Celebrity mothers Bettinna Carlos, Cheska Garcia-Kramer, and Rica Peralejo-Bonifacio have all decided to skip traditional education and homeschool their children. The three mothers have shared on their Instagram accounts their family’s big decision to take the education of their children right into their own hands.
In homeschooling, the parents will be the main educator of their kids. Instead of letting your kids attend traditional schools (traditional, progressive, Montessori, etc.) as practiced by most families, the kids will have their education at home and other possible venues with their parents as their teachers. Homeschooling though does not limit the kids at ‘home’ as the term implies. In contrary, children can have more time to learn about other things that are not solely limited to academics.
Bettinna Carlos has been consistently sharing photos of her daughter having her daily devotion. According to Bettinna, her daughter’s daily devotion does not only develop her daughter’s spiritual relationship with God, but it’s also a way to develop reading comprehension, practice writing, learn history, and expand her vocabulary. This is one of the unique characteristics of homeschooling — you can customize your children’s way of learning according to their interests and merge different concepts or lessons into one fruitful activity.
In the same way, the nature-loving Rica Peralejo-Bonifacio can also teach her son different things about nature, geography, and other things when they go outdoors. If her son would enroll in a traditional school, they would have limited time to go out to experience nature. Now because of homeschooling, they can bring their scheduled lessons wherever they go and even go further by learning spontaneously about the different things or situations that they would encounter outdoors.
Cheska Garcia-Kramer, mom of three, shared how she rearranged her husband’s office to also serve as their kid’s classroom. Their three adorable kids will be each other’s classmates, thereby strengthening sibling relationship. Since homeschooled children will spend a lot of time with parents and siblings, there is a very big opportunity to impart values and strengthen family relations.
Homeschooling is a very big decision. On top of your usual parenting responsibility, you also take the responsibility of helping your kids in their education. In homeschooling, you do not only teach your kids academically, but you also help them build character, learn values, and you also contribute to the strengthening of their faith. Homeschooling may seem difficult, but a dedicated parent can surpass any difficulty in exchange for having kids with strong character, values, and faith.
Sources: Bettinna Carlos’ Instagram, Rica Peralejo-Bonifacio’s Instagram, Cheska Garcia-Kramer’s Instagram
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