Mary Resenbeck - Take Charge of Your Childs Education!

Welcome to the wonderful world of homeschooling.

In a few years, you will look back on your experience and you will see that it will have been one of your crowning achievements as a parent.

Youll have given your child a leg up on most other students that come out of the publicor even privateschool system.

Busting the Myths

Many people will direct certain statements at you to steer you clear from your choice to homeschool your child, but in reality, they are all myths. Well-meaning friends and family will tell you parents arent capable of teaching academic subjects correctly, colleges dont accept homeschoolers, or homeschooled children dont know how to socialize with their peers. Another misconception about homeschooling is that their parents cant adequately homeschool children with special needs. These statements are all incorrect.

During COVID-19, the world suddenly shifted to families homeschooling their children, and the school districts couldnt handle the sudden change because they werent equipped. They did not understand how to guide childrens education from home appropriately. The burden of education was on the parents, and teachers were left to swim in the unknown abyss of online learning, which frustrated many.

Parents role was often to make sure that the kids attended their online classes, that the computer equipment was working, and keep the kids motivated, which seemed impossible for many families. Their children were unhappy with the lack of connection, hands-on learning, and meaningful interaction. Some will argue that the pandemic was to blame, and educators will say learning from home is too hard, but the truth was the lack of purposeful organic homeschool direction.

If you picked up this book, its because you are considering homeschooling for your kids.

It may be because your child has what schools call a learning disability or simply because you are unhappy with the school system.

I understandIve been there.

Welcome to the world of The Resenbeck Maverick Homeschool Methods!

When I talk about maverick, I mean nontraditional, unconventional, unorthodox, and independent academic methods.

Think of Tom Cruise in Top Gun. He didnt follow the rules and did it his way. Thats why he was nicknamed Maverick.

And if youre considering homeschooling, then you are a maverick too. You are free to educate your children your way. After all, it is your child...

Plus, youre in great company!

A Legion of Millions

In 2021, the US Census Bureau (USCB) conducted a survey to determine how American families were managing the COVID-19 pandemic. The original intent of the survey was to determine whether family members still had jobs or were eating sufficiently and how children were faring in school.

That survey showed that the decision to homeschool had gone up dramatically.

According to the survey, 3.2 million parents were homeschooling their kids at the beginning of 2020. In 2021, that number had jumped to over 5 million.

That number represents families, but according to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), 75% of homeschooling families have more than one child.

They estimate that at least 8 million children are now being homeschooled.

Thats quite a community, and it keeps growing. In fact, in 2015 the NCES estimated that there were only about 5.8 million students in private schools.

You are not alone in considering homeschooling.

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Why I Wrote This Book

Many parents feel lost when its time to start homeschooling.

They feel unsure of themselves because they dont have a blueprint for it, and they feel like they wont know how to teach their kids.

Many parents feel like homeschooling is the right answer for their child, but they dont know where to start.

I wrote this book to give you a roadmap to successfully homeschool your child efficiently and effortlessly with stress-free methods. My goal is to help you create a plan to make homeschooling effective and fun for you, your child, and your entire family.

Your kids will have a better educational experience, and youll be able to homeschool without it consuming all your time.

You will not have to become a full-time educator, and you wont feel like youre flying blind.

Too many would-be homeschool parents give up before they even start because they surrender to homeschooling myths and dont embrace the freedom, independence, and different methodologies homeschooling offers. Unfortunately, many children get lost in public schools not designed for them; they lack the one-on-one attention they need. Therefore, homeschooling would be an appropriate choice for them and their family.

What happened during COVID-19 is not what homeschooling is supposed to represent. COVID-19 was crisis homeschooling.

Parents did not decide what to teach their kids, nor were they able to decide how to teach them.

Parents were at the mercy of whatever resources that their school and district made available to them.

Thats not homeschooling. Thats crisis management .

Homeschooling, done right, is a pleasurable and rewarding experience.

My goal is for you to see that homeschooling is a valid way to learn and something that your whole family will appreciate and take to heart.

By the end of this book, you will be ready to embark on this extraordinary lifelong Homeschooling path of Maverick Learning which gives parents the ability to take charge of their childs education skillfully.

Section 1

Many advantages come with homeschooling, and the benefits might surprise you. Privately, homeschooling frees you to choose the right curriculum for your childs individualized learning style and provides:

• Personalized educational attention,
• Liberation of your childs mind,
• A stress-free, self-directed, enthusiastic learning environment.