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9 Ways to Help Your Homeschool Student Succeed in Their Online Classes

The teachers of our online homeschool classes are committed to delivering an excellent online learning experience for your student. Below they share some must-know tips to help your homeschool student succeed in their online classes.

1. Online learning provides many opportunities to develop time management skills. It is a skill that sets employees of all levels apart from others. Offer two time management strategies to your student at the beginning of the year, and allow them to choose one and use it. Encourage your student to find one that fits their learning and operating styles. If it doesn’t work for them, discard it and try the next one. Ownership and natural consequences are fundamental to successful self-governance.
2. Choose your online classes well. You want teachers committed to inspiring and helping your children. You want teachers who connect your child’s schoolwork with their faith in Christ.
3. Help your child hit the ground running when the school year starts. Have the required texts and materials on hand, go to the open houses, get to know the teachers, and be sure that you and your child are clear from the start about what they require.
4. Trust the Lord to help you and your children through the school year. Embrace for yourself and teach your children the truth that the Lord loves you and wants to help you through every subject, every challenge. Teach your children to see every bit of their schoolwork as part of their walk with Him. When we work faithfully, we honor Him. Asking for His help when they are struggling is a way to learn to trust Him more with every part of their lives.  Asking for His forgiveness and help to do better when they have not worked faithfully is a way for them to experience His grace.
5. Create a quiet, well-lit environment for online classes, free of visual, physical, and competing technological distractions.
6. Help your student stay on course with the online class syllabus/schedule. It’s easy for online students to get caught up in their schedules; they forget to honor the course schedule for their online class. Students should add their online class time and assignments to their planners.
7. Students should break the weekly assignments into five parts. Do one part a day. Diving up the work will ensure they are doing the subject every day. Plus, this helps students get their assignments completed and turned in on time.
8. Using headphones and being directly connected to the router will give the student the best possible experience with the least glitches, allowing them to engage and benefit fully during class.
9. As a parent, you need to be involved in your child’s online classes. Make sure to check up on them often to see if your child is completing their homework, attending class, and turning in their assignments. Check-in with them at least weekly, but monthly may be sufficient for you.