What Is A Secular Homeschool Curriculum?

A secular home school curriculum is one that does not employ religion in the teachings.  While most people have a conception that all parents who home school their children are religious fanatics who want to make sure that their religious dogma is drummed into their child’s head, this is not the case.  More and more secular individuals are choosing to home school their children.  As a result, there is a need for a solid secular home school curriculum.

The secular home school curriculum is parallel to the average public school curriculum.  Public schools are very careful not to instill any religious values in the classroom.  This has been the matter of public debate for decades and is actually one of the reasons why the home schooling movement became such a force.  While home schooling was traditionally thought to be a religious movement, secular home schooling had taken a large place in the educational system.

Anyone who wants to follow a secular home school curriculum can use the same type of textbooks that are used in the school system.  In some cases, a school may be able to provide the parent with the proper books.  A student who is on a secular home school curriculum will have to take standardized tests periodically to insure that they are learning properly.  This is true in the case of any type of home schooling.  

Because there is not much difference between a secular home school curriculum and a pubic school education, many people wonder why anyone would want to take the trouble to educate their children at home when they can send them to school, for which they are paying tax dollars.  There are a variety of different answers to this question.  Once reason why parents choose to adhere to a secular home school curriculum is because their child has learning disabilities that prevent him or her from learning properly in a traditional school setting.  Despite the fact that many school districts are addressing the issue of children with learning disabilities, many parents do not like the idea of their child being singled out for special education.  They feel that this will target the child for bullies and sadly, in some cases they are right.  For this reason, many special needs children, particularly those who have learning disabilities, are educated in a home school curriculum.  

Another reason why a parent might opt to home school a child is because the child is unable to attend school.  If a child has been involved in an accident or has been seriously ill, a parent may not want the child to fall behind in school and may take it upon his or her self to home school their child while they are unable to attend school.  This often allows the child to stay with the rest of their class, despite missing time from school due to accident or illness.  

A child who has been expelled from school for disciplinary measures may have no choice but to adhere to a secular home school curriculum.  In such cases, the child is often in high school and the curriculum is short lived.  A child in such a case will get taught the lessons that he or she needs to graduate high school and then take a high school general equivalency test in order to graduate high school.  

Young women who become pregnant in high school also often opt for home schooling.  Despite the fact that unwed pregnancies are much more common and accepted in society today, some young women feel that they would rather stay at home and finish their education.  After the birth of their child , it may become necessary for a young woman to finish her education at home following a secular home school curriculum.  This will enable the young woman to complete her education and ready herself for college.  

There are many different reasons why parents choose to home school their children.  Following a secular home school curriculum has become very common among home schooling parents during the past few years.