Service Learning Pt. 2
By Mimi Rothschild
On today’s post about service learning, we’ll discuss ways to engage your homeschooler in service to the community while simultaneously beefing up those college applications.
Personalize the volunteering experience. If your child is interested in construction, tools, and working with his or her hands, you can get the child involved in a Habitat for Humanity project. There are countless volunteer organizations that are dedicated to building or rebuilding houses for the poor. Many college-level engineering programs encourage service learning for students to obtain hands-on work experience.
If your child is comfortable working in the kitchen, perhaps he or she would enjoy working in a soup kitchen, homeless shelter, or community cafeteria.
Older children interested in teaching or social work can find many outlets for volunteer work. Volunteer at a community daycare program or after-school counseling center.
Homeschoolers interested in preserving the environment can volunteer for community clean-up days, plant trees, and more.
If your child is interested in pursuing a career in full-time ministry, there are lots of options. The homeschooler can help set up on Sunday mornings, run a projector, or help out in the nursery.
Homeschoolers should look always for ways to learn and build on their inherent interests when volunteering. The primary focus should be to serve, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be mutual benefit.
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