Step 1 to Homeschooling : What is Homeschooling?

First of all let’s discuss how the concept of Homeschooling arose.

Although we live in a world in which schooling is the norm and homeschoolers seem strange, this is a relatively new world and an experiment. For the bulk of human history, there was no compulsory education system. Children would learn on their own (unschooling), with their parents (homeschooling), go to school if they wanted to learn something specialised, find a tutor, or find a mentor. This system worked fine for the bulk of history, and there never really arose any need to obligate all children worldwide to learn the same things at the same age while being forced to sit quietly at a desk during the most critical twelve years of their life.

Schooling only became obligatory in Europe in 1870 CE, and in the USA, it started in the 1920s. Let that sink in for a while. Obligatory schooling is a new concept that is less than a century old in most countries, and it didn’t even last that long.

Although schooling became obligatory in the 20s, by the 60s, many people in the USA had already seen it as a failed experiment and a squandering of children’s potential. So, a homeschooling movement started to grow, eventually leading to homeschooling being made a legal alternative.

This soon grew into a worldwide movement, and slowly, more and more countries legalised homeschooling. The movement grew even stronger as people began to notice that often, homeschooled children were 

• More independent 
• More self-disciplined 
• Better learners 
• More mature
• Successful at an early age 

than those who went to school and followed the norms of society. 

With the internet age starting, homeschooling became even more popular as many homeschooling parents began to share their experiences through blogs, podcasts, videos, and e-books. Then, many homeschooled children grew into celebrities in many different areas of life, which drew even more attention to the movement. That’s where we come in. As parents in the twenty-first century, we see a world that is constantly changing, old jobs disappearing, new opportunities popping out of thin air, and the subjects taught in school are starting to look outdated.

Homeschooling refers to any alternative form of education in which children learn at home, as opposed to learning in a school. There are many forms of homeschooling, which include:

In each of these cases, homeschooling is still possible if you are open to the idea of doing things very differently from regular schools. There are homeschooling parents who teach their children at night, some who take their children to work with them, and others who have delegated the task to a relative who wants to help. Some arrange tutors for learning. Some homeschooling families combine and distribute the subjects among each other.

This is when the parents keep the child at home, teaching their child themselves using a set curriculum while simulating a classroom-like environment in their home. Our content will focus primarily on this form of homeschooling as it is the most common and the one we have most experience with.

This is when the parents keep the child at home, teaching their child themselves using a set curriculum while simulating a classroom-like environment in their home. Our content will focus primarily on this form of homeschooling as it is the most common and the one we have most experience with.

This is when the parents keep the child at home, teaching their child themselves using a set curriculum while simulating a classroom-like environment in their home. Our content will focus primarily on this form of homeschooling as it is the most common and the one we have most experience with.

This is when the parents keep the child at home, teaching their child themselves using a set curriculum while simulating a classroom-like environment in their home. Our content will focus primarily on this form of homeschooling as it is the most common and the one we have most experience with.

This is a relatively new trend in the internet age, but internet-based learning platforms are popping up and are growing into another alternative to the actual school system. These may be schools or platforms offering learning material for self-paced learning. We have been using these self-paced platforms for our children. We will be discussing it in my further blogs.

There are many other forms of homeschooling too, but these are the most common. The reality is that every home is unique, and most homes have some hybrid method combining aspects from each of the above. When we studied in high school, we learned a few subjects in school; a few were taught by tutors, and the rest, by ourselves. This is how the learning process works.

What we did to start homeschooling our children was just select a syllabus from the best publisher around (as per our own choice). No special classroom was arranged; in fact, our living room served the purpose. Made a timetable for studying based on our availability. Also, set aside time every day and week for unschooling. Our children had compulsory one and a half playing hours daily, Islamic Studies teacher, and they also spent time learning online. So, we use many of these methods rolled up in one.

In this lies the beauty of homeschooling: it leaves a lot of room for creativity and uniqueness. If you find the school system too constrictive, one-dimensional, boring, and structured, homeschooling might be the right alternative for you.