Do you want more for your child's education?
Would you like to help your church start their own school?
Perhaps microschool is for you!
This video provides a discussion about Homeschool Companion's instructions
on starting a microschool for your church, neighborhood, or family.
Click here to download a flip book on Microschools
The following links provide more on the subject of microschools.
Contact us for additional information.
The National Microschooling Center:
What Future Microschools May Look Like
The Ultimate Guide to Microschools
State-Specific Legal Requirements
Accreditation, Registration, Licensing, and Approval
How to Establish Your Microschool
A complete curriculum for microschools is the same core subjects taught in other schools. However, the approach to teaching these subjects is quite different. Microschool teachers can guide students through these subjects with more in-depth hands-on involvement, giving them extra time if needed (or allowing them to press forward once a skill is mastered). These different subjects are often taught in an integrated way. For example, teachers may combine math, science, and even English skills into one lesson. This integrated approach focuses on real-world applications. Real-world applications include a focus on integrating digital tools and lessons. Microschools often place a higher position on students’ social and emotional needs, including daily activities for movement and mindfulness.
1. Child-Centered Models:
A child-centered educational approach uses scientific observations of children. These schools emphasize independence, hands-on learning, and collaborative play. Children who thrive in self-directed, exploratory learning environments do best with this model.
2. Democratic Type Models:
Students in these schools have complete autonomy over their education and participate in school governance. This environment suits children who prefer self-directed learning and value freedom and responsibility.
3. Outdoor Models:
Outdoor, nature-based education encourages children to learn through exploration and hands-on experiences in natural settings. They are becoming increasingly popular and meet the growing outdoor, experiential education demand.
4. Science-Lab Models:
These self-paced science lab schools deliver education through the lens of science. Students complete hands-on experiments daily during the academic year!
5. Unschooling Models:
A learner-centered approach to education involves no formal curriculum or schooling. A child’s interests drive education and benefit the curious, self-motivated children who learn best through real-life experiences.
6. Travel Models:
The travel schooling philosophy encourages families to use travel and global experiences as the primary learning method. It benefits children and families who seek a culturally rich, experiential education outside of traditional classroom settings.
7. Adaptive Game-Based Models:
These models use Socratic discussions, real-world projects, and life-changing apprenticeships. Their approach is learner-driven, focusing on helping students become self-sufficient and resilient.
1. Is this program a private school, or will I need to register as a homeschooler?
The answer depends on your area's laws and the preference of the microschool leader.
2. What is your philosophy?
Microschools vary from classical to personalized.
Know what you’re looking for before asking.
3. How do you measure success?
The microschool should have a plan to assess learning.
4. What is the range of learner grade and ability levels?
Ask if some of your child’s peers will be learning to read while others are reading to learn. Older kids may be expected to teach younger kids. This is an excellent plan.
5. What is the retention rate?
Are parents leaving? How much turnover is expected?
Families often see each other leaving the traditional system for new education models
to prepare kids for a rapidly changing future.
To lie in the sand, climb trees, and have room to run and places to hide,
to see the sky and feel the breeze. To touch animals, to scream.
To notice small creatures. To listen instead of contribute, watch water, and stare.
To admire others’ work. To be uninterrupted
To be dressed to learn, to be unhurried, to have teeth and hair brushed,
to have dignity in their appearance, and to take pride in self-care.
To be heard, to be cared for when hurt, to be given the time to be sad and the time to help others.
To be free from video games, iPhones, and iPads. To limit television and film to less than seven hours per week, to view stories that contribute to knowledge, kindness, and humor.
To experience all kinds of weather. To scrape knees, to play in mud, feel rain on their face, snowflakes on their tongue, and cold on their hands.
To experience the unknown. To seek answers, to be unrestricted by grown-up parameters,
to see the stars.
To hear all points of view perhaps not aligned with their own, to work towards a common understanding, to voice their opinions, and to accept feedback.
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