Resources for homeschooling precocious teenagers

There are many reasons why a family chooses to homeschool their child(ren). Perhaps their child is in show business, or their child has a disability that makes it difficult for them to attend school, or the family travels regularly. No matter the reason, the homeschool movement in the US is growing steadily. In fact, according to Columbia University education researcher Luis Herta, “homeschooling has grown about 30% in the last 10 years.”

Quite possibly the biggest area of growth in homeschooling is among high-school age students. Historically, it was common for parents to homeschool their children during their younger years, such as elementary school level, but when it came to the complex and demanding curriculum of a high-school level education, things got tricky, and so they would often send their teenager off to school. This is because parents didn’t have the resources at their fingertips that they do nowadays.

Thanks to the worldwide web and the wealth of information contained therein, parents now have greater access to quality resources to homeschool their teenage children. iTunes U (the iTunes “university” subcategory that groups all university lectures into one easy-to-find place) has helped tremendously. The most prestigious universities in the world, from Cambridge and Oxford to Harvard to Stanford, often post an entire course worth of lectures, allowing parents and their homeschooled teenagers to engage in high quality, thought-provoking material from diverse academic fields. What’s more, it’s at a higher level than what is being taught at regular high school across the nation, allowing the homeschooled students to excel beyond their peers.

Homeschool Tutors NYC

 If you’re looking for an extra level of academic stimulation, one of Big Apple Tutoring’s homeschool tutors NYC could be just what your precious child needs. Big Apple is one of the most sought-after private tutoring companies inManhattan.

Every tutor is hand-picked by Director Daniel C. Levine and must meet the highest standards not only of academic rigor, but of ability to teach and engage as well. Levine’s team of homeschool tutors NYC will give your homeschooled child adequately challenging material to ensure they’re performing well above their peers.

New York City – the Best Classroom for Homeschooled Children

Despite the name, “homeschooling” is not solely delivered within the confines of the family home, but rather out and about in the community. Many families and homeschool tutors NYC take advantage of the many museums and recreational activities available in the large and culturally bountiful metropolitan area, meaning “homeschool” learning can take place virtually anywhere.

Better yet, homeschooled children and their homeschool tutors NYC have more flexibility than traditional schools to attend cultural activities in the community, and because homeschooled children’s fieldtrips aren’t driven by the clock (as they often are in traditional schools), there is much more time to explore museums in greater depth. 

“As the number of home-schooling families grows, museum programs for them are springing up all over the country. Museums and the families are thrilled. It seems like a perfect match: treasure-filled institutions with an abundance of resources and slow, off-peak hours welcoming eager children with schedule flexibility,” writes Jill Caryl Weiner of the New York Times.

The close-knit team of dedicated tutors at Big Apple Tutoring, one of the most successful tutoring companies in NYC that offers exclusive private tutoring and homeschooling support, embrace the idea of learning from one’s surroundings, and the tutors often take to the streets of NYC to engage their students with the outside world. In the following video, Big Apple Tutoring Director Daniel Levine takes us through the city’s streets in search of tiny microorganisms. 

About five years ago, Big Apple Tutoring’s homeschool clientele began to increase. Because of unique family situations such as relocating to NYC, changing schools, and family travel, they found a huge demand for a home tutoring NYC and homeschool division. It is a given that if your homeschooled children spend time with Big Apple Tutoring’s homeschool tutors NYC, they will receive a flexible, creative, and affordable education that uses the streets, museums, and cultural institutions of NYC as the greatest classroom there is.