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Would you like to know what drives me crazy? One of those sites about Christian homeschooling that shows you how perfect it is. I see site after site that shows it’s readers an unrealistic glimpse into the life of a homeschool family. Let me set the stage: You have a photo of the children sitting perfectly – [...] Most people come into homeschooling with a preconceived notion of an educational utopia. We imagine Mrs. Cleaver in her beautiful lace apron baking bread and children drinking a freshly juiced blend of carrots, celery and apples while reading, writing and smiling gleefully around the kitchen table. No wonder then that we are absolutely devastated when just [...] Imagine for a moment that you are making a quilt. You are collecting scraps of fabric in all different colors; these scraps represent the different areas of our lives. Perhaps they represent; home, work, housekeeping, friendships, hobbies, and so on. As you lay out all the pieces you see how some pieces work together and others [...] “reason, intelligence, logic, knowledge are not synonymous…,” Howard Gardner One of the main advantages of home schooling is your ability to tailor your child?s lessons towards his/her specific needs. There seems to be an endless amount of information pertaining to how a child learns. From Piaget to Glasser to Vygotsky, there is much debate as to how [...] Nature journals provide a one on one experience with nature. No matter what time of year, it has the ability to provide hands-on learning opportunities we are not soon to forget. These journals can be in any form you choose. They can be the starting point or inspiration for a lesson, or it can be [...] If you are anything like me, you might be wondering what qualifies you to teach your children. It was obvious that even a college education in early childhood studies did not give me the qualifications or confidence to teach my children. How was I to be sure I was teaching them what they needed, when they [...] If you are one of the millions of people who love to scrapbook or would like to give it a try, why not make it a part of your homeschooling? There is a never ending [...] A step by step guide to getting started More and more people are deciding to take the education of their children into their own hands. Home schooling potentially gives each child the opportunity to learn using the methods and pace which best suits his/her needs. As parents, we are our children?s first and most important teachers. [...] A unit study is an approach that focuses on a main theme, incorporating as many aspects and subject areas as possible. I?ve heard it referred to as a ?whole language? approach, but I feel it is more a ?whole child? approach. The actual unit study may last anywhere from one to three months or even [...] |
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