We homeschool our kids, but we actually prefer to call it unschooling. “Unschoolers believe that the natural curiosity of a healthy child, given access to a rich environment, will lead the child to learn what he or she needs to know. When learning comes about as a result of the child’s desires, it is absorbed easily, enthusiastically,…
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Tips for A Successful Latin Homeschool Experience
Over the years, I’ve worked with many different students to as they were learning (or trying to survive learning!) Latin. Before you set out on a homeschool Latin program, or even if you have one underway, consider these two most important elements for successful learning: Be clear about your goals. Make sure they are realistic for…
Raising Readers
[This is a guest post from Alison Kerr.] Reading. It’s the thing that almost everyone recognizes as critical for educational success, but it’s also part mystery. When it comes to raising a kid who is a good reader, or raising reading scores in a school system, we’re left wondering whether anyone has the answers.
Teach What You Know
Homeschool is always in. When we first started homeschooling our oldest daughter, we thought that we needed to have a full curriculum and study guides and other ‘teaching’ materials before we could really teach her at home. We borrowed a homeschool curriculum from a friend and started exploring what it meant to provide a homeschool…
Two Books for Parents of Homeschoolers on the Fourth of July
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong -James W. Loewen From Publishers Weekly: Loewen’s politically correct critique of 12 American history textbooks—including The American Pageant by Thomas A. Bailey and David M. Kennedy; and Triumph of the American Nation by Paul Lewis Todd and Merle Curti—is sure to please liberals…
