How to Get Public School System Assistance with Homeschooling

With an explosion in the number of children being homeschooled, the public schools are helping provide educational resources to homeschoolers by offering public school partnerships or alternative learning programs. Follow these steps to find out how to get the public school system to help you homeschool your elementary schooler.

Instructions

1. Search online for public school systems in your area.

2. Contact local public schools and ask if they provide homeschool learning programs.

3. Order a home school curriculum for your child from the school. Public schools provide materials like books, reference materials, test papers, and other necessary reading material, that would correspond to the grade level of your elementary schooler.

4. Take full advantage of the public school program by making required arrangements to drop off your child at the school to use computer lab or library.

5. Enroll your child in rotating classes held in these schools for math, science, computer, craftwork and robotics that are designed to meet your child's specific needs.

6. Go with your child to the homeschool learning programs in these public schools and learn with your child. Sit with your child to see if she is given personal attention.

7. Keep in touch with the teachers of the public school so that you can contact them if you're having questions or problems while homeschooling your child.

Tips & Warnings

• Try and get acquainted with the parents of other homeschoolers who have joined the public school's program. This will help you get more information about resources available in your area for homeschoolers.