If you are new to homeschooling and know that you need something other than a home version of school or maybe you’ve been doing a structure school at home and find it isn’t working, Charlotte Mason is where you should start looking. Continue reading
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Homeschool Curriculum
What is curriculum?
Curriculum is basically a grouping of subjects of study. We tend to think about curriculum by organization or subject. For example, any public high school curriculum in Texas is required to include math and science. Math and science are just parts of the curriculum. Continue reading
Writing Instruction: Current Practices in the Classroom
The following article is from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement which is part of the Department of Education.
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Over the past forty years, the emphasis in writing instruction has shifted from product to process. A companion ERIC Digest entitled “Writing Instruction: Changing Views over the Years” gives an overview of this development during the period from 1960 to 1999. The present digest focuses on the experiences of individual teachers as they searched for ways to put the principles of process writing into practice in the classroom. Continue reading
Homeschooling Methods: Waldorf
Waldorf is an education system developed in 1919 by Rudolf Steiner in Europe. The basic premise of a Waldorf education is the rejection of materialism and embracing the spiritual aspects of humanity. The Waldorf method addresses the three aspects of humanity as defined by Steiner, physical, emotional, and thinking often referred to as the hands, heart, and head. Steiner believed that the education system spent too much time on the “thinking” at the expense of the “physical” and “emotional.” Continue reading
Thinking about homeschooling Algebra?
Before you begin homeschooling Algebra, you’ll want to know about two critical, foundational skills your child should master first. I’ll review these skills next, but first I’d like to offer you a word of encouragement, parent to parent. Continue reading
Teaching Science in the Field
How frequently do students study the natural world “outside?” Teaching science in the field provides unique opportunities to investigate the natural world of students’ everyday lives. As in the classroom, lessons designed to foster “meaningful learning,” provide “hands-on activities” and promote student “inquiry” can be effectively implemented in the world’s largest laboratories, the natural and built environments of the outdoors. Continue reading
Teaching about Japanese-American Internment
The following article is from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement which is part of the Department of Education.
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When the United States entered World War II following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese immigrants and their descendants, including those born in the United States and therefore citizens by birth, were placed in a very awkward situation. The immigrants were resident aliens in the United States, a country at war with their country of birth. Continue reading
Teaching about Due Process of Law
The following article is from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement which is part of the Department of Education.
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Fundamental constitutional and legal principles are central to effective and powerful instruction in the K-12 social studies curriculum. To become competent citizens, students need to develop a rich understanding of the principles on which their society and government rest. Few principles are as important in the social studies curriculum as due process of law. Continue reading
Teaching about Africa
The following article is from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement which is part of the Department of Education.
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People from African countries who visit the United States often are stunned by how little Americans know about African cultures. Africa is a large continent more than three times the size of the continental United States, and it contains over 50 independent countries. One out of every three member states in the United Nations is an African country. One out of every ten people in the world lives on the African continent. Increasingly, the United States has trading and corporate ties to African countries. Now, more than ever, our students need a basic understanding of Africa. Continue reading
Six Questions Educators Should Ask before Choosing a Handwriting Program
Material used with permission of Zaner-Bloser, Inc., Columbus, Ohio.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication Digest #124
Educators involved with young children who are just beginning to write have a very important job. As with all emerging skills, what is learned right from the start will shape lifelong habits and abilities. Writing is a skill used to express thoughts and communicate. A fundamental part of writing is the learning and forming of letters. Continue reading
