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• Teaching children outside of school hours
The afterschooling method of homeschool is unique. It is the only method which involves a child attending classes at a traditional “brick and mortar” school. Keeping to this method, a child attends a public or private educational institution during the day on a full or part-time basis. When a child has no regular hours at school, then his or her education is supplemented by a parent. As usual, it takes places in the afternoons or evenings, which is where you get the name “afterschooling”. Afterschooling is an excellent option for parents who want to have personal involvement in their child’s education, but, for whatever reason, simply cannot afford to be the primary educator.
• Degrees of Afterschooling
Helping a child with his or her homework can be classified as a form of afterschooling. Many parents want only to supplement their child’s education. They generally stick to the school’s curriculum and give their children extra practice and a deeper understanding of the concepts they learned during the day. The regrettable realities in a public or private school is that the curriculum always forges ahead according to a predetermined schedule, regardless of whether all children are ready to move on. Afterschooling may help cure it.
Some parents want to take the philosophy much further than merely assisting with their child’s homework, and assign their child work to complete in addition to that which is required by the school. It allows parents to educate their child in areas that aren’t covered by the school’s curriculum, such as the arts, specific religious teachings or special needs education.
Christian homeschooling is definitely one of the most popular forms of religious homeschooling. Find out more about this method and its main advantages.
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