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To begin with, you have to ensure that you educate yourself on a wide variety of topics. While it may be tempting to focus exclusively on books teaching you how to homeschool your children, you shouldnt rely on these too heavily. Keep in mind that pedagogical method is only as important as your knowledge of a subject, and focusing your reading entirely on how to homeschool your children will leave you lacking in the practical knowledge necessary to execute it. At first, the reading required in order to homeschool your children may seem daunting - after all, a teacher is only required to be knowledgeable on the subjects they teach, but youre going to be teaching all of the subjects. Keep in mind, however, that you neednt be an expert in every subject - one of the great things about homeschooling is that you can learn together with your child. Instead, its more important that you have a good general knowledge of the history of the subjects being taught. In most cases, a good history of on the subjects you plan to teach should be sufficient. Because it is impractical to read an entire bibliography for multiple subjects, you want to instead read a couple books on each subject that provide you with a good homeschooling starting point. In other words, youre not going to be an expert, but youre going to know the general concepts and be able to answer basic questions. Most importantly, youll know which writing to explore further if you and your childs interest takes you in that direction. The amount that you have to read will depend of course on your childs age and the level and depth of the subjects youll be teaching, but a good starting point is to read a standard book that a high school student would have to read for a given subject. Remember that specific areas of a subject can be explored as you go, so you neednt be able to answer every question your child might have in depth before you start. Instead, you need a good knowledge of the history of the subject, so you can arrange a curriculum that makes sense in a liner way: you want to know how the subject works, and how it is taught. You want to know the building blocks - what concepts to teach first, and how to build on those first concepts. By reading widely in this way youll arm yourself with the necessary tools for homeschooling your child effectively, and provide yourself with the basic knowledge from which you and your child can explore particular areas of subjects further. |
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