January 13th, 2010 The most naive thought I’ve ever had in my life (I think) is that in order to teach a child all you have to do is explain the subject in a suitably simple manner, or hand the child a workbook, and he or she would absorb the info like a little sponge and diligently work [...]
December 15th, 2009 I haven’t talked a lot about our homeschooling lately. I’ve changed some things.
You know, it really IS hard to think outside the box as regards education, especially for people like me. I’m a pretty cut-and-dried person: read, learn it, take a test on it.
Sarah is more like: listen to it while wiggling, sing about it, [...]
September 19th, 2009 Sarah is in 2nd grade this year, making this our 3rd year of “formal” homeschooling. We use Rod and Staff for our basic curriculum: English, Reading, Phonics, Math, Art and Penmanship. Then I use different materials for History and Science. We try to cover the basics, but we also try to be [...]
