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Continue Reading“Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they spent twelve years raising their hand for permission to go to the bathroom.”
– from The Year of Learning Dangerously by Quinn Cummings
1 inspiring quote + 2 pro-homeschooler tips + 3 can’t-miss resources =
the 5-minute coffee companion you can’t start your homeschool day without.
Continue Reading“Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist.”
– from Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto
Ever have the unsettling feeling that you’re doing this homeschooling thing by the seat of your pants? That’s only one of the many reasons why making a long-term homeschooling plan is well worth your time.
Some of the benefits of having even a sketch of a plan are:
If you want to know that you have got it all under control . . . if you want to lift the shroud of mist over the homeschooling years ahead . . . you need a plan.
Simply put, a philosophy is “a particular system of thought”. Your philosophy on a topic is just your beliefs and assumptions about it. In this case, your homeschooling philosophy is your knowledge and beliefs about things like: how children, in general, learn best, how your particular child learns best, how her educational needs will change as she develops, and what specific knowledge you want your child to acquire.
When someone asks you why you made a particular educational choice or suggests you use a certain curriculum, your philosophy is the basis for your reply to them. It underpins all of the thousands of choices you will make as a homeschooling parent. And you will make those choices more quickly and easily if you have a clearly defined philosophy. It will give you a map to navigate homeschooling for the years ahead. Not having one is being tossed by the waves and guessing which direction to go.Continue Reading
