I can't believe it's been a week I almost missed the challenge! Since I just posted an article to the community, let me just put some of my points here at the comments:
Do you believe the way in which your child is being educated is preparing them for the future?
This is the very reason we educate our children - to prepare them for the future. Most of our approach is geared towards practical life applications like chores, character development, academics, skills (sports, arts, music, etc). Homeschool lets them find more about their interests and hone them hopefully to their advantage in the future.
What traditional frameworks in education are holding it back?
I'd say a lot of paper tests could be redirected as practical tests; how well are they going to execute things they learn and how they will be able to use these learnings in the real world. Personally speaking, there are a lot of things that we studied at school that I never really practiced at work.
Is the way in which you homeschool the same as you thought it would be when you first started?
We homeschooled to get more freedom especially in terms of schedule. We wanted to explore more and really "freestyle" our learning method. I knew it would not be easy to put our children's education in our hands, but being intentional at and make it an "extension" of our parenting I'd say we are are geared towards where we want to be.
What is your favourite teaching/learning moment?
At first, I doubted if I could really be the main educator of our children. Can I really teach them to read, write, do arithmetic and solve problems? To see my two smaller children's progress, especially that they never really experienced "formal" schooling, makes me feel so proud!
How do we learn?
We learn my experience, by putting our hands to work and engaging the children to encourage the learning. We let them ask questions and we find the answers together. We adapt and adjust to the methods that work well with each individual learner in our little homeschool.
Hello, HomeEdders fam!
I can't believe it's been a week I almost missed the challenge! Since I just posted an article to the community, let me just put some of my points here at the comments:
This is the very reason we educate our children - to prepare them for the future. Most of our approach is geared towards practical life applications like chores, character development, academics, skills (sports, arts, music, etc). Homeschool lets them find more about their interests and hone them hopefully to their advantage in the future.
I'd say a lot of paper tests could be redirected as practical tests; how well are they going to execute things they learn and how they will be able to use these learnings in the real world. Personally speaking, there are a lot of things that we studied at school that I never really practiced at work.
We homeschooled to get more freedom especially in terms of schedule. We wanted to explore more and really "freestyle" our learning method. I knew it would not be easy to put our children's education in our hands, but being intentional at and make it an "extension" of our parenting I'd say we are are geared towards where we want to be.
At first, I doubted if I could really be the main educator of our children. Can I really teach them to read, write, do arithmetic and solve problems? To see my two smaller children's progress, especially that they never really experienced "formal" schooling, makes me feel so proud!
We learn my experience, by putting our hands to work and engaging the children to encourage the learning. We let them ask questions and we find the answers together. We adapt and adjust to the methods that work well with each individual learner in our little homeschool.
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