Category: Articles
Homeschooling Isn't About Education
I didn’t write this article, but it’s too good not to share. It was written by Chris...
Read MoreQualities of an Educated Person
Yesterday I posted the 12 Things You Might Not Have Learned in a Classroom by John Taylor Gatto. I...
Read MoreSurviving a Book Fair
Book fairs, homeschool curriculum displays can make one’s heart beat faster and palms get sweaty. We all want to make the most of our time at a book fair. Here are my tips for getting the best out of my time at a curriculum fair.
Read MoreTeaching Reading: the HomeGrownKids Way
A few days ago I posted about realising and accepting that unschooling is my default mode of...
Read MoreConformed or transformed? (P1)
I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living...
Read MoreGetting the direction – as co-pilot
A Gospel-driven, Cross-centric, Discipleship approach simply means that we’re teaching each child what he needs to know, with a view to his/her God given strengths, weaknesses, interest, passions, and talents… their natural bents. An individual’s strengths and weaknesses and interests are part of their God given make up! By identifying and encouraging their natural bents we will be launching them toward their purpose.
Read MoreWalking By Grace
Some of my readers may remember my where I talked about having a child who is trying to run away...
Read MoreDeveloping the Vision
God doesn’t want us to strive for cookie-cutter children, rather He would have us prepare our children for an individual, definable life purpose. We try to recognise and identify each children’s natural (God-given) strengths, weaknesses, abilities, talents, interests and passions. From there, we can lean on God for direction in devising a flexible plan for developing our children as whole individuals with a purpose, for His service.
Read MoreConformed or transformed? (P3)
Conformed or Transformed~ Part 1-3 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 “Transformation” is different in that it...
Read More12 Things You Might Not Have Learned in a Classroom
Many years ago I read something else that John Taylor Gatto wrote… I printed it out and...
Read MoreSomething missing…
I was revising my educational philosophy, my dreams, goals and ideals for the children. But deep in my heart I knew that something was missing. Oh, we did Bible study and had memory verses and all those ‘right’ things, yet something was missing. I knew that I was doing what God wanted- after all, I was doing this for Him, for His glory! Right?
Read MoreCharlotte Mason 1
There are now countless websites and blogs devoted to the teaching and philosophy of Charlotte...
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