How to Start Homeschooling for Children Who Already Go to School?

Homeschooling can be started from scratch once, while the child is still an early age or have not entered formal school age. But, sometimes it could be just the homeschooling starts when the child is already attending. This can be caused due to a variety of things, such as: new parents know and then fell in love with the concept of homeschooling, children experiencing trauma or problems at school, and so on.

How to start homeschooling for the child's condition has been studied in school?

a. Parents Need to Learn About Homeschooling

The first thing to do, especially when homeschooling happens without a plan aka by-accident, parents should learn about homeschooling homeschooling model was different because with the school. Similarities and differences with the school should be noted and understood that the transition to homeschooling can run more smoothly.

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Better yet if parents meet with practitioners who experience similar conditions or the age of her son more or less the same age so get a real picture of the challenges and the practice of homeschooling.

b. Talk About Homeschooling With Decision

Because the child is already big, talking about homeschooling with decisions. If the idea of homeschooling parents, listen to concern children and find solutions regarding things that become active hostility (usually of friendship).

If the idea of homeschooling comes from children, discuss with the children about the consequences of homeschooling. Homeschooling is not an escape from problems. Homeschooling does not mean loll and act like-like. Homeschooling is also demanding responsibility from young on learning activities that will ".

c. Know and Do Process Deschooling

What is deschooling? Deschooling is the adjustment of the habits learned in school (which is highly structured and teacher-led) to homeschooling (led by self and parent). Custom or culture was very different because homeschooling is demanding the commitment and initiative of the child in order to be successful. At the time of this psychological trauma, deschooling is restored, a new learning culture started to grown.

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d. Start from The Known

In contrast to the school which has a single standard, homeschooling has a very diverse models, ranging from highly structured similar to school (school-at-home) to a very unstructured (unschooling). Because it was once a school, the most common model for parent and child typically is the school-at-home. Start from these models while continuing to read the references and find homeschooling model that best suits your family's needs and conditions.

For Indonesia, consult with the nearest package exam organizers (PKBM or LCS) regarding exam packages will follow the child. Enter the materials will be tested in children. You can teach yourself, invite tutors, including his son on a bimbel, or even his own children learn using materials that exist on the Internet.

e. Supple Looking Model Homeschooling

While undergoing the transition from school to homeschooling, homeschooling has gradually arise models that best suits the needs of your child and the most suitable with the condition of the family. Great opportunity in homeschooling is exploring your interests and talents of the child because a lot of spare time that kids are homeschooling.

In this process, don't forget to continue to enrich the insights with lots of reading and hanging out with other homeschooling practitioners so that you have plenty of mirrors and inspiration for your own homeschooling model.