Written by Donna Ashton of The Waldorf Connection Waldorf is a living, breathing form of education that Rudolph Steiner, its founder, wanted to provide as an antidote to modern times. Waldorf honors the whole child – body, mind and spirit – through music, arts, handwork, sculpture, stories and …
methods & philosophies
Learning to read without books: Supporting your dyslexic homeschooler
Written by Shawna Wingert of Not the Former Things. My youngest son is nine years old. He is technically in the third grade. He loves animals, building structures in the woods, and jumping on our trampoline as often as possible. He can do complex math in his head, and knows more about Ancient …
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And then they hated math: My journey into unschooling
Written by contributor Amida of Journey Into Unschooling I remember the first time I called myself an unschooler. I had just read John Holt’s Teach Your Own and was impressed with his vision of an alternative educational style in which children were encouraged to learn outside of school. He saw …
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The lazy girl’s guide to home education
Written by contributor Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane A big forest behind our house, lots of free time to read, a garden, science fairs, a playhouse, maps on the wall, Legos, an old piano, sketch books, almost no TV, and a library card. These were the key components of my homeschool …
3 kids, 3 journeys to reading
Jamie C. Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool, also blogs about motherhood at Steady Mom Learning to read. It's a big deal, isn't it? I know it often feels HUGE to us as homeschooling parents. It's kind of the first thing we don't want to mess up, ya know? But in our eagerness to prove …