Flexible

CHC understands that families wish to homeschool, not “bring school home.” This is why CHC does not charge tuition and enrollment fees or require families to submit grades and follow a prepackaged program of studies—a method which essentially turns homeschooling into long-distance membership in a brick-and-mortar school. CHC believes that parents should not have to get permission in order to tailor a curriculum to fit their children’s needs and talents. After all, how can an outside authority understand a child’s unique learning style, pace, and interests as well as his own mother and father?

An important part of CHC’s flexibility is the distinction between core and non-core subjects. Core subjects—the “basic essentials” of education, such as math, grammar, and science—are clearly labeled as such in CHC’s daily lesson plans, making it delightfully easy to trim the day’s schedule as needed. CHC’s flexible program allows non-core subjects, such as art and penmanship, to be returned to the schedule as time permits, without placing undue demands on the student or teacher in times of family “overload.”