A homeschooling how-to is almost impossible to write. There are as many ways to homeschool as there are homeschooling families, because different families have different needs and goals, and different parents have different beliefs about education. Some parents believe children should follow the same curriculum as their peers in the local school. Others say, teach [...]
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In the United States, homeschooling is becoming more and more popular with every passing year. As its popularity grows, so does the list of questions about it: How do you get started? When do you start (time of year and age of children)? What do you use for curriculum? What are the various methods? What [...]
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As The Crunchy Coach, I lean toward the principles of natural parenting. As a natural parent who used to teach, I was appalled by an article my husband recently came across online. Here it is, in full: $500 Million Obama Administration Program Will Help Kids ‘Sit Still’ in Kindergarten Wednesday, May 25, 2011 By James [...]
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Why homeschooling? If you research the topic for five minutes, you will find many reasons to homeschool. However, you may not have heard of perhaps the seven most compelling reasons of all. They come from John Taylor Gatto’s book Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling. Actually, Gatto – who, back in the [...]
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Homeschooling a preschooler – even if you’re doing it the “life learning” way – definitely has its challenges. Especially when the child in question is an Only, and is constantly demanding attention from Mommy and Daddy. Here are five preschool activity suggestions that can help you fill those long days when you strive for that [...]
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That I would homeschool my son was a no-brainer decision for me, a former school teacher who grew early on in my career to despise the tragic limitations educational institutions place upon our children’s minds and gifts. That I would let Benjamin mostly lead the way in his learning (mixing the Charlotte Mason and unschooling [...]
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