homeschooling today

Homeschooling today is a lot easier than a few years ago

Homeschooling today is a phenomena that is catching on and is growing at over 15% a year but that means only about 2% of all school aged kids are homeschooled. There are many reasons why parents choose to homeschool and homeschooling today is a lot easier than a few years

The main reason homeschooling today is a lot easier is technology and the internet. 

With the internet anything you need is just a few clicks away and the amount of information available about homeschooling today is phenomenal. Also you can download all your teaching material and even how to teach it and in most cases it doesn’t cost very much. 

I am waiting for internet video to become popular and even voice chat. 

I thought both of these would have taken off by now especially for homeschooling. Instead of getting on a blog or forum and leaving a message you should be able to do live talk or if you are really game, live video. There are already virtual schools available but I think they detract from the freedom of homeschooling, so I do not know if they will become popular. One thing I am hoping will happen is you should be able to find and download classes your kids can watch but not in real time. This allows for a lot of flexibility. Now you can download university classes for free from some universities. 

I am waiting and hoping that you soon be able to do the same with primary school classes. Also some teachers could have a video cam set up in the classroom and your kids could join in the class on the internet. I don’t know of anybody doing that at the moment but it will happen. The internet is changing life as we know it. For more information about our homeschooling products and services see our Homeschooling Page.