Work and Home-school

When the parents have to work full-time, it becomes a tough scenario for the parents to home-school their children.

However, it is possible to successfully home-school children if the parents are able to set their preferences and plan properly.

Most of the parents would like to know if it is really possible to Work and Home-school children.

Well, it really is possible.

Basically, there are a couple of benefits of being a working parent and homeschooling children at the same time.

Your child is able to learn from you when he gets to watch you.

The child gets to see you working and managing everything on a daily basis.

There could be a couple of things that as parents you would not like to do, but managing in front of your child is something that you would like your child to see and learn from you.

Couple of points that a parent, who wants to work and home-school children at the same time, needs to keep in mind:

o          How to make working and home-schooling life work?

o          What is the best curriculum for your child?

o          What can the child do during the time the parent works?

o          How to set preferences and plan properly?

o          What sort of support can you find to be able to carry out the schedules?

The parent should not compare their home-school with the home-schools run by others.

However, there is no harm in checking how others are running their home-school and picking up some points from their articles.

The parents may not have any ideas at the time when they start with both home-schooling and working, they may need to go with the flow. There are times when things don’t work as the parents want it and vice-versa.

The working parent does not have to panic when it comes to home-schooling, since home-schooling can be quite flexible.  This means that the parent can teach the child whenever and wherever they desire.

The parent can home-school children:

o          Before they go to work in the morning.

o          When they come home for lunch in the afternoon.

o          In the evenings, after the parent finishes work.

o          During the weekends.

o          During the holidays.

The parent should choose a curriculum that works along with the child and not against. The learning style and interests should be considered here. All of this is available in a Researched curriculum, which most of the parents are going for now-a-days. Online Programs are good too as they have content for the child to work independently, which is a boon for working parents.

Whether the parent works from home or goes out to work, the child needs to be provided with a things-to-do schedule, else they will get bored. The parent must try to encourage learning while play and provide the child with things that are screen-free. The things-to-do schedule will teach your kids to learn independently and it will also make the parent more care-free.

The parent needs to be able to plan how to work and home-school in advance. This starts from the skill of time management where the parent needs to manage the time wisely.

A lot of friends and family may say that home-schooling and working at the same time is not possible. However, it is possible and if one of the parent’s is at home all the time, it is definitely possible.