This homeschooling journey is shared by a mom who is homeschooling her only child.
This website is a clearing house of resources, gathered to help those with one student on their homeschooling journey, as well as the new homeschooler.
This blog chronicles the joys of raising and homeschooling an only son.
This list is dedicated to families homeschooling only-children. These families have unique socialization issues and must often be super-creative in their solutions. Join this list if you are homeschooling a wonderful Only.
Homeschooling families with singletons have issues that are very unique. Join in to offer support and encouragement to other single child homeschooling families.
Homeschooling is challenging for multiple reasons. But overall, an only child family is the perfect scenario for homeschooling. If you look back in history, one-on-one tutoring was the preferred method of education. so while there are minor disadvantages, the advantages far outweigh them.
The Parents Review was a magazine that was sent to parents and teachers of Charlotte Mason's schools and correspondence-type homeschools between about 1890 and 1920. This article, by Clement Parsons, was written in 1901. It does contain some interesting ideas about raising an only child, although many concepts will be dismissed as out-of-touch with contemporary thought on the issue. Thus, it should be read in the context of its time.
This is a safe place for Christian families to share their hopes, joys, concerns and prayer requests as they homeschool an only child
"Only" children lack even the fellowship of siblings; therefore, especially if they have a very social personality, friendships must be found outside the home. For better or worse, traditional school is where many children make their friends, an option obviously closed to homeschoolers.
This lovely blog chronicles the journey of a grandmother homeschooling a single granddaughter.
CM for One (CMfor1) is a message board for families home educating an only child and using the Charlotte Mason Method.
While the social needs of the "only" are important, there is more to homeschooling an "only" child than connecting with friends.
This blog shares the experience of homeschooling an only child.
When most people think of homeschooling, they automatically think of a large family. A family with at least five or six kids and a mom in a denim jumpsuit that has everything organized like a well oiled machine. While that stereotype still exists in some families, homeschoolers come in all shapes and sizes including a large number of families who now homeschool an only child.
Marcy shares her life with her son Ben, an adopted only child, who she is homeschooling.
We all know that homeschooling has its advantages. But is homeschooling an only detrimental to your child’s development? I shared many challenges of homeschooling an only child as well as socialization ideas for homeschooling onlies. However, the advantages of homeschooling just one far outweigh the obstacles you have to overcome.
This article is meant to encourage those who are homeschooling an only child as they go forward in their homeschool journey.
Rhonda Clark blogs about life homeschooling an only child.