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Sometimes we find as educators, parents, and students that the established educational institutions and services that are in place do not always meet the needs of every child. Sometimes it takes “outside the box approaches” in order to bring necessary concepts/curriculum to individual learners. Some examples of highly effective supplemental/alternative education possibilities include:

1. Private Tutoring
2. Home Schooling
3. Educational Advocacy

PRIVATE TUTORING

Private in home tutoring is an excellent way to provide a child with the one-on-one individualized instruction that they may be needing. With growing class sizes nationwide and less individual attention available for each student many parents are looking to supplement their child’s education with a private in home tutor. There are many benefits to having a private tutor come to your house such as; convenient scheduling, customized instruction, increased confidence, and of course increased retention of curricular materials which will result in better grades. The results have proven time and time again that this form of supplemental education is well worth the money spent and it doesn’t cost as much as you might think.

HOME SCHOOLING

Given the reasons mentioned already about the changes taking place in our classes nationwide another popular and highly effective trend in alternative education is home schooling. Home schooling offers parents the unique opportunity to keep an extremely close watch on their child’s educational environment while in the comfort of their own home. There are many resources available to parents who want to home school their child, but may not have the time or resources to do so. Parents can hire private tutors / teachers to deliver curriculum that they aren’t comfortable with in order to enhance the home schooling experience. They can also have curriculum built for them that is tailor made to their child’s educational needs and the learning preferences of the family.

EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY

When problems arise in your child’s education and you feel that the proper educational services are not being delivered you may want to seek guidance from an educational advocate. An advocate is an expert in the educational process and is able to communicate with your child’s school to ensure that your child is receiving proper educational services. If issues arise in your child’s schooling an advocate has a tremendous amount of knowledge in regards to the educational process and can easily navigate the system to ensure that all the proper services are being used to ensure their academic success.

If you are considering starting a gift basket business as a home based business, I hope to give you direction in this article. I personally started my business from home, then operated a storefront gift basket store for 13 years, then went back to a home based business. For me, nothing can top starting work in pajamas, taking a lunch at home between errands, then taking a family break and working a few more hours at night in busy times without ever leaving the house. To me, being a homebody, having my gift basket business from home is a great match. I urge you to start a gift basket business as a home based business to save on operating costs then, if you are so inclined, progress to a storefront.

There are many steps to establishing yourself as a gift basket business in your local area and/or online. The first step is to choose a business name, register it at your local economic development office and get some business cards printed.

The second step in starting a gift basket business as a home based business is to plan out where in your home to put your setup. Whether you are starting out of your home in a spare bedroom or a garage, you will need to setup an area for your basket creation with extra room for holidays. An extra long table or two that you can pull out as necessary is fine. For your main setup area, you will want shelves to stack baskets, stuffing and basket accents as well as two counters or tables to work on. You will also need rolls above or under your work area to hold satin or wired ribbons, curling ribbon and a few types of cello. On your table, you will need a tool caddy with scissors, wire cutters, wire, glue gun and glue sticks and clear scotch tape as well as disinfectant spray and wipes. While I encourage you to get these basic supplies before starting up, I do not promote the senseless buying of a whole whack of products to put into your baskets before you have sales.

You will need to create yourself a portfolio so you will need to make a dozen or so mock baskets to showcase to potential customers. Keep in mind that to do this, you can reuse some of the content in one basket for another. For example, if you make a fruit basket, take a picture, then you can move the fruit to a larger basket, add gourmet items then take another picture. For the actual picture taking, make sure you setup an area with a neutral background so that your basket stands out and not the boxes of cereal at the back of your counter.