Home-School - A Family or a School? It seems like we are stuck with the term "home-school," but it really conveys the wrong idea. It makes us think that we are "doing school" at home. We aren't. All of life is education.
How to Train Your Child in Perseverance Training our home school children in perseverance is a worthwhile goal to pursue. Here are some specific ways we can teach and develop perseverance.
Homeschooling - Making Priorities Homeschooling - so much to do and so little time! How do we prioritize? What is essential in our lives? What do we consider most important and how do we prioritize these things?
How to Avoid Homeschool Burnout It is easy to see how homeschool burnout can happen and how we can be swayed by peer pressure from our homeschooling circles and from the community around us. But, how can we avoid burnout?
Language Arts Graphic Organizers are tools which can help an author choose a subject and gather their details before the writing begins and also during the whole writing process. They can be used as a strategy for teaching writing to help identify possible subjects, learn as much as possible about the subject, decide on an interesting point to expand upon and list factors which can be included and as a tool to design and organize the writing. They are wonderful tools for young writers and helpful in teaching children to write well. Read more...
How do you homeschool in high school? The greatest encouragement someone gave me when I was contemplating what high school home schooling looked like, was Its no different; you just keep going. Read more...
"The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both." Prov 20:12
No doubt we are eager to have children who pay attention, listen to our words (with their ears), and concentrate and give close study to the world around them (with their eyes). These are indeed senses given to us by God for these purposes....Read More Considering the Goals of Attentiveness.
I have some reservations about talking about being industrious. I do not want to leave you with the idea that you need to be busy - in fact, I am saying that I would want you and I to use our time in such a focussed way, that we have time for "being". Industriousness is all about how we use our time - stewardship of our time - using it in the best way possible....Read More Considering the Goal of Industriousness.
Here's one to send to those who love to bring up the "socialization myth"! Is five too soon to start school? by By Sean Coughlan
BBC News education reporter
"......Last year's teachers' conferences heard concerns that children were spending so little time with their own families that they were showing signs of aggression and de-socialisation, taking their behaviour from their peer group rather than absent adult role models....."
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Parents of toddlers and preschoolers often wonder what, if anything, should be the focus with their little ones....
Creating a Vision for Your Homeschool
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I've been homeschooling for many years, and when I ask most of my peers what the vision for their school is, I get slightly uncomfortable giggles or blank ...
Is Homeschooling Really the Problem?
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This was written in response to a post that had fears of homeschooling because even homeschooled children may hate school and consequently hate their teacher....
Beechick style homepreschooling
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This article was first posted by Susan on a chat loop and has been copied with permission.
Hello all, I read with interest the previous post about ...
This is one of the best science curriculums I've seen. They have a free sample of it online right now - definitely worth checking out.Click here to see it.
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