Journey of Learning

Home Learning and Home Teaching require dedication, patience, and a time commitment on the part of the parents, but does not require formal education in the parent’s background. John W. Taylor’s national studies found that home teaching success has very little to do with the education of parents. This calms many doubts about the ability of parents to create a learning environment for their children.

To go one step further, parents don’t have to be “teachers”. They can instead be guides on their child’s adventure of learning, just by involving him/her in their everyday activities, and encouraging the child’s curiosity and exploration. Home Learning families can generally spend less time teaching something at home, than it takes a teacher with twenty to forty pupils to accomplish. Most of this can be attributed to the one-on-one interaction between the parent and child. Small group/focused learning, occurs in a quieter, less distracting environment at home, as well as in safe, secure, comfortable, and familiar surroundings.

There is no evidence whatsoever that indicates that parents are not “qualified” to teach their children. A degree in teaching does not make a good teacher. A parent who is caring, involved, constant and truly cares about a child for who he/she is, will be their child’s best teacher.

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