Join | Log in

Channel Button

Home > Education > Alternative Education > Homeschooling

Strategies for homeschooling children of different ages 12 Articles

  • 1 of 12

    by Summer Minor

    Homeschooling children of different ages can be challenging and fun, especially when you have preschoolers or toddlers in your home. It can seem near impossible to have the time to teach your older children one on one when...read more

  • 2 of 12

    by Rene Polvado

    At first, it may seem a daunting task to try to prepare curriculum for your children, especially if you have children with ample age differences. But, relax, it's really not difficult, and you don't need a degree to provid...read more

  • 3 of 12

    by Linda L Kinyon

    As a Home Schooling family with several different age groups we have a lot of different challenges in choosing things that all of the children can learn from. One of our favorites are board games. Once the children are old...read more

  • 4 of 12

    by Mary Pat Lynch

    Before public school, children grew up in a world filled with people of all ages. Taking care of the younger ones, working alongside parents, apprenticed to craftsmen and women, or learning at home, old and young helped ea...read more

  • 5 of 12

    by Lauri Jean Crowe

    Homeschooling children of different ages can be a snap if you remember your resources, and build on them. Parents new to homeschooling often forget their largest resource is their older children. Having already learned wha...read more

  • 6 of 12

    by Shamir Barnett

    One of the advantages of home schooling is the tight bond that can be created between parents, and children, and between siblings.This can however back fire if you are not sensitive to your children's needs.We all know tha...read more

  • 7 of 12

    by Sadonna Kimberly

    Home schooling different children in different grades can be as easy or hard as you want to make it. The first thing you need to realize is that most of the time they are all learning the same thing, the difference is that...read more

  • 8 of 12

    by Randa Morris

    Through-out the 17 years I have home-schooled my children, I have tried many different approaches, and developed strategies to ensure that each of my children recieved the best education I could give them. In there earl...read more

  • 9 of 12

    by Mary Paliescheskey

    Homeschooling more than one child can be extremely difficult. Providing lesson plans for two or three separate grade levels takes a huge amount of time. For example, a single homeschooling family with three children has th...read more

  • 10 of 12

    by Johnette Loefgren

    RETHINK the meaning of HOMESCHOOLING . Throw out the vision of children hunched over a desk for X amount of hours each day. The world is your classroom now.You are only limited by your own imagination.The strategy f...read more

  • 11 of 12

    by Alexa Payne

    I have two broad strategies for homeschooling my three children ages 8, 6 and 2. They are: 1. Divide and Conquer and 2. Unite and Conquer I'll do Unite and Conquer first because it is more fun and rewar...read more

  • 12 of 12

    by Andrew Min

    Homeschooling parents have a real hard time of it. After all, they don't just teach one grade. They teach many grades. How do you do it and not burn out? The first thing to do is to help your kids help themselves. I...read more

Helium Debate

Cast your vote!

Does tutoring in school work the same as mentoring?

Click for your side. Must be logged in.

Pulitzer Contest

Join Helium

87038

Featured Partner

Per Scholas

Per Scholas has partnered with Helium, giving you the chance to write for a cause. Browse Per Scholas' featured ...more

What is Helium? | User Guide | Community | Link to Helium | Privacy | User agreement | DMCA

Helium, Inc.
200 Brickstone Square Andover, MA 01810 USA