1. Immediacy learn right now!
If you wanted, you could stop reading this blog post, make around four or five more clicks with your mouse and you’d have your child learning online.
Of course, you might want to take more care and caution depending on the opportunity, and not rush into paying for something that’s not a great fit, but the point stands online learning is something your child can jump into this second.
2. Variety of offerings.
A large benefit of in-person classroom learning is structure; with much of that structure based on the fact that the same courses are offered throughout the year, and year after year. Math, history, science; you get it.
But the drawback? It’s a bit inflexible and difficult to introduce new, specific, and relevant teachings.
3. Suits a variety of learning styles.
Every student can learn, they just learn differently. Some thrive in the classroom, while others have trouble paying attention in class and do better on their own or in small groups. Some by the book, others through video...and others who need a little bit of it all!
Online learning caters to any and all of these different learning styles.
4. Comfort.
This benefit is much like that of the above, so I won’t go into too much detail, but the learning atmosphere could make a difference too.
The comfort of home has a way of just making things better, right? Others might prefer the buzz of a coffee shop or the calm of the park next to their house. Basically anywhere wifi can reach could provide a comfortable learning scenario.
5. Self-pacing.
Some days a child could be invigorated and inspired to learn, but others could present quite the challenge. With most online learning options, kids and teens can put in as much or as little time as they want.
For you as the parent, you’re probably hoping they can spend at least a couple of hours learning throughout the day. Or, maybe not, and would prefer they only spend an hour of learning through a screen in the morning, and maybe another in the afternoon.