A pair of researchers, Harriet Pattison and Alan Thomas, are conducting a survey on how children learn to read at home. From the site: ‘In “How Children Learn at Home” we concentrated on how children learn school subjects informally at home. Our aim was to build up a general picture of learning at home. This [...]
I wanted to pop in and share a great article I ran into today on raising kids to really be successful and not just follow others: Raising Kids with a Wild Streak. Definitely a great read.
As unschoolers, we like to let our kids follow their interests and develop their giftedness. We let them explore and discover, and we offer suggestions and guidance. And once in awhile I feel like it’s time to have some concentrated, directed, purposeful education going on. That’s what this post is all about. This is a [...]
January 26, 2009 – 4:43 pm
A few people have asked me about dealing with resistance from kids. We all face it, and it’s not fun. Dealing with a bad attitude or a straight out “NO!” is really a relationship issue. What do you expect from your kids and how much do you respect their opinions? How much do they respect [...]
December 19, 2008 – 11:38 pm
First, for those who don’t know the above is an xkcd comic. Perl is a programming language with many uses. The comic reminded me of my husband and got me thinking about the really important things and the things that are not so important. As most of you know my husband is a self taught [...]
December 12, 2008 – 2:43 am
This is all you need to know: WRITING IS NOT HARD. Writing is communicating. If you can think, you can write. So why do home schoolers spend so much money on writing curriculum and give writing assignments starting in first grade and worry that their kids don’t write enough? Probably because the home schooling parent [...]
November 18, 2008 – 10:20 pm
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is the facilitating of that passion to learn, to build and to creatively express ones self; that desire to grow and to become something great that’s within us all, my own children specifically, manifesting itself in so many various talents. As a parent and my children’s primary [...]
By Beth
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Also posted in Day in the Life, Encouragement, How They Learn, Personality, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids
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Tagged delight-directed learning, eclectic homeschooling, education, inspiration, Unschooling
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November 17, 2008 – 9:34 pm
When I began to homeschool I tried the classical Christian approach and thought that every single day I needed to teach my Kindergartner Bible Math Reading and Art That didn’t seem too bad and I actually really enjoyed it! (Except for the fact that W wasn’t anywhere near ready for reading at age 5!) But [...]
November 12, 2008 – 6:31 pm
My son Peter graduated from our home school last Spring. This post was originally written in early October 2008: Peter has completed one week of college classes. I’m very interested in his observations and experiences as a teenager who was allowed to follow his interests at his own pace in highschool. How does he adjust [...]
November 10, 2008 – 10:45 am
Recently at our monthly home school meeting there was a discussion panel on styles of home schooling and different curriculum used. There were 4 mom’s on the panel. One (L) was to talk about being fully aligned with the Province, one (J) was to talk about using a specific curriculum, another (C) about traditional home [...]
