With the recent rise in families transitioning from public education to home schooling, one naturally wonders, what exactly are the homeschooling advantages? One of the biggest reasons for homeschooling is the amount of control you have over your child’s education, with the following advantages at the top of the list:

Scheduling Flexibility
The first thing most people think about with home schooling is the flexibility in their child’s schedule. You can adjust your teaching schedule to your child’s natural, body schedule. Is your child most alert in the mornings? You can schedule their hardest subjects at that time to maximize their learning.

Individual attention
It is impossible for public school teachers to provide very much individual attention to their students, there are just too many students to take care of. If one or two students don’t understand a concept, it is just not feasible for the teacher to take time away from the rest of the class to individually instruct them until they get it. Homeschooling is all about individual attention.

Curriculum Choices
Your ability to select your curriculum is a huge homeschooling advantage. You select what you teach and how you teach it. If you have opted for a religious-based curriculum, you decide if it is a separate ‘class’ or if you incorporate religion throughout all the ‘classes’.

Peer pressure in school
Peer pressure in school to dress with the coolest fashions or have the newest cell phone seems to take a front seat to education. With home schoooling a lot of these frivolous competitions are put back in the back seat – where they truly belong.

Religion
With homeschooling, the parent decides if and how much of their ideologies and beliefs to teach their child. For some parents, this is THE reason why they homeschool. For others, it is just an added benefit. The debate of homeschooling vs public schooling will never end. The best decision is whatever is best for your child and your family. All you can do is learn as much as possible about homeschooling advantages and disadvantages and make an informed decision.