Home Schooling: Some Thoughts

During this pandemic, many are toying with idea of homeschooling so thought of jotting down my own idea of home schooling. Here are some of my ideas of homeschooling, you may modify them as per your beliefs:

1. engage kids in drawing /painting, Internet offers many ways 
2. ask kids to enolve themselves in paper kraft, etc.
3. teach them prayers/mantras/shlokas and their meaning
4. discuss spirituality with kids so they become human, not just salary-earning robots
5. Watch Ramayan/Mahabharat with kids and discuss it with kids, they will lean humanity, spirituality, history
6. get kids to practice yoga, pranayam and meditation daily. This is going to be the most important skills for professionals in this new world
7. Watch Historical TV series/Movies, kids will learn history, no need to force them to read books,
8. read stories and then recite to kids every day
9. involve kids in every house chore that you do at home, so they become independent.
10. behave with them as you want them to behave with you, kids don't leant being taught, they learn by observing
11. leave them free some times every day/week and let them do what they wish to do
12. encourage them to learn a new language , internet helps in it
13. let them make mistakes, don't ever shout at them for mistake , instead help them understand why they made mistakes, what they can learn from them, how they should avoid same mistakes again. Making mistakes is way to grow...
14. take kids on tour, not to malls, but to museum, historical places,
15. watch great YouTube videos on science, technology, etc. Based on kids' interests....
16. Most important of all, as parent envolve yourself in each of these acts, don't just tell kids to do this/that and you watch your favorite TV or gossip. Parenting is job where we have to forget ourselves.
17. Above all, have a discipline for kids, not in haphzard manner. Discipline is the most important.
18. Homeschooling is success only if parents are fully commtted to it. And parents themselves have to be student and be willing to learn...

These are only few ideas, please add more....