Put Your Feet Up, It's Time for School
This is a fair and encouraging article on home learning, though there's still the banal argument of socialization. Do these experts really believe that socializing only takes place in a classroom of 20-30 children of the same age and neighborhoods and one or two teachers? My children have relationships with people of many ages, belief systems, backgrounds and cultures. Just last night, we met with the arts council meeting, which was made up of an adult male actor, a middle-aged married couple, an elderly couple who is very active in the historic preservation of our community, a Christian author, a health food store employee and our homeschooling family. That's pretty diverse! And if my children were in school, they'd probably miss opportunities such as these because they'd be home doing homework or involved in extra-curricular activities in the evenings. We're able to take advantage of so many diverse learning opportunities because we can explore ideas and environments whenever we wish.
I think the last line in the article sums up my whole philosophy of learning at home.
"If you know how to learn," she says, "and you know your kids, you know how to teach your kids."
Thursday, August 19, 2004
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