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When a family is new to homeschooling, they have many questions, and when they get the answer to one question, they are often met with ten more to replace the one they answered. It doesn’t matter if you are starting your homeschool journey with a preschooler or a teenager that just can’t “do school” anymore, there are always questions, and periods of “oh my goodness, what are we going to do?”
Here are some answers to those often-asked questions.
Where do I start?
Have you ever wondered why people choose to homeschool rather than sending their children to public school, which is the norm, or often-costly private schools? Most families that choose public schooling do so because that is how they were educated, it is the normal way for children to be educated, and hey it’s “free.”
Have you ever wondered why people choose to homeschool rather than sending their children to public school, which is the norm, or often-costly private schools? Most families that choose public schooling do so because that is how they were educated, it is the normal way for children to be educated, and hey it’s “free.”
When a family is new to homeschooling, they have many questions, and when they get the answer to one question, they are often met with ten more to replace the one they answered. It doesn’t matter if you are starting your homeschool journey with a preschooler or a teenager that just can’t “do school” anymore, there are always questions, and periods of “oh my goodness, what are we going to do?”
Here are some answers to those often-asked questions.
Where do I start?
Have you ever wondered why people choose to homeschool rather than sending their children to public school, which is the norm, or often-costly private schools? Most families that choose public schooling do so because that is how they were educated, it is the normal way for children to be educated, and hey it’s “free.”
When a family is new to homeschooling, they have many questions, and when they get the answer to one question, they are often met with ten more to replace the one they answered. It doesn’t matter if you are starting your homeschool journey with a preschooler or a teenager that just can’t “do school” anymore, there are always questions, and periods of “oh my goodness, what are we going to do?”
Here are some answers to those often-asked questions.
Where do I start?
Have you ever wondered why people choose to homeschool rather than sending their children to public school, which is the norm, or often-costly private schools? Most families that choose public schooling do so because that is how they were educated, it is the normal way for children to be educated, and hey it’s “free.”
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“Defined as an in-depth study of a topic (space, trees, cars, etc.) that takes into account many areas of the topic, such as geography, science, history, art, etc. It is a complete immersion into the topic so that the student will see things as a "whole" instead of bits and pieces learned throughout their education.” (Bennett)
The Montessori method is defined as “an educational method for children, based on theories of child development originated by Italian educator Maria Montessori in the late 19th and 20th century”(Free Dictionary)
Who was Dr. Maria Montessori?
Dr. Montessori was the first woman awarded with a medical doctorate in Italy. She worked in asylums with children whose parents could not handle them because they were not “normal”, and while observing them and working with them developed her teach method.
According to Simply Charlotte, the Charlotte Mason method is “A method of education popular with homeschoolers in which children are taught as whole persons through a wide range of interesting living books, firsthand experiences, and good habits.”
Who was Charlotte Mason?
“Defined as an in-depth study of a topic (space, trees, cars, etc.) that takes into account many areas of the topic, such as geography, science, history, art, etc. It is a complete immersion into the topic so that the student will see things as a "whole" instead of bits and pieces learned throughout their education.” (Bennett)
The Montessori method is defined as “an educational method for children, based on theories of child development originated by Italian educator Maria Montessori in the late 19th and 20th century”(Free Dictionary)
Who was Dr. Maria Montessori?
Dr. Montessori was the first woman awarded with a medical doctorate in Italy. She worked in asylums with children whose parents could not handle them because they were not “normal”, and while observing them and working with them developed her teach method.
According to Simply Charlotte, the Charlotte Mason method is “A method of education popular with homeschoolers in which children are taught as whole persons through a wide range of interesting living books, firsthand experiences, and good habits.”
Who was Charlotte Mason?
Unschooling became popular in the 1970’s and John Holt’s belief in growing without schooling. Unschooling may be the hardest homeschooling method to define. Why is this? If you ask fifty different unschoolers what unschooling is, they will give fifty different answers. How can this be? Everyone has his or her own version of unschooling. There is no set curricula, no set “follow this format”, no set rules for this approach. The only rule is there are no rules. It is very important to remember that unschooling does not mean you don’t have to be a parent.
Eclectic- selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles. (Merriam-Webster)
Eclectic homeschooling is a sort of mixed methods approach to homeschooling. Eclectic homeschoolers use different methods in different subjects, whichever works for their purposes. These homeschoolers may use Montessori for math, Charlotte Mason for language arts, and Classical for history and so forth. Many unschool for most subjects but use an actual text for math or another subject.
The Waldorf method was founded by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) based on Anthroposophy. According to Steiner, Anthroposophy is "a path of knowledge which leads the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe.” While Anthroposophy is not a religion, there is also no specific “body of teaching.”(Waldorf Family Network).
Classical Education has been used since Ancient Grecian times, possibly starting with Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. The Ancient Grecian philosophers knew that there had to be one unifying idea that made sense of everything in this world. They called this idea the logos. “This quest for a unifying principle of life and being is at the heart of classical thought and classical education. Because of it, classical education is logocentric.”(Circle Institute)
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