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As a homeschooling parent, reflecting on your current practices and asking critical questions can help you incorporate personalized learning practices that prioritize your child’s needs and interests throughout the learning process.
Observations
- Reflection helps improve your child’s learning experience: Reflect on your current homeschooling practices and ask critical questions with your young person(s) to ensure that you are centering their needs and interests throughout the learning process.
- A personalized learning practice goes a long way: Prioritize your child’s needs and interests to help create a more engaging learning experience.
Deschooling Questions for Better Family Agreements
Define your family’s learning goals and align your approach with your family's values.
Read The Article HereMany families choose homeschooling to provide a personalized and flexible learning experience for their young people. However, homeschooling can come with challenges, especially when it comes to finding engaging and effective ways to introduce new subjects. To enhance the experience, begin by centering their needs and interests.
As a homeschooling parent, reflecting on your current practices and asking critical questions can help you incorporate personalized learning practices that prioritize your child’s needs and interests throughout the learning process.
Questions for parents
- Do our current homeschooling practices directly support and center my child’s needs?
- Does our current homeschooling community strongly reflect and align with our family’s values surrounding how learning happens?
- Is my child gaining the tools, guidance, and experiences to support their academic and social-emotional learning needs?
- Does our current homeschooling practice support my child in building up their autonomy and agency muscles?
Questions for young people
- How do you feel about doing school at home?
- Do you feel like you have an easy or difficult time getting help?
- Do you believe our learning at home has helped you gain the confidence to express your needs?
- Do you believe that our homeschooling community is the best fit for our family?
Reflection questions
Consider taking a moment to reflect on these questions, on your own, and see where they take you!
- How did it feel exploring this exercise with your child? Did you learn something new about your young person and/or yourself?
- Did you experience moments when your child’s expressed needs sparked internal conflict with your own perspectives and understandings around how learning happens and is valued? How did you engage?
- Which of the approaches offered, if any, would you consider incorporating into your learning journey as an ongoing practice?
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