Home is where the school is


Homeschooling is breaking barriers and gaining acceptance in the city. Parents and students are opting this method to balance studies and passion

This is that time of the year when parents spend hours outside schools to get admission for their children for the next academic year. Before you go through the same grind, consider this new option. What is homeschooling? There are no extra classes, uniforms, one-size-fits-all syllabus or back-to-back model tests. Rather, the kids are given an option to sketch out their own schedule and choose their subjects. Parents are the teachers here and sometimes tutors are appointed. 

Beyond the conventional

Even before her son Aniruddha was born, Janhavi Rohit and her husband decided to homeschool him. “We wanted our kid to have a childhood. People send their kids to playschool way too early and it was depressing. Now my son is six-and - half-years-old and I have no regrets in teaching him at home,” says Janhavi, a journalist. Initially, Janhavi was apprehensive about teaching her son at home, especially when her neighbours raised a concern about his social skills. “I teach him lessons based on concepts. It is a combination of CBSE, State board and ICSE syllabus.

There are online websites to guide you on how to take your kids through worksheets to make sure that they are on the same level. I sent him for football coaching last year and exposed him to summer camps because basics get strengthened during this age,” she explains. Morning sessions are taken care by Janhavi and evening by her husband who teaches him Maths, Sanskrit, and Mahabharat. They plan to give him a holistic environment despite the limitations. ...Read more

 

Source web page:New Indian Express


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