What are home school?

Question

i don't get it! what do you do in it? do you just stay at home and study? no test?

Answer 1

and yes there are tests i was home schooled and so is my son of course i gave him the option after he went to public school for kindergarten he loves homeschooling even though he was popular he loves school more

Answer 2

Generically, homeschooling is used as a term to define students that receive their education based at home rather than in a public or private school setting.

To me, true homeschooling is free of a public or private school altogether, but some people also interchange the terms homebound and homeschooling.

My children have no connection with a public or private school at all.  I facilitate their education, I am their primary teacher.

We do not just stay at home and study.  We have numerous field trips, we DO things instead of just reading about it.  

Our state does not require standardized testing (which I, and even many public school teachers, do not believe in anyway).  They also, at their current ages of 10 and 7, do not receive tests and grades.  Less than 100% is not an option, and we repeat things until it is mastered because you can not truly move on to the next lesson if you only 'get' 70% of the current one.

They have a curriculum (we use a well known one that is used by many private schools), but we also supplement parts of the curriculum with additional materials, or will use other materials in place of that curriculum for some lessons if I feel it is not the best.  They take classes within the community, and co-op classes with other homeschoolers.

They are also involved in a lot of activities-right now, it is 4H, Baseball and Scouts that are taking up a lot of our time, along with church and the regular play dates and such.

I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Same thing you do but at home.  I take some classes out though.  I have text books and I watch some of my teachers on a CD.  I also have test and quizes.  I write term papers and do everything a normal school kids does. There is no HW because you read the lesson then do the work for the day.

Answer 4

It is different for every family that does it, and often even for every individual child. As stated above, some people do online school which means you have teachers you corespond with over the internet. The online school sends you your materials and you complete the work and get a grade, just like regular school, only done on the computer from home or the library or the road if you travel a lot.

Some people homeschool through a private school or school of corespondance that sends them their books and materials for assignments, labs, projects, etc through the mail. With this type of home schooling, you usually send a report to the base school at set intervals.

Some people attend charter schools that let them go in to school once or twice a week, collect work, turn in work, and get help if they need it, though this isn't really what most consider to be homeschooling. Neither is online school to some people.

Some people take full responsibility for their own/their child's education by doing more traditional homeschooling. The parents and children choose their own curriculumk, text books, work books, lab equipment, videos, software, and any other materials they wish to use. They also choose their own subjects based on the child's individual interests and goals, for example, if the child wishes to go on to university, they will study the important core subjects that universities look for on transcripts as well as a variety of electives based on individual interests, needs, and goals. I personally am interested in robotics, animation, creative writing, and music, so this year I've been studying Programming and Robotics with various books and robotics/electronics kits for labs, 3D Animation with computer software, and creative writing with a textbook and books frokm the library. I also takek music lessons in the community and I am a member of a band. In this form of homeschooling, the state may require that you take a yearly standardized test to show that you are performing at or above grade level. In the states that are a bit more strict about homeschooling, your parents may need to send in a quarterly report, just like a report card in a way. Your parents may also give you tests at home if you all agree that this is what will be best for you, but it isn't required.You may also get grades like you do in school, or you may be on a Pass/Fail system, or you may have a totally unique grading system, or no grades at all. I take tests, but not for grades. When I take a test in a subject it is only to determine how far along I've come in that subject. The "grade" is never final because I homeschool to learn, not to just get by with a passing grade. If, for example, I took a test on a chapter I did in Algebra and I didn't do well on a few questions, instead of just going on to the next chapter, I go back and review the stuff I didn't get right on the test and then take the test again before moving on. For me, all tests are for is to tell me when I can move on to something more challenging. For me, and many others, tests aren't always in the same format as they are in public school. Sometimes in certain subjects, I'm tested by being given an extensive project or presentation to do to show my understanding of the topic cover, or asked to write a paper on it, or give a mock lesson on it as if I were the teacher. You know you truly understand something when you can accurately and confidently teach it to someone else. Often my mother, adult friends, or friends closer to my age who are in college or who have already mastered te subject will act as audience durring presentations or re-teaching activities, checking me if I don't seem to understand something. I only do this for certain subjects and topics though.

Homeschoolers sometimes do a lot of the things you may do in public school, but sometimes they do more as well. Many homeschoolers do a lot of hands-on activities like labs in science. This year, I am taking Chemistry, and I have all the same lab equipment you would use in a public high school chemistry class, just on a smaller scale, and with lab instructions specific to homeschooling (not requiring large groups of students, or very-hard-to-obtain chemicals). It was the same in Biology and in Physical Science. I have homeschooled friends who take thier science classes in a co-op group (kind of a homeschool class where parents and community volunteers act as teachers for each subject), and still other homeschool friends who take all of their highschool science classes (and some other classes) at the local community college as duel-enrollment students (just like regular highschool duel enrollment).

Homeschoolers don't miss out on the social aspects of school either. They certainly do not spend all of their time inside the house. Homeschoolers spend a lot of their time is spent out in the community, learning and experiencing life in the real world instead of in a house or in a classroom alone. Many homeschoolers take classes offered in the community such as art classes at an art studio or museum, musical instrument or voice lessons as well as band or chorus classes for homeschoolers at local music stores or schools, fencing lessons, swimming lessons, horseback riding lessons, classes and programs offered through local childrens museums, science museums, or history museums, classes or programs offered through the library, community/youth center, YMCA, or other Parks and Rec programs, dance class, and so on. Naturally, these are great opportnities for homeschoolers to interact with others of all ages, homeschoolers and public schoolers alike. There are also clubs outside of the regular public schools such as riding clubs, clubs offered through libraries and community centers, drama clubs at local theaters, boy scouts, girl scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, youth group for those who are into the church scene, OM, academic teams, community sports, individual sports like martial arts, tennis, fencing, swimming, etc, and much much more. Many cities or counties also have homeschool organizations or co-ops where, as stated above, homeschoolers can take classes with other homeschoolers as well as go on frequent feild trips (though any homeschool parent or group of parents can arrange a feild trip when they want to), join clubs sponsored by the group (as many as can be thought of and started by the members), work on a yearbook or newspaper staff, attend dances or holiday parties (most groups have something along the lines of a Not-Back-To-School party each fall where the homeschoolers may go to a theme park or some other sort of outing) volunteer service projects, prom and graduation ceremonies for older students, outings on weekends, park days where younger kids meet up to spend an afternoon playing and pic-nicking in the park (uwsually weekly or monthly) and so on. Some even participate in private school sports competitions as well as regional and state science fairs and spelling/geography bee. There is no lack of social interaction.

The last form of homeschooling I can think of is unschooling. In this kind of home education, there is no structured school day, no tests (unless the child wants them), no grades. All of the learning and "school work" is directed by the child. This is usually best when started at an early age so that the child's natural desire to learn remains in tact and the child doesn't just become lazy or unmotivated. I am what I like to call a homeschool/unschooler because my schooling is all self-directed, but I still choose to do the book work and testing along with the creative hands-on stuff because I feel it is in my own, individual best interest.

I hope this answers your questions

Answer 5

Homeschool is a form of education where the parents and students direct their learning, rather than a government or private entity.  There are as many ways to homeschool as there are homeschool students.

Answer 6

It's usually online stuff -You get your homework and tests sent to you and then send them back and get your grades -You sometimes get a tudor or your parents help you - You just study and do your work sheets -You have to do a certain amount a week and then send it in at the end of the week - At least that's what my friend does. But you have to pay a certain amount of money and have someone willing to study with you for a certain amount of time -But yes you just stay home

Answer 7

homeschool is school at home you have to pay for it and if you dont want to be in your house you dont have to you can do ur work whenever you want

Answer 8

Homeschool is different for everyone. Some have their parents teach them, others have stuff sent to them in the mail, others do it online. it definitely requires more discipline and motivation than in regular school, because you don't have a teacher saying "Okay, time to turn in your work now!" and there's no curves like "Okay well I agree the test was challenging...I'll add 10 points to everyone's score!" It's real school. I like it because it allows kids to work independently, and really figure out who they are, not figure out who they are in reflection of other students (like most regular school students do).

You basically work at your own pace, be it faster or slower, and they're basically putting their trust in you that you won't cheat on tests. But if you do, it's okay, because it's you that will be hurt in the long run.

It's great for the most part, and there are a lot of activities available for homeschoolers!

Answer 9

it's school at home and yes u do do test's and GCSE'S

Answer 10

It's different for everyone, because there are so many different ways of home schooling. And by the way, you question should be, 'what IS home school?'.  For me, I go to a place with classes, once and twice a week, and do the homework given, and hand it in the following week.  We do have test, and we also have test from the charter you enroll in.  The charter makes sure you're actually learning, and not falling behind.  

Also, I do study at home, and can do my work in my PJ's if I want to, but some families don't let their kids do that, even if they are home schooled.  I know lots of home schooling families, which tend to have lots of kids like my family.  I have get together with my old home school group every week at a park, and just hang, or play something.  My PE is just playing outside, or playing a sport, SURFING, exercises I feel like doing, or walking the dogs.  

I love home schooling, because I have a strong bone with my family, and love my parents for home schooling me.  I can run the house by my self, do stuff some of my friends who aren't home schooled, can't.  You help your parents out alot, but that's life, and you can learn how to deal with it now, then when you get kick out of the house.

Answer 11

school at home