Educating your own children can feel overwhelming with the many options available and all the information on homeschool planning and educational approaches. The learning styles and personality of everyone in the family are factors in how well one approaches work compared to another. Sometimes, you know what direction you want to take, and sometimes you don't know until you try.
Do not try to force yourself or your kids to fit perfectly into one certain type of curriculum or learning method. You don't need to be able to label what you are doing. You will find the groove and rhythm that fits for your family, and it might be a mix of many different things. As you grow in confidence and your children grow in age, you will also want to adjust your approach to education to best fit the family dynamics.
In the homeschool community, you hear lots of phrases like Charlotte Mason homeschool, classical homeschool, eclectic homeschool, etc., and you may not know what the difference is between them. These articles and resources will explain these to you as well as talk about some different homeschool planning strategies you can use!
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Working and Homeschooling With Little Kids
My kindergartener and I have been learning about supercentenarians as you can see from his barrage of questions above. Our homeschool at his age consists of reading books, drawing, talking (He is quite a chatterbox!) and watching a lot of videos. It is all very informal–we do not really follow a set curriculum.
Approaches to Teaching: Loop Your Homeschool Subjects
Loop schooling, loop schedule, and loop subjects are beginning to be hot topic words within homeschool circles. If you don’t know someone using this type of planning, you likely will come across someone soon. Loop schooling is becoming popular, largely because it allows homeschoolers to cover a wider range of topics without stressing about set schedules. For example, if you often get distracted with doing fun family things on Friday’s, anything scheduled for Friday’s is often missed. Loop schooling is one of the approaches to teaching used to avoid the continuous skipping of the same subject matter. There are many different ways to loop your education, and you will need to find what works for your family but here are a few ideas. What is Loop Schooling?
Homeschooling Planning - Discover Your Family's Style
Successful homeschool planning first starts with the parent. Consider the type of homeschool approach you will take, the time you have to spend on teaching, and the resources you know you want to use. Deciding on these ideas will help you choose the right plan for your homeschool.
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