Teaching at Home
Today is July 1st, and the new school year begins today. It runs from July 1-June 30.
I am still not sure of everything we will be doing for school this year, and haven’t heard from my teens what they want to study.
When they get older I let them decide what they are interested in, and pursue that particular thing along with the required subjects. http://www.momisteaching.com , a blog written by Summer Minor, deals with homeschooling issues and encouragement. If you are homeschooling or are interested in homeschooling, it would be great to read. Summer offers many links and ideas.
My oldest homeschooled son, Shawn, is teaching himself web design, html, and photo shop.
He has set up 2 websites so far, and is the one I turn to for help with anything computer related. Shawn will be graduating next year.
My next oldest, Rachel, is in 8th grade this year. She is trying to decide what she would like to learn about. So far she wants to learn to cook- which will help me because I will assign her to make dinner once a week if that is part of her lessons….yippee!!!
The elementary boys, all 3 of them, will be doing American History with an emphasis on Patriotic Songs and their origins.
Proverbs 22:6 (Amplified)
“Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
This tells me that if we train them in what their talents and gifts are, then they will be able to use those things all of their lives.
That is why I let my children help decide what they will learn about.
Now I need to go clean off my shelves and set them up in my office. Maybe that will inspire me for planning the rest of the school year.
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