Let’s begin with Charlotte Mason: It is much to be wished that thoughtful mothers would more often keep account of the methods they employ with their children, with some definite note of the success of this or of that plan. Do you keep account of your methods? Sometimes I do. Sometimes I plan - although not very often. Sometimes I plan from behind (thank you, Julie Bogart). I plan from behind when I get that awful feeling that I’m a terrible homeschooler, and that my children aren’t learning anything, and that I’m ruining their lives. Planning from behind for a couple of days always sets me straight. So then I stop again. I don’t really want or need a record of everything they do every day from the ages of 5 to 18.
I homeschooled in the 90’s and early 2000’s. It was the wild west back then. My millennial is an Aerospace Engineer now. Homeschooled elementary school to college. It’s good to see not much has changed, which is great IMHO!
This is so lovely. I was a home schooler from my last day of Montessori kindergarten to the first day of college, and I'm always interested in seeing how parents are doing it now.
I homeschooled my five kids who are now adults and now create documents to help get kids writing. If you guys are interested, I have created two books; one for boys and one for girls; of templates that encourage letter writing for kids. They can be purchased on my blog here: https://werockthepen.substack.com/p/encouraging-kids-to-write
Delighted to read this and I am sure your blog will give many home-schooling parents a much needed boost of confidence - as well as some helpful ideas!
Interesting project. It’s an area where I suspect, because there isn’t much publicly available data, a lot of people end up unnecessarily reinventing the wheel. (Sometimes triangular ones.) Very useful, and generous of you, to share your findings. Good luck!
I homeschooled in the 90’s and early 2000’s. It was the wild west back then. My millennial is an Aerospace Engineer now. Homeschooled elementary school to college. It’s good to see not much has changed, which is great IMHO!
This is so lovely. I was a home schooler from my last day of Montessori kindergarten to the first day of college, and I'm always interested in seeing how parents are doing it now.
I homeschooled my five kids who are now adults and now create documents to help get kids writing. If you guys are interested, I have created two books; one for boys and one for girls; of templates that encourage letter writing for kids. They can be purchased on my blog here: https://werockthepen.substack.com/p/encouraging-kids-to-write
Delighted to read this and I am sure your blog will give many home-schooling parents a much needed boost of confidence - as well as some helpful ideas!
Interesting project. It’s an area where I suspect, because there isn’t much publicly available data, a lot of people end up unnecessarily reinventing the wheel. (Sometimes triangular ones.) Very useful, and generous of you, to share your findings. Good luck!