| Many parents feel that home schooling is the | | | | education, there has been a dedicated effort |
| best option for imparting quality education | | | | to develop computer software that would |
| to their children. The reasons may be | | | | enable a varied approach to students at |
| different, such as the falling status of | | | | different levels. For example, the slow |
| public schools or the ever-increasing costs | | | | student would receive help to concentrate on |
| of education at private schools. | | | | reading, while the smart and faster one would |
| | | | be able to absorb literature. The special |
| Home schooling requires the continued | | | | design of the software has been created, |
| involvement of the parents in the education | | | | after taking into account the various |
| of the child. To aid the child in home | | | | concepts of home schooling. These include |
| schooling and to provide the necessary | | | | immediate child to parent feedback, since the |
| guidance and support to the parents in the | | | | lessons are designed to offer instant |
| various activities, there are many companies | | | | feedback, regular reinforcement of academic |
| that manufacture different types of Home | | | | lessons, creation of a personalized |
| schooling software. | | | | curriculum and greater time flexibility and |
| | | | economy. One company that creates such |
| Study-star | | | | software is Baggetta Ware Teacher Tech. It |
| | | | also offers free samples of lesson plans, |
| This is a program designed to help parents to | | | | software, tutorials and many related tips on |
| organize the necessary paperwork, reports, | | | | their website. |
| homework and notes. It enables the parents to | | | | |
| create self-tests using the notes. It even | | | | Software for building fluency in facts and |
| helps in tracking the time spent on tasks | | | | terms |
| involving the homeschooling and records how | | | | |
| much time is spent using the entire program. | | | | Think Fast is a program that has been |
| This data is necessary in order to satisfy | | | | specially created to strengthen the fluency |
| the requirements of the State Government. It | | | | in facts and terms, in the homeschooling |
| also helps when you spend time in designing | | | | child. The software package is marketed by |
| transcripts for your child and would like to | | | | Celebration Technologies. |
| have the time spent, converted into credits. | | | | |
| This software has been created by Able Plus | | | | Educational Software |
| Systems. | | | | |
| | | | For home schooling kids in the age group of |
| The Homeschoolers companion | | | | five to ten years, there are software in |
| | | | language arts, phonics, early learning, |
| This also is a program that helps to plan, | | | | reading, science, social studies and |
| organize, track and document the home school | | | | geography. The software packages are |
| activities. It is available with Franwell | | | | available with Comp Ed, Inc. |
| Corporation. | | | | |
| | | | The School express website has a number of |
| Super Tutor Series | | | | homeschooling software packages that are |
| | | | available free of cost. |
| These are different series of homeschooling | | | | |
| software created by Accurate Research | | | | Foreign Language software |
| Incorporated. There are different titles in | | | | |
| the series, like English, Biology, Physics, | | | | Specialized software in foreign languages is |
| Middle School and High School mathematics. | | | | available for your child, while he goes |
| | | | through homeschooling. He can learn Spanish, |
| Reading memory and comprehension software | | | | German, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian and |
| | | | Chinese. These software packages are |
| There are a number of software available, to | | | | available with The Rosetta Stone Company. |
| improve the memory, reading and comprehension | | | | |
| skills of your child. Alarice Multimedia is | | | | Software for home schooling is available at |
| one such company that specializes in the | | | | many places. The cost of these home schooling |
| production of the software. | | | | software packages vary according to the type |
| | | | of program selected and also the company. |
| Interactive reading and writing software | | | | There are certain websites that offer a |
| | | | number of programs that can be downloaded for |
| Realizing the power and need for personalized | | | | free. |