Homeschooling - A choice for many parents today

The husband has always been telling me what a great teacher I am and that I should home school the kids. We have been researching about home schooling options for my three year old. There are many reasons for this and I shall list down a few here for you to consider.

1. Individual attention and student centered learning
2. Bad influence and bullying will not be a part of  home schooling
3. Valuable time will not be wasted on travelling
4. There are a number of public and private online schools that can assist you. 
5. You can study at your own pace in your own scheduled
6. It is formalized and graded just like any education system
7. You are location independent
8. It is also a way of spending quality time with parents and siblings.
9. The weather and other similar uncontrollable factors will most often not affect you
10. If you are sick you can still do some work without the spreading of germs
11. There are a number of personalised training options such  as video based learning for visual learners or audio based approach for audio learners.
12. The school district you belong to, doesn't matter.
13. Education through edutainment.

Wow!

The more I think of it the more inclined I am to it and so I talked about it with my friends and also updated my facebook status asking WYOO homeschooling. Some of my friends happen to mention that the child will be isolated and that there is less socializing. Social skills are definitely important in the development of a child. If you enroll your child into any home schooling program you will see that they do have events, group projects, picnics and parties. Although interaction is not on an everyday basis or limited, you can have your child engage in a number of extracurricular activities from swimming to sports to bungee jumping. In the modern day whether school going or not many children are glued to phones, video games and other electronic entertainment devices which  severely affect interpersonal and social skills.

Let me share a few links that may help you look at conventional academic programs differently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
http://www.khanacademy.org/