Each method of homeschooling that you read about may leave you more puzzled than before. What is the right method that you should follow in your homeschooling classroom? Is unschooling really the way to go? Or should you focus on unit studies? Here are some factors that you should consider as you choose the right approach for your homeschooling students.
No Two People Are Alike
Just because one method of homeschooling works for a family you know doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to be ideal for your family. Your friend may say classical education is the only way to teach, but you may find that your children do better when left to satisfy their own curiosities using unschooling. Since you are not exactly like your friend, you may have a different teaching method that works better for you.
Children Have Different Learning Styles
Depending on whether your children learn better with visual teaching, auditory teaching or tactile teaching you will have to modify your teaching methodology. Try not to get used to just one method because that’s the one your eldest was most comfortable with either. You need to consider each individual child’s preferred learning style and modulate the lesson plan accordingly.
One Method May Not Be Enough
Just because you prefer a teaching method is no reason for you never to use any other method. Some subjects like literature may be best taught by following the interests of the homeschool students using the delight directed method, while other subjects like science may require you to follow a basic classic education pattern, going sequentially. You do not need to restrict yourself to a single method, you can mix and match what works best for each individual subject and topic.
Educate Yourself and Use What You Need
The best way to approach homeschooling methods is to teach yourself about what is possible. Once you have a good idea about all the methods available at your disposal you can mix and match them to the subjects and children along the way. That way everyone gets the best possible deal out of a specific homeschool teaching method.
