| If you decide to home school your child, you | | | | that all subjects are taught via any one |
| can decide on the curriculum according to the | | | | subject. |
| methods that you choose to employ in the home | | | | |
| schooling process. If the instructions are | | | | Generally, the subjects included in a model |
| imparted at home under the supervision of | | | | study unit comprise of the art of effective |
| correspondence schools, that too is referred | | | | language usage that in turn helps to develop |
| to as home schooling or home education and | | | | skills in reading, writing and comprehension. |
| the curriculum is provided by the supervising | | | | The study of mathematics is essential to |
| school. The term un-schooling refers to a | | | | first assess the level of understanding of |
| system of study that is curriculum free and | | | | the child and then give him lessons to |
| the child learns as per his own preferences. | | | | develop problems solving skills. Geography or |
| | | | the social sciences are also included to |
| In home schooling, if you choose to employ | | | | acquaint the child with location, time |
| the classical education method, it would be | | | | periods and inventions. The child learns |
| similar to modern education, as understood in | | | | science to cover his understanding of plants, |
| the western world today. In one phase the | | | | animals and the input on other related |
| student learns grammar, logic and rhetoric. | | | | topics. To give a boost to the creativity of |
| Grammar consists of language skills to | | | | the learner, he is exposed to drawing, |
| acquire the maximum possible words, concepts | | | | designing, acting and painting too. The child |
| and effective usage. Logic develops the art | | | | is taught music and through the music he is |
| of proper reasoning in the child. Rhetoric is | | | | able to learn about the cultural backgrounds |
| geared towards criticizing your own work and | | | | of places to which the music is associated. |
| being able to influence others. In the other | | | | History is taught too and can be used to |
| phase the student learns maths, music and | | | | establish a relationship with other subjects. |
| other subjects. | | | | Physical education is another subject that |
| | | | would require the parents to introduce the |
| In home school unit study the curriculum | | | | child to an exercise regime and then try to |
| requires the child to learn a number of | | | | connect other subjects to the discipline. For |
| subjects, to be periodically evaluated | | | | example, the child can be introduced to |
| through tests for the level of knowledge he | | | | Olympic history through effective physical |
| has acquired. In this system, the interests | | | | education training. |
| of the child are determined and then the | | | | |
| subjects to be taught are selected. Once this | | | | Home schooling in the un-schooling model is |
| is done, the parents need to use innovative | | | | curriculum free. However, even when informal, |
| means and methods to make the learning | | | | parents need to design a curriculum that is |
| process more interesting and comprehensible | | | | flexible. It would vary from one student to |
| to the child. There are many ready-made unit | | | | the other, depending on the individual |
| study curriculums available, but parents can | | | | requirement, interest and learning ability. |
| create their own study model, which they | | | | It can be modified any time during the period |
| think is best suited to enable the child to | | | | of learning, if found to be in the best |
| learn better. The uniqueness of this model is | | | | interest of the child. |