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Hi there. You are welcome to contact me in any of the following ways:
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I would like to communicate with other Home Learning parents and discuss ideas on how to make these pages better. Hoping to meet all of you. Until then.

Howie Hayman

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And now a few things for you to think about
Home Learning

My home learning days began many years ago as a teenager. My opinion....criticism....about schools is very strong. You can read much more about it on my about page. For now, a brief synopsis of home learning.
 
What is home education?

Home education (also called homeschooling, homeschool or home learning) is the education of children at home, typically by parents or professional tutors, rather than in a public or private school. Before the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws, most childhood education occurred within the family or community, home education in the modern sense is an alternative in developed countries to formal education.

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Why should you home educate?

Formal education in a classroom setting has been the most common means of education throughout the world, especially in developed countries, since the early and mid 19th century. Native Americans, who traditionally used home education and apprenticeship, strenuously resisted compulsory education in the United States.

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Who should home educate?

Home education is not for everyone. There needs to be a firm commitment on the part of both the parents and the children.

Home educators often claim that learning any specific subject is less important than learning how to learn. They assert, in the words of Alec Bourne, "It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated", and in the words of Holt: "Since we can’t know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned."

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When to home educate?

There is no set time to begin a home education program. It does seem to make sense that earlier is better since children begin learning from the moment they enter the world.

Home educators commonly believe that curiosity is innate and that children want to learn. Some argue that institutionalizing children in what they term a "one size fits all" or "factory model" school is an inefficient use of their time because it requires every child to learn a specific subject matter in a particular manner, at a particular pace, and at a particular time regardless of that individual's present or future needs, interests, goals, or any pre-existing knowledge he or she might have about the topic.

Many home educators also believe that opportunities for valuable hands-on, community based, spontaneous, and real-world experiences are missed when educational opportunities are largely limited to those which can occur physically inside of a school building.

Home educators note that psychologists have documented many differences between children in the way that they learn, and assert that home education is better equipped to adapt to these differences.

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Where should you do home education?

Home education is legal in many countries. Countries with the most prevalent home education movements include Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Some countries have highly regulated home education programs as an extension of the compulsory school system; others, such as Germany and Brazil, have outlawed it entirely. In other countries, while not restricted by law, home education is not socially acceptable or considered undesirable and is virtually non-existent.

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