I talk about the importance of teaching to a child’s learning style all the time. That it is one of the greatest advantages to homeschooling; that it makes all of the difference when a child is struggling with a specific concept; that the inability to do so is one of the reasons why our public schools are failing so miserably.
The Power of Dictation
I had a conversation with a homeschooling friend this week whose sixth grade daughter is struggling with writing. “She is so unfocused when it comes to writing elements of our homeschooling that we end up stretching out our day into the evening or weekend just to get it done.”
Even Homeschool Circles are debating the issue of the president’s address to school students.
It is sad and distressing when we as a country have to be concerned about just what our president might say to our children if we gave him permission to address them through our schools.
A reader recently asked me how to handle acting as both mother and teacher. How do you wear both hats? How do you switch back and forth between both roles?
My answer: you don’t.
Homeschoolers, please be aware that our freedoms are at risk. I know there are those who disagree with me; in fact, many get very frustrated with me when I speak this way. But here is another case where a homeschooling mother lost her RIGHT to homeschool because a judge decided that the child’s “religious beliefs are a bit too sincerely held and must be sifted, tested by, and mixed among other worldviews . . .”
I am often frustrated by the question, “But are you a certified teacher?” I happen to be one, but I don’t believe it has any impact on my ability to teach my own kids. Do I use any of what I learned while I worked towards certification? Perhaps. But more likely I use techniques and ideas I developed or improved upon while I was in the classroom.
Math is one of those subjects that seems to get a lot of attention. In my experience, parents are concerned for one of three reasons:
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I heard a great quote the other day that cannot go unrecognized:
“Don’t lay down in the cemetary until you have to”
This was a passing comment made jokingly by my brother when his son’s game of catch went a little too close to the cemetary border (he had tripped and fallen as he reached for the ball).
Our Homeschool Road Trip was a mix of fun, learning, and the beauty of God’s creation. Many of my readers have asked how we filled the drive time. Well, for some of the time, we worked on specific subjects but for most of the time we found ways to take the basics and turn them into a game. This not only helped to pass the time, but brought out the creativity in all of us.
