On February 28th, three California appeals court Justices handed down an opinion that reads that Californian Parents do not have the Constitutional Right to Home School their children. This contradicts a 1993 Michigan Surpreme Court ruling that stated that Americans DO have that Constitutional Right. We need to fight this - to demand that California “De-Publishes” this ruling - “De-Certifies” this opinion. Whether you’re a Californian or parent, we all need to contact our Representatives and …

I’m in 10th grade and, lately, I’ve been thinking about talking to my parents about if I could be home schooled. Is there a way you can get all your high school credits/being home schooled without having to have a parent teach you the courses? For example, is there something online that I could do?

As parents ourselves, it is a very complex, difficult and yet a meaningful task in bringing up our kids. Not to mention of thinking of using a self-developed home schooling program for them.

The importance of selecting the right home schooling program cannot be undermined and has to be very careful and unique to each and every child.

How challenging it can be?

It can be a challenging proposition; some might even say a very difficult one to make. However, the benefits of a successful home schooling program far outweigh the challenges and obstacles anyone can imagine.

Are you getting the benefits of a successful home schooling program?

1) Having such program at home gives your child the ability to learn at their own pace. Your child can benefit from a teaching method, which has been created to cater to their inclinations and learning styles.

2) It provide bonding between you and your children the opportunities to grow together, because you spend more time together.

3) You will have better control over your students or your kids of their schedule, as they can prioritize which interest to give attention to.

What are the 3 simple steps in choosing a home schooling program to which your child will respond to with enthusiasm and interest.

Step 1 - You have to conduct serious research. Call and talk with the local school board district office about the requirements the state may have on home schooling children.

Get hard copies of these documents. Ask if the information given is insufficient and secure this information. You will need this as a guide in selecting a home schooling program.

You also have to contact home schooling associations or organizations in your county or city. These groups can provide crucial information about your school district while serving as socialization venues for the children.

Step 2 - Study and research the curriculum carefully. The optimum curriculum is one that seamlessly integrates the subjects. For instance, your child is learning science, while simultaneously using the English language grammar rules and concepts.

The right home schooling program uses the information gained on the student’s learning skills and inclinations, incorporates all of these to enhance their learning experiences.

Step 3 - Prepare early and plan the lesson way in advance. Once you have chosen the home schooling program, buy the materials. Review them and make advance lesson plans on how you would be able teach these subjects.

You have to make a daily chart for their assignments, and other supplementary activities ahead of time. This will help you respond to changes in your teaching routine in a positive way.

By following these 3 steps, I am sure you will make your search for the right home schooling program a fruitful one.

That’s why, Eddy has started an information guide on how to help parents like yourself to deal with home schooling issues and offer good how to develop you little genius in your kids.





By: Eddy Kong

How do you start home-schooling? Is there a website for this? My son is 4 and I’m considering home-schooling. He’s extremely gifted, and I’m afraid that if he goes to a public school, he’ll fall behind and get lost in the crowd. He already knows addition, subtraction and simple multiplication. He also understands Spanish, German, and he’s really into sign language right now. Any advice?
I’m in Virginia.

I am considering home schooling my son, but I really don’t feel that I am qualified to do so. I would prefer it if I could hire someone to come to our house and work with my son. How do I go about finding a teacher that will come to our home?

Home schooling families do have access to grants. If you would be interested in knowing more about what kinds of grants are there for you, you would have to undertake a well-searched inquiry. As per general law one cannot approach the United States government for home school grants; the funds are not too large.

Then what is the way to find such grants? Online surfing is the best way to find out. These grants for home schooling do exist though they are not out in the open and therefore are tough to locate. But as said, these grants do exist and we look at ways at finding them.

At places where large corporations give grant is termed, as corporate grants. Large corporations have frequently given grants to charter & traditional schools. A few of these corporate grants also find their way to home schools but to receive a pie of it you need to know which grants you can send applications for.

Multinational behemoth IBM actively supports initiatives in the field of education; but none of these allowances are for home schools. Wal-Mart does give grants for homeschoolers though. All you need to do is get in touch with the company’s education section and put forward your application for grants. These departments are not authoritative so you could end up talking to various people on the same matter to get the desired results.

In the US home schooling grants from the government home schooling do not exist. Those people who are graduates via home schooling and are going to college can be given scholarships & grants, but federal governments have nothing as such for families of home schools. Canadian situation is completely opposite however. For instance in British Columbia $175 worth of grant is allowed for every kid that joins a home school prior to 1st November.

Grants are available to home schools but only from other home schools. Grants for every student in the state of Alaska is there for the textbooks in the shape of an annual grant. An association with some kind of a home school support group is very important. You can easily approach your home school group to inquire if they issue grants.

Quite of few do, but that may be as like study material and writing material, only a few select issue grants in monetary terms. Just incase your group of home school has a 501 (c) 3 standing as per US Tax code then it brightens your possibility of receiving a grant.

Last but certainly not the least, check with your ministry or even the church. These organizations, if incase they do not run a home school of their own would be more than happy to be of some help. They could donate books that have religious learning and material required by the home school. But remember receiving grants is not easy and you may be required to knock on a few more doors than you set out to but if you need them then do keeping looking for all kinds of grants possible.





By: Jane A. Smith

I am thinking about Home Schooling my son. I have had many problems with his teacher and am still trying to resolve them. I keep getting the run-around. For instance, on his school work he makes 100%-90%’s and on his report card she lowers his grade. I have tried talking and talking and talking to the teacher and principal and I have not reached a solution. I already have my Home School verification #(Indiana). I’m trying to be patient and waiting for an outcome to this problem.

What are some reasons why home schooling is bad. I already know about the quality of learning,and social health but I would like to know of some more. Also I would like to know, if you buy text books to teach your children with about how much would they cost, and how much would science supplies cost ?