Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and blogger at Steady Mom
When we begin our homeschooling journey, we so desperately want to do things “right.” We want to use the right materials, books, curricula, and get the “right” results from our little ones.
It was with these thoughts and intentions in mind that I first came across the word “twaddle” — a word I’d never heard before my venture into home education began.
Written by contributor Kris of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers
Though we’re not always consistent with including it, nature study is one of our favorite ways to spend some of our homeschool day.
It’s fun, relaxing, interest-led learning in a real-world, hands-on environment.
Following are five tips for making nature study an anticipated part of your family’s education (because you’ll be learning, too, Mom):
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Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY
Ages of my children: 12, 10, and 8
Educational Philosophies I pull from: Leadership Education, Literature-Based, Charlotte Mason, Unschooling
When Jamie first proposed this series I thought, “That will be easy to write. We don’t use much.”
Then I saw all the questions from the introductory post and realized I might actually have something useful to say.
A few of your comments jumped out at me:
I can answer these because of our own eclectic and interest-led elementary homeschooling experience.
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom
A note from Jamie: This month on Simple Homeschool, one of our themes is educational philosophy. So it seems like a good time to revisit this post, originally published on February 15, 2010. You can also check out the second part of the post for further reading.
When I first started to research homeschooling, I didn’t even realize there was more than one way to “do” education. Growing up in the traditional system, like most of us, I assumed that homeschooling meant duplicating the system at home.
Imagine my surprise (& joy) as I discovered the plethora of educational methods and philosophies out there. That’s when I realized how amazing a home education could be–so many possibilities and options existed that could be tailored for each child!
The downside of having so many choices is wading your way through all the information. If you’ve recently felt overwhelmed by all that’s out there, today’s post is just what you need.
Here’s an overview of four educational philosophies to get you started.
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom
I wished I hadn’t shown up that day. But God knew better.
The late summer sun spun rainbows through the window of my minivan, as I sat in the parking lot of a church–journal and pen in hand. I had just attended my second homeschooling conference, and was completely freaked out.
Without knowing it, I had registered for a conference on unschooling–a term I had never heard before that day.
I wasn’t sure I ever wanted to hear it again.
What do you mean, children don’t need to be taught? How will they learn otherwise?
So before heading home, I took deep breaths and tried to make sense of this new information. Tried to rationalize it away with ink and words on paper.
If only I could go back and tell myself what I know now.
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