Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
As a child, I would sit in a chair and look at my grandfather’s world globe for what seemed like hours at a time. Feeling the bumps of mountains. Reading the names of each country. Plotting a course across the ocean. What is it like to live there? How does it feel to swim in those waters? Would …
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Last week we explored four educational methods--giving a brief overview of each and providing links for further research. So many methods exist that we could go on and on (& on!). For today, let's cover five more and what they look like from a homeschooler's perspective. 1. The Classical …
My kids love building miniature houses. I think most children their age share this same interest. Colorful Lego castles, cardboard Victorian mansions, popsicle stick cabins--our living room floor has seen them all. Homeschooling families have something in common with these structures my children …
Today let's talk about what we should read to our little ones. With thousands of children's books published each year, choosing can feel overwhelming. Poor quality literature may entertain, but it's also mind-numbing. High quality literature is thought-provoking as well as entertaining. It …
Last week I began a series about reading aloud to children. In my first post I wrote about why we should read to our children. This week I want to discuss where we should read to our little people. Where we read to them? Does it matter -- isn't the sofa a good spot? Yes, of course. In our house …
