How To Socialize Your Homeschooled Child

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Your homeschooled child will have plenty of opportunities to interact with children their own age if you follow these tips.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A homeschool support group
Team sports
Academic competitions
Art or performing arts classes
Children's clubs
A library
Volunteer work
A teaching co-op
Summer camp

Step 1: Network with other homeschoolers

Search online to find a homeschool support group in your area, so your children can connect with other kids who are being taught at home, and you can connect with other parents.

Step 2: Get them involved in sports

Encourage your children to participate in local team sports. Not only will they meet other children their age, but studies show they will be less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol.

Step 3: Find academic competitions

Look for academic competitions your children might enjoy, like spelling and geography bees, math leagues, and science clubs.

Tip: Eta Sigma Alpha is an honor society for homeschoolers who are not eligible for membership in the National Honor Society.

Step 4: Involve them in the arts

Encourage them in the arts. Have them join a choir, take a dance class, participate in local theater, or sign up for art lessons.

Step 5: Enroll them in clubs

Enroll them in clubs, like the Boy or Girl Scouts, the 4-H Club, or a religious youth group. Check out the local library, which offers reading aloud events, as well as other classes.

Step 6: Urge them to volunteer

Urge them to volunteer their time at a local nursing home, hospital, soup kitchen, or animal shelter.

Step 7: Join a co-op

Form or join a teaching co-op with other parents who homeschool. Each parent agrees to teach their specialty to all the children, allowing the kids to study some subjects in a group setting.

Step 8: Send kids to summer camp

Send your children to summer camp. Both day and sleepover camp will provide your children with plenty of opportunities to make friends.

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[KittChiWolf]

I feel sorry for people who go to public school. O_o

(Including me XD)

[SpringLionCub]

@moonlady3000 Agreed. I'm happy with being homeschooled and the only thing public school has ever given me is a feeling of being more ignored and isolated than I feel now.

[The171310]

Your parents dont have to teach you if you want to be homeschooled. There is online classes you can take. Me and my friend are going to start next year.

[The2ndKrezzz3]

anyone can be taught 2 know facts...but knowing history, facts, and statistics that have no use 2 you as a adult in the world we live in now, is pointless. being able 2 socialize with many different people of different intelligence and agressive factors are the most usefull tool you can have. problem solving on a "people level" is way more important, and used more then "taught book knowledge". experience is the best teacher. home school is just parents tryna give the kids the answers 2 life asap

[KortneysAccount]

I rather be home schooled. Its hard for me to understand the teachers. But my parents work to much :\

[69brokendreams]

@MultiRump shutup i know people who are home educated and are doing fine infact some are more mature than the children at public school.

[lizzieo19]

I do not have a homeschool support group, I do not play team sports, I am not involved in any academic competitions, I am not in any art class of any sort, and I'm not part of a club. I don't do any volunteer work either. I have more friends than most of my public schooled friends.

[mamafranklin]

@Qsdd0 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make that mistake. Homeschooling 4 kids sucks up my time for re-reading my comments. I just like to look up homeschooling stuff on youtube for encouragement during lunch break.

[Qsdd0]

@mamafranklin Its send! Not sent! I hate that mistake so much.

[eEberlinsg]

I homeschool and I've never been able to join homeschooling groups or dance classes or summer camps or anything, but I'm socializing just fine.

[eEberlinsg]

I homeschool and I've never been able to join homeschooling groups or dance classes or summer camps or anything, but I'm socializing just fine.

[Blanfire]

You will need:

A computer with internet access

Skype

Step 1: Let your child make friends with strangers from the internet

Step 2: Your child is gone! Celebrate!

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