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Teaching your Child at Home Some parents do choose to home educate their child or children for various reasons. They may feel they can provide a better standard of one-to-one education or may themselves have been home educated and experienced the benefits. When making this important decision there are key issues that need to be considered such as:
If you have answered 'yes' to most of these questions then perhaps home educating is something you want to consider further. You should also consider if financially home education is a viable option with all teaching materials and resources having to be provided by yourself. What are you required to teach your child? Government guidelines suggest you offer you child experiences to develop their
At Key Stage One (ages 3-7) in UK schools your child would be working towards the requirements of the Foundation Phase (Wales) or Foundation Stage (England) Skills based Curriculum. The areas in this document require the development of the skills outlined above. If you do decide to home educate your child, some parents decide to write an annual report on their child, but this is not compulsory. It is a requirement by the local education authority that the home educators provide an education that is age appropriate and effective, whilst catering for any additional or special educational needs.
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