Articles on Getting Started
Getting Started in Homeschooling | |
| The opportunity to customize the homeschool around our family's interests and philosophy is something many of us have come to value above all else. Nevertheless, people often want to know in the beginning how homeschooling is supposed to be done. "And where do we get the books?" is a frequent question. The good news is the same as the bad news: there is no one way, and there is no one set of materials. Read More...
Paths are Made By Walking by Nancy Friedland “The way we learn is never as clear as a neat, guided walk through a California nature preserve. In fact, the idea of a path, getting from one place to another, is probably an illusion. Mostly there is a process of unfolding. At the end a spiritual person turns around and sees the design of her life and calls it a path. There isn't any clear passage.” What Natalie Goldberg says about the life of a writer is true of parenting and homeschooling as well. When we begin to homeschool–or even when the more experienced homeschoolers encounter new territory (changing needs, new interests, teen-hood) –we often want some direction, benchmarks, sign posts, anything that will help us feel not so lost or alone. Read more...
It's Your Path |
