2011 October

7 Ways to Identify Real Learning

One thing that keeps homeschool moms from breaking out of the traditional system of doing things is a lack of confidence that their children will actually learn something. We hope that the promises offered by a traditional structure provided from the outside – whether from the books, the schedule or state requirements – will produce the desired result. It takes considerable faith to believe that doing the same thing that has repeatedly failed to produce results will somehow end in a more fruitful result this time.

Look around you. Watch what your children are doing. Learn along side them. Journal and keep track of what you see. Is real learning taking place? Here are a few identifying characteristics to look for.

Searching for the Right Homeschooling Approach

When we research the various approaches to learning, it is easy to become overwhelmed with all of the options. Each method has its strengths and weaknesses, points of confusion, advocates and detractors. So how do you decide between them? You don’t have to!

Review: What Your Child Needs to Know When

When you are pulling together an individualized education for each child, you need an organizing framework, a method of evaluating where your child is, and a resource to help you develop guidelines to meet his needs. What Your Child Needs to Know When by Robin Sampson, author of the Heart of Wisdom unit studies, is a tool for accomplishing just that.

The Crown of Success – Free eBook

Dame Desley is going away on a long journey and must leave her four children, Dick, Lubin, Matty, and Nelly, in the care of a queer old gentleman named Mr. Learning. Mr. Learning will provide each with a cottage called Head and a purse full of silver and copper coins called Hours and Minutes, but how the cottages will be furnished is up to the children. Whichever of the children has done the best job equipping his or her Head by the time Dame Desley returns will be presented with the Crown of Success.