Home Education Thoughts & Reactions

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A quick summary of theory and practice. https://medium.com/common-sense-world/beyond-obedience-a-critical-analysis-of-contemporary-educational-models-in-light-of-john-deweys-0d6eb1227fd5...

Almost 200 years ago Froebel coined the term “kindergarten” to which play and self-activity were fundamental. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qC91n3Yl80w...

The approach that's worked the best for has been to teach the letter name, sound, and writing at the same time. Tracing letters worksheet style approach has not worked well, it's frustrating because i...

I started researching/looking into homeschooling when the oldest was 3 and now three years later, I'm glad I did! I've had time to review curriculums, look into co-op options, learn about different st...

So there is the theory and then there is the practice. You can take an idea, or a mix of ideas, to market yourself and then there is the practice, adopting others’ ideas and subsequent effects. Is it...

So before “unschooling” became trendy and highly marketable, there was a push for school reform, Ivan Illich (a friend of Holt) published his book “Deschooling Society”. https://infed.org/mobi/ivan-il...

So I did this with Waldorf schooling, looking into the origin of Steiner’s philosophy, his influences and the ideas he used to build a school that was commissioned. Now I’m interested in now “unschool...