Homeschooling

Whistle while you work!

HOMESCHOOLING We have homeschooled our seven children (aged 14 years to 15 months), from birth.  We have used various methods over the years.  From beginning with traditional textbooks we then learned about the Charlotte Mason method, and began using more "living" books, with an emphasis on reading aloud.  We have recently adopted some of the suggestions in the book "A Thomas Jefferson Education".  It is our goal to raise children who have the necessary skills and ability to think for themselves - or to know "how to think".  The aim of our education is not merely academic, but to equip our children for every facet of life.  The three areas of education are: Skills Knowledge Character All "curriculum", books, activities, discussions, unit studies etc which we undertake comes under one or more of these categories.  We should have an equal balance of all three in our education programme.  If a child is weak in one area we can focus in on that category.  We want our children to be enthusiastic life-long learners.  We also want them to master the skills they need - for example, maths, reading and writing.  These are essential tools, or skills, which are foundational for all other learning, and so we spend the time on these until the child is fluent and can use them with ease. I will be adding to the topics on this page, so do bookmark it and come back again! I pray you will find a "gleaning" or two to take away with you that you can put into practice. May the Lord Jesus bless you and your family today. The Topics I will be posting soon are: Homeschooling Help Homeschool Methods Spelling Narration Responsibility and Relationship Favourite Books Zachary (6) with History Fair project about John Deere