This e-course entitled Tips for Starting Homeschooling, is designed to give you a clearer understanding about homeschooling in South Africa, what it entails, how to get organised, understand how the different homeschooling curriculum fit in as well as methods and philosophies. We will also look at the unique needs of a homeschooling mom as she journeys with her children.
Tips for Starting Homeschooling is written to parents who want to take their children out of school and start homeschooling in South Africa, but it will also benefit anyone in the following situations:
- Parents wanting to change homeschool curriculum
- Parents who want to investigate homeschooling before their children reach school going age
- Parents who have been homeschooling for a while and are finding themselves directionless or burnt out
- Educators who would to understand more about homeschooling in SA.
The course is intended to help you to find the answers you need, to overcome doubts and fears and to help you to feel confident about what you need to do. It also included lists of quality websites and books to help you dig deeper into each section of this course. As parents we need to re-educate ourselves about what education at home entails.
Thank you for joining us on this exciting adventure of homeschooling in South Africa and please remember to contact us at the end of this course, to let us know if we have met your needs or anyway we can improve our Tips for Starting Homeschooling series for future visitors. We are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Your hosts,
Wendy & Shirley
Starting homeschooling in South Africa: start here
You might like to bookmark this page so that you can come back to it when you have time to continue.
1. Reasons to Homeschool – Bringing the children home
2. Deschooling – Your first 6 weeks to three months
3. Parenting and spending quality time together
4. Eclectic Homeschooling – why you shouldn’t replicate school at home and what to do instead
5. Choosing a Homeschool Curriculum – essential tips to avoid costly mistakes
6. Organization 101
7. Preventing Burnout
You may also enjoy our Homeschooling Articles.
If you don’t have time to read all these articles now, sign up for our 7-part e-course.
You will receive an email bringing you a link to the next part of the course every 2 days for two weeks, so that you can enjoy it in bite-size pieces!