· Thomas Edison - invented the stock ticker, mimeograph, phonograph, and perfected the electric light bulb
· Benjamin Franklin - invented the lightning rod
· Elias Howe - invented sewing machine
· William Lear - airplane creator
· Cyrus McCormick - invented grain reaper
· Guglielmo Marconi - developed radio
· Eli Whitney - invented the cotton gin
· Sir Frank Whittle - invented turbo jet engine
· Orville and Wilbur Wright - built the first successful airplane
Composers
· Irving Berlin
· Anton Bruckner
· Noel Coward
· Felix Mendelssohn
· Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
· Francis Poulenc
· John Philip Sousa
Writers
· Hans Christian Anderson
· Margaret Atwood
· Pearl S. Buck
· William F. Buckley, Jr.
· Willa Cather
· Agatha Christie
· Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
· Charles Dickens
· Robert Frost - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
· Charlotte Perkins Gilman
· Alex Haley
· Brett Harte
· L. Ron Hubbard
· C.S. Lewis
· Amy Lowell
· Gabriela Mistral
· Sean O'Casey
· Christopher Paolini - author of #1 NY Times bestseller, Eragon
· Isabel Paterson
· Beatrix Potter - author of the beloved Peter Rabbit Tales
· Carl Sandburg
· George Bernard Shaw
· Mattie J. T. Stepanek - 11-year-old author of Heartsongs
· Mercy Warren
· Phillis Wheatley
· Walt Whitman
· Laura Ingalls Wilder
Educators
· Amos Bronson Alcott - innovative teacher, father of Louisa May Alcott
· Catharine Beecher - co-founder of the Hartford Female Seminary
· Jill Ker Conway - first woman president of Smith College
· Timothy Dwight - President of Yale University
· William Samuel Johnson - President of Columbia College
· Horace Mann - "Father of the American Common School"
· Charlotte Mason - Founder of Charlotte Mason College of Education
· Fred Terman - President of Stanford University
· Frank Vandiver - President of Texas A&M University
· Booker T. Washington - Founder of Tuskegee Institute
· John Witherspoon - President of Princeton University
Performing Artists
· Louis Armstrong - king of jazz
· Charlie Chaplin - actor
· Whoopi Goldberg - actress
· Hanson - sibling singing group
· Jennifer Love Hewitt - actress
· Yehudi Menuhin - child prodigy violinist
· Moffatts - Canadian version of Hanson
· Frankie Muniz - child actor
· LeAnne Rimes - teen-prodigy country music singer
Business Entrepreneurs
· Andrew Carnegie - wealthy steel industrialist
· Amadeo Giannini - Bank of America’s founder
· Horace Greeley - New York Tribune founder
· Soichiro Honda - creator of the Honda automobile company
· Peter Kindersley - book illustrator and publisher
· Ray Kroc - founder of McDonald's fast food restaurant chain
· Jimmy Lai - newspaper publisher; founder of Giordano International
· Dr. Orison Swett Marden - founder, Success magazine
· Adolph Ochs - New York Times founder
· Joseph Pulitzer - newspaper publisher; established Pulitzer Prize
· Colonel Harland Sanders - started Kentucky Fried Chicken
· Dave Thomas - founder of the Wendy’s restaurant chain
Others
· Abigail Adams - Wife of John Adams; mother of John Quincy Adams
· Ansel Adams - Photographer
· Susan B. Anthony - reformer and women’s rights leader
· John James Audubon - ornithologist and artist
· Clara Barton - Started the Red Cross
· Elizabeth Blackwell - first woman in the U.S. to receive a medical degree
· John Burroughs - Naturalist
· George Rogers Clark - Explorer
· Davy Crockett - frontiersman
· Eric Hoffer - social philosopher
· Sam Houston - lawyer; first president of the Republic of Texas
· Charles Evans Hughes - jurist; Chief Justice
· Mary D. Leakey - fossil hunter; wife of Richard Leakey
· Tamara McKinney - World Cup Skier
· Harriet Martineau - first woman sociologist
· Margaret Mead - cultural anthropologist
· John Stuart Mill - Free-market Economist
· Charles Louis Montesquieu - Philosopher
· John Muir - naturalist
· Florence Nightingale - Nurse
· Thomas Paine - political writer during the American Revolution
· Bill Ridell - Newspaperman
· Will Rogers - Humorist
· Bertrand Russell - Logician
· Jim Ryan - World Runner
· Albert Schweitzer - Physician
· Sir Ernest Shackleton - Explorer
· Herbert Spencer - philosopher, sociologist
· Gloria Steinem - founder and long-time editor of Ms. magazine
· Jason Taylor - plays in the National Football League
· Mary Walker - Civil War physician; recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor
· Lester Frank Ward - "Father of American Sociology"
· Martha Washington - wife of George Washington
· Frances E. C. Willard - educator, temperance leader, and suffragist
· Frank Lloyd Wright - Architect
· Elijah ben Solomon Zalman - Jewish scholar
Famous Homeschool Parents
· Michael Card - singer, songwriter
· Mike Farris - lawyer and co-founder of Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
· Robert Frost - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
· Christopher Klicka - attorney and Senior Counsel of Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
· Len Munsil - attorney and President of The Center for Arizona Policy (CAP)
· Paul Overstreet - musician, songwriter
· Kelly Preston - actress, wife of John Travolta
· Mike Smith - lawyer and co-founder of Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
· John Travolta - actor, pilot
· Lisa Whelchel - former actress, "The Facts of Life", now a pastor's wife and author
Home Schooling is a wonderful way to educate your children. You, the parents, are your child's first teacher. When you decide to continue being your child's teacher, you will reap many benefits. Not only will you get to see your child blossom into a respectful, intelligent, responsible adult, you will be able to have a closer family relationship than is possible any other way.
What are the benefits home schooling will offer your child?:
The home schooled child learns in an environment that suits his specific needs.
He does not have to be faced with the distractions that a class of 15-20 students naturally has.
He does not have to be held back in a subject that he relishes so that the other kids can catch on.
He does not have to be pushed ahead in a subject he finds difficult because the other kids are ready to move on.
In 1/3 to 1/2 of the amount of time spent in school, the home schooled child can learn as much and usually more than his public/private schooled friends could.
With all this extra time on his hands, he can delve into a variety of interests he might have.
He will become closer to his family, and have the opportunities to make some quality friends.
What are the benefits home schooling offers the entire family?:
The family learns to work together.
The family can schedule the educating of their children around their schedules.
The family as a whole will learn a lot about subjects they might never have been interested in before.
The children in the family will be taught the parents values and introduced to outside values under their parents supervision.
There will be no homework.
You and your children will be together 24/7.
These are just some of the benefits home schooling has to offer. You may be asking, "What's the downside?" As in everything, there are drawbacks to homeschooling. For instance:
The once 2 income family will probably be limited to one.
Where the government used to pay for your child's textbooks, you will be responsible for that now.
Some activities that the home teacher (usually mom) once enjoyed, may have to be put on the back burner.
You and your children are together 24/7.
These are some of the drawbacks. I'm sure there are more that different families have experienced. It is important to look at both sides of home schooling before you make your decision. And remember -- Take it one year at a time.
Don't worry about high school now if your child is just 7 years old.
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Different parents have different ways. One of the beauties of homeschooling is you can be flexible. My wife and I use a standardized testing as a way of monitoring academic progress. However, this is one of many data points we use. Standardized testing doesn't measure developmental readiness, profound thinking, writing skills, understanding of complex historical events, character development, or self discipline. For example, we had a daughter who was a late reader. In second grade, she tested at below grade reading level. Because we have a family history of late reading, I didn't worry about it. During this time, we listened to hundreds of hours of books on tape. About the time our daughter turned nine, everything changed. She was now ready to read. That year she tested at a 12+ reading level and was reading 60 chapter books a month. If we had focused on meeting the grade level requirements, we would have ruined her love of reading and caused ourselves unnecessary frustration.
In some states homeschoolers are required to have their children tested, or evaluated. It is important to remember that parents who make this incredible effort to teach their children are more motivated than almost any public school teacher to make sure their children learn.
Now that homeschooling has been going on for thirty years, how are homeschooling graduates turning out?
One important way to evaluate homeschooling is to see the fruits. How do children who are homeschooled turn out as adults? Dr. Brian Ray conducted a survey of 5,000 adults who had been homeschooled. His findings were published in " Home Educated and Now Adults ." Here are some of the interesting things he found about adults who had been homeschooled:
The education level of homeschooled adults was about the same, or better, than the general population. About the same amount got degrees in BS, MS, and PhD.
95% of the homeschooled adults were glad they were homeschooled.
91% of the homeschooled adults felt being homeschooled was an advantage for them.
87% attended religious services nearly each week.
Homeschooled adults as a group were much more politically active than the general population. They contributed more money. They were more likely to be involved with a campaign. They were more likely to attend political meetings. And they were much more likely to vote.
Homeschooled adults tended to be happier, 58% vs. 28% were very happy.
Homeschooled adults tended to be more satisfied with work, 61% vs. 40% were very satisfied with work.
Homeschooled adults were more involved in community service, 71% vs. 37%.
Homeschooling is proving to be a very valid option for parents who are concerned about the education of their children.
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