How do we make the transition from school to homeschool?
Homeschoolers who have withdrawn a child from school often find a time of “deschooling” to be beneficial. The term “deschooling” or “refreshment” has come to mean the process of reawakening the child’s natural curiosity and interest in learning, by reducing or entirely removing enforced, coercive, and compulsory learning and formal academics. Visiting museums, traveling, playing games, reading aloud, and visiting the library are a few of the many fun and interesting deschooling activities your child might enjoy. This approach can help children “decompress” from any stresses of their previous learning experiences and begin to think about learning in a different way. The time recommended varies, but one recommendation is one month of deschooling for every year the children have been in school. Parents know their own children best, however, and different families will make different choices about this adjustment time.
