Lessons in Faith and Education from St. Antoine Daniel
We never know how God may use our feeble efforts. St. Antoine Daniel offers a model of how to teach.
Learn About Unschooling Options
Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom by Kerry McDonald is useful reading for anyone interested in learning more about self-directed education.
Homeschooling for Families who can’t Homeschool
Over 20 years ago, Kenneth Danford started North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens, currently located in Sutherland, Massachusetts. Even before I began my homeschooling journey, I would see the tagline on bumper stickers: “Learning is Natural; School is Optional.” That tagline, which is the title of Danford’s new book, made me question what I thought I knew about education. In… Read more →
Education.com Limitless Learners Contest
Win $500 for college plus $1000 for a school or library. When you love learning, there’s no limit to what you can achieve! Apply to the Limitless Learners Contest to win money for college, plus a donation for your elementary school or local library. Applicants for the Limitless Learners Contest must: Be students in kindergarten to 5th grade as of… Read more →
8 Lessons From Finland for Homeschoolers
Finland consistently scores high on the Programme for International Student Assessment, “a set of tests for evaluating critical-thinking skills in math, science, and reading,” despite having short school days and light homework loads. Timothy D. Walker, an American teacher who moved to Finland, set out to find out the secrets behind the success of Finland’s schools. He records his observations… Read more →
The Gift of Sight: Cultivating Our Children’s Gifts
Recently I was reading a book on the intersection of faith and science. It is no doubt a wonderful book, but the simple truth is that I had a hard time understanding it. Science has never been my strongest subject and I got bogged down in the explanations. What the book did do for me for was get me thinking… Read more →
