Homeschooling Styles

This method of homeschooling
is geared towards parents who believe that homeschooling is the preferred option
for children under a certain age. These programs teach parents how to homeschool
their kids through the early elementary school years, allowing the parent to
retain control over the child’s education until well after preschool.

Traditional
Homeschooling Style:

Parents who
are planning on sending their child to public school after preschool often
use the traditional homeschool style which makes the home into something
that resembles a traditional classroom. Using centers, workbooks and other
methods of public school, this teaches the child the social abilities
necessary to succeed in public school once he or she transitions from
homeschooling.

Principled
Homeschooling Style:

Some families opt
to homeschool their children because they want their children to have an education
which is centered around religious beliefs. This type of homeschooling, generally
specific to the Christian faith, uses faith-based teachings as the foundation
of the education.

Mason Homeschooling
Style:

This homeschooling
style is one which is widely used and is often incorporated into the curriculums
created by many homeschooling worksheet designers. It is a method which
is based on reading and writing.

Montessori
Homeschooling Style:

Parents who
believe in allowing their children to direct their own learning and to
exercise a lot of freedom in designing their own education, even from
an early age, are most likely to make use of the Montessori homeschooling
style. In this method, materials for learning are provided and children
are allowed to choose

what
they do with them. Many homeschooling parents use this style in the early
preschool years and engage in more structured activity as time goes on.

Unschooling:

This is an
extension of the Montessori Homeschooling Style and is probably not something
that preschool parents are going to need to concern themselves with. It
is general for older children who are not doing well in a school environment.

Of course,
many parents who homeschool don’t want to follow any particular
style but rather want to put together a system which works for them. In
this case, the eclectic approach, in which parents learn a number of different
homeschooling methods and then choose the ones that work best for them,
is probably the way to go. What works for your family is going to depend
on the structure that you’re comfortable with as a parent and teacher,
the curriculum that you want your child to learn during the years of homeschooling
and your family’s plans for eventual public school for your children.
There is no one right way to homeschool your kids but you can learn about
the different options to be better prepared in selecting the way that
works for you.