People learn things in different ways. Some learn by watching demonstrations. Some learn better with diagrams and charts. Still others learn best by getting in there and doing something. By understanding how our students learn best, we can present new…
There are all kinds of ways to remove the clutter around articles that you want to pass along to your students. You can “Send to Kindle,” put your browser in Reader View, or do the old-fashioned copy and paste. Let’s…
In a chapter titled “Thinking Skills” in her book A Biblical Home Education, Ruth Beechick explains that we don’t need a “thinking” class. Instead we want our children to apply critical thinking skills to every subject. She relates an anecdote…
We have updated our entire Bloom’s & Critical Thinking series. The purpose of the series is to provide ideas on how to incorporate critical thinking skills across the curriculum — all of the subjects, interests, and activities that our children…
We all want our children to think critically about the ideas they encounter. To help this along, we often add a “critical thinking” class to the other subjects we cover. While there is undoubtedly good that can come out of…
Modern education has a problem: it tends to teach children how to take tests, rather than how to think. Students who work a practice book before a test do in fact score better on the test. They play that game…
Whether your child ends up needing a college education to pursue his profession or not, you’ll appreciate this free college prep recommended reading list from Dr. James Stobaugh at For Such a Time as This. Like all reading lists, you’ll…
The Creating or Synthesis level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) reflects an output. A student understands how something works and uses or incorporates that information in creating a new idea. We often see this when our children build that better mousetrap — invent…
The Evaluating or Evaluation level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) reflects the ability to apply judgment, determine the value of something, or justify a position. A student understands how something works and is able to make decisions or recommendations. We often see this…
The Analyzing or Analysis level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) reflects the ability to break a whole into parts, to understand how the parts relate to one another or are organized; and additionally, to be able to see motives, causes, and understand inferences.…
The Applying or Application level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) reflects the ability to apply what has been learned, or to use the information learned in a new way. We often see this when we teach our children a new procedure for executing…
The Understanding or Comprehension level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) encompasses the ability to take in information, understand it, and be able to restate the information in our own words. Many homeschool moms already incorporate the Understanding or Comprehension tool of narration. (Some…
The Remembering or Knowledge level (Bloom’s Taxonomy) involves bringing to mind the information to be recalled. That’s it. Simple. Simple unless you have a difficult time remembering things, or the information to be remembered had little or no significance to…
Want to know a quick way to evaluate how much your child is learning? Where are they on the Bloom’s Taxonomy chart? Can they recall, describe, or tell? Can they state in their own words and explain? Can they apply…
The Beacon Lights of History is a 12-volume series written by John Lord in the late 1800s to early 1900s. If you are looking for a history spine written from a Christian perspective, you’ll find the Beacon Lights an excellent…
