Choosing to school your child at home is a great idea for both you as well as your child, however you have to understand that it is no small thing. It is a great responsibility, as you have placed their education as well as their future in your hands. You won\’t just be the teacher, you\’ll have to keep track of every single thing that happens, and that includes the amount of time spent in the classroom. You\’ll also need to keep track of attendance, things they\’ve done, and many more things. This is a lot of work however, so wouldn\’t it be just great if there was something to do it all for you? Guess what? There is! There are many different homeschool software packages available and they will keep track of everything, in addition to a schedule tailored to your needs. But there are so many out there, which do you choose?

We\’ll increase the steps to take to ensure renaissance learning here in part II of II. In the first segment of this installment we looked into peer to peer and global socialization needs of the home schooled child and some ways we might ensure we get this socialization. Then we looked at the concept of learning from different environments, getting out of the house and exposing the home school student to experiential learning in the world we live.