Let's consider in detail home education, pluses and minuses of this phenomenon. As a rule, the transition to home education will require the search for a school in which such a form of education exists. You will need to enroll the child in such a school. Teachers of this school will be able to help you with textbooks and with methodological materials. It is at this school that your child will undergo attestation for transferring him to the next grade, as well as taking all the compulsory exams.
Of course, like any system, this one has its pros and cons.
Benefits
Of course, with home education, all attention is paid only to your child. He becomes, as it were, the only pupil in the class. And this can not but lead to a good result, because you can carefully control the preparation of the child on any subject, you can immediately notice the gaps in knowledge, you can explain the misunderstood material as much as you need.
In addition, parents are usually the very people who know the child best. It will be much easier for them to make the learning process effective. Especially because they are interested in this.
If you are a sufficiently educated person, at the initial level of education you will have enough of your own knowledge. In the future, you can not only teach the child yourself, but also invite the necessary teachers.
You will be able to direct and develop your child exactly in the direction that you think is most suitable for him. You will not need to focus only on the school curriculum - you can always bring in the curriculum those subjects that you deem necessary.
At home schooling, the child will not have to be forced to fulfill certain general rules that are binding for everyone if for him they are painful and unacceptable (of course, it is only about the rules of the organization of the learning process, the rules of behavior or moral and ethical norms are the topic of another conversation ).
You can easily control the training load and the state of your child. The educational process will be organized so that there is no negative impact on your child's health. Children who study at home have more opportunities for normal rest. Your child will not have to wake up painfully or adjust to the standard school schedule.
The child will be able to maximize his creative abilities, because he will not be required to choose the template solutions and standard options. And he, for example, will not have to interrupt his creative studies only because the bell rang for all. And if he tries to realize some of his creative impulses, ideas or plans, he will have enough time for this.
Your child will be protected from the need to enter into conflicts with peers while studying. His habits and characteristics will not be the cause for ridicule and pressure from other children.
Home schooling will allow your family to unite even more. Joint activities, common interests, this will help to avoid (or significantly reduce) the conflicts that arise during the child's growing up with the parents.
disadvantages
Home schooling your child will require you a lot of time and effort. After all, you will not only have to do the actual training as such, you will have to find material for studies, study it, think through additional activities and activities. As a rule, home schooling requires the full load of one of the parents by this process, without the possibility of distracting to something else.
It is impossible to be really competent in all areas and in all subjects that your child needs to study. It may be that the child can not pass the certification (or pass the exams), because you did not have enough knowledge for quality education.
In addition, even if you really have all the knowledge necessary for a child, it may turn out that you are not a good teacher. If there is a problem - for example, the difficulty of understanding a topic - you may need special skills and techniques on how to convey to the child the necessary information or pass on the necessary experience.
Many think that learning at home is cheaper than school. This is not entirely true. Of course, you will be spared the many wastes that will be required when teaching a child in school. But, if you want to give your son or daughter qualitative knowledge, you need a lot of methodological materials. And their cost can amount to an amount quite comparable with expensive training in European countries.
One of the very serious moments is communication. The child needs not just any communication, he must learn to interact with peers. The formation of social skills is an equally important part of the learning process. Will the child be able to make real friends if the circle of his communication is limited? Can you compensate in some way for the lack of children near your child, the lack of joint children's activities, games, holidays, conversations, etc.? However, this can be not too feared if the circle of your own communication is great and it includes families with children of the appropriate age. Also, as an option, you can send your child to non-school children's institutions - for example, various groups and sections, children's camps (summer recreational, sports), language schools, etc.
And you will involuntarily make the child an object of increased attention, when he still has to communicate with those who have studied in the system of familiar school education. You must make a decision for yourself, home education and the benefits of this phenomenon - a choice for your family or not. In any case, you are responsible for your child. You choose for him how and where to get knowledge and experience.