How Children Learn by John Holt ~ Review
How to use the works of John Holt for your child. Review of How Children Learn
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Summer School for Mom: Tour the Homeschool Methods
A quick tour of the more recognized homeschooling methods, and ideas that can be pulled from each to form your own educational approach.
“Classical Education for Christians”
“Classical Education for Christians” is an article written by Doug Wilson that originally appeared in Practical Homeschooling Magazine way back in 1993. Despite its date, the principles in the article are still true — and in need of review —…
Home Education Series by Charlotte Mason {Free eBooks}
While there are several guides and other contemporary writings that draw from Charlotte Mason’s works, none will give you a better idea of how to implement her ideas in your home than reading the original works yourself. If you are…
The Purist
Perhaps you have come across a purist. Perhaps it was a classical education purist, or a Charlotte Mason purist. Or perhaps it was a more specific purist — a Well-Trained Mind purist, or an Ambleside Online purist. There are Traditional…
“Practicing Controlled Creativity” — Delight-Directed
Five tips for continuing to guide and prepare our children while allowing them to develop their interests.
Forsaking Our Idols
Life is so much easier when we can fit things into nice tidy boxes. We observe other homeschool moms in action and we categorize them: soccer mom, unschooler, crunchy con, classical ed mom, …
Once we’ve gotten everybody into their nice boxes we pretty much already have an idea of which group we’d prefer to identify with based upon our impressions of the contents of each box.
Searching for the Right Homeschooling Approach
Each method has its strengths and weaknesses, points of confusion, advocates and detractors. So how do you decide between them?
Making the Case for Educating Ourselves
It may be better to begin at the beginning — defining what we mean by "education" and determining what we want to accomplish.