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fleekera

This forum exists to provide a place for parents and educators to find support, ideas, information, tips and fun!

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Molytail

Take a minute to introduce yourself. Tell us about your family. What you hope to accomplish here by being a part of the forums. How can we connect with you? Let us know where you are on Twitter, Facebook, the Homeschool Lounge, Paperback Swap, and the other social networking sites. Leave us your blog URL so we can visit you.

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Bonnie

Please let us know what co-ops and homeschool groups there are in your area. Be sure to put the city and state in the topic line.

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Moderator: hsmommaof4

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hsmommaof4

This is a place for you to share you ideas for our elementary age children.

Moderator: angelamills

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Jimmie

This is a place to share ideas and thoughts as it pertains to our middle school aged children.

Moderator: fleekera

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Rhonda@LivingWater

This is a place to share ideas and thoughts as it pertains to our high school age children

Moderator: danaa

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fleekera

This is a place to share thoughts and ideas concerning our college age children.

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juliephine

Mason's philosophy of education is probably best summarized by these statements: "Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life" and "Education is the science of relations." She believed that children were born persons and should be respected as such; they should also be taught the Way of the Will and the Way of Reason. Her motto for students was "I am, I can, I ought, I will."

She believed in using living books to teach children a love of learning.

Moderator: Jimmie

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Jimmie

According to the Bluedorn's: We choose to limit our meaning of "classical" to include only what is of good form and lasting value (= classical), and which conforms to a Biblical standard within a Biblical worldview (= Christian). We must carefully sift everything which is classical in the humanist sense through the critical screen of the Scriptures, and we must give whatever passes that screening a new meaning within the Biblical worldview. So, by "classical," we do not mean all culture and literature of ancient times, or of medieval times, or of renaissance times, or even of colonial American times. We do not want to revive some previous period of supposed glory. We are not bound to the classical humanist literature or tradition. We focus instead upon what – out of all of these cultures and times – is redeemable for Christ. We want to sort through the rubble and redeem only what we can bring into conformity to Christian order and under the rule of God’s law.

Moderator: amysue

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jayne

Co-Schooling is a new movement of full education that inspires parents to not only become involved but take full charge of their children's education even though they attend a brick and mortar school. The parent stays in contact with the child's teacher daily and supplements all learning with additional teaching at home. Bible studies and character molding are done in the comfort of the home and practiced in the classroom.

Moderator: ipop31

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Molytail

Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy and andragogy, technology, and instructional systems design that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site". Rather than attending courses in person, teachers and students may communicate at times of their own choosing by exchanging printed or electronic media, or through technology that allows them to communicate in real time and through other online ways.

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jayne

An Eclectic Homeschooler is one who looks at the different approaches and methods of homeschooling and takes from each forming his own unique philosophy.

Moderator: hsmommaof4

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HomeschoolNewbie

The Heart of Wisdom teaching approach is a combination of several teaching methods organized around a two-sided curriculum base: God's Word and God's World. This method is specifically designed for multilevel teaching. This approach includes a four-year suggested course of study designed to be repeated every four years through three cycles.

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jayne

The Montessori method is a child-centered alternative educational method for children, based on theories of child development originated by Italian educator Maria Montessori (1870-1952) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is applied primarily in preschool and elementary school settings although some Montessori high schools exist.

The Montessori method is characterized by an emphasis on self-directed activity on the part of the child and clinical observation on the part of the teacher. It stresses the importance of adapting the child's learning environment to his or her developmental level, and of the role of physical activity in absorbing abstract concepts and practical skills.

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rostitchery

Principle Approach Education is characterized by the supremacy of the Bible and its teaching methodology in all instruction.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:51 am

fleekera

The Traditional Homeschooling Method is also known as school-at-home, structured homeschooling, scope and sequence schooling, or school-in-a-box. It is the method which most closely follows a traditional school model, and strives to mirror that type of classroom setting in the home.

Moderator: hsmommaof4

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Molytail

The unit study approach in homeschooling is a method for those who want their curriculum to be teachable to children on different learning levels and with different styles.

Moderator: Bonnie

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Bonnie

Unschoolers believe that the use of standard curricula and conventional grading methods, as well as other features of traditional schooling, are counterproductive to the goal of maximizing the education of each child. Instead, unschoolers typically allow children to learn through their natural life experiences, including game play, household responsibilities, and social interaction.

Moderator: TheJoyfulMom

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TheJoyfulMom

Learning is interdisciplinary, integrates practical, artistic, and conceptual elements, and is coordinated with "natural rhythms of everyday life". The Waldorf approach emphasizes the role of the imagination in learning developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component.

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fleekera

Auditory learning is a learning style in which a person learns most effectively by listening to information delivered orally, in lectures, speeches, and oral sessions.

Moderator: Rhonda@LivingWater

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Rhonda@LivingWater

Blended Learning is the process of incorporating many different learning styles that can be accomplished through the use of 'blended' virtual and physical resources. Learning styles refer to the many ways in which people learn, through blended learning this can be accomplished by creating a variety of learning assignments and activities with the use of technology and instructor and peer interaction.

Moderator: hsmommaof4

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Jimmie

Kinesthetic learning is a teaching and learning style in which learning takes place by the student actually carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or merely watching a demonstration.

Moderator: hsmommaof4

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tigerlily

Special needs education is the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help learners with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self-sufficiency and success.

Moderator: gfcfmomofmany

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Amy

Visual learning is a teaching and [learning style] in which ideas, concepts, data and other information are associated with images and techniques.

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Spelling, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary, Composition,Literature

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hsmommaof4

Trying to conceive; fertility

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Conception to birth.

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fleekera

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Bonnie

four through twelve years of age.

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Do you work at home? Come start a coversation with other WAHM or others interested.

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3000melanies

Do you have an Illness or Disability that affect day to day activities including homeschooling your children? Come share , give advice and comfort others that may be experience similar problems and praises.

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