Homeschooling tips and pathways

The great challenge of teaching lies in motivating both the student and the teacher. Parent-learners are encouraged to come up with ideas to capture their children’s attention, stimulate their learning and whet their appetite for knowledge. In this way, they’ll develop a sense of self-efficacy and become more attentive and involved during lessons. Here are a few tips to vary the monotony of office work. As a parent, you can :

• Subscribe your child to educational magazines for young people.
  consult public cultural, scientific, governmental, educational and television resource sites that offer free information and activities;
• go on field trips with your child (aquarium, science museum, etc.)
• go to the library

Here are the compulsory tests:
Grade 4, primary: French, language of instruction (reading and writing) ;
Grade 6, elementary: French, language of instruction, or English Language Arts (reading and writing) and mathematics;
Secondary 2: French, language of instruction (writing).

And the unique tests:
Secondary 4: – Mathematics, Natural Sciences sequence, or Technico-sciences or Culture, society and technology; – Science and technology or Technological and scientific applications; – History of Quebec and Canada;
Secondary 5: – French, language of instruction, or English Language Arts; – English, second language (basic or enriched program), or French, second language (basic or enriched program).