Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
“Together we have come to realize that the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.” ~ Ivan Illich
The following is a guest post by Donna Ashton of The Waldorf Connection.
You may have planned the weekly math lessons and science projects, but have you created some foundational goals as well?
When I look back, those years I outlined my intentions, it worked.
I like to separate my goals into three main categories:
Homeschool goals, Goals for each child, Goals for myself.
You may be doing individual goals for your children, but are you also looking at your homeschool as a whole?
Have you set intentions for you to learn and grow?
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Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of VitaFamiliae
As my children have grown, my needs in a homeschool planner have grown, too. Google Calendar is our family’s go-to for scheduling and I’ve used it successfully for several years for planning out our school work.
But when my boys were reading better and were beginning to work more independently, my needs changed a little.
Because we are a family addicted to Apple and Mac products, my choices were limited.
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Written by contributor Sarah Small of SmallWorld at Home
A note from Jamie: Now that we’re in the swing of another academic year, it’s helpful to remember the reasons why we’ve chosen this homeschooling lifestyle. Sarah sums it up so beautifully in this post, which originally published on August 12, 2011. Enjoy!
Where I live, the public schools begin in early August. Summer still—the hottest month of the year—and kids are sitting in slick chairs, pencils sharpened, new shoes still a little tight. I imagine a little boy just my son’s age watching a fat bee hover outside the window. He can’t hear it buzzing, of course, because the air conditioner drones at high speed, drowning out the sounds of bees and the smell of sunshine and dry grass.
“Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.” ~ David P. Gardner
