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Whether you’re new to homeschooling or just curious about it, the idea of teaching your children at home probably seems overwhelming. There are so many questions to be answered, decisions to be made, and new ideas to grasp. My advice is to relax — every homeschooling parent was once in your shoes and soon discovered that homeschooling is not as hard as it looks. If you can read a book, you can teach your child. You will soon see, homeschooling is a way of life and not a list of things to cover.

The most recent Federal Government study concluded that about 2.2% of the K-12 students or 1.1 million students were being homeschooled in the United States as of spring 2003. In the last few years, these trends have all accelerated. Private schools of quality have gotten really expensive. The shootings at schools, the 911 and the government emphasis on the constant threat of terrorism, and the huge impact of the No Child Left Behind testing have all vastly contributed to accelerating the homeschool movement. You are not alone. Many families around the US are packing up and heading home. If they can do it, so can you.

The first step to successful homeschooling is the”why”. Why do you want to homeschool? Knowing this will take all of the confusion out of it for you. Don’t think about the pragmatic elements right now, think of the” why” and you will be on the right track. Take a weekend and dream about the type of education you want for your child and the write it down in detail. 

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