Teaching Life Skills: Making Learning and Lifeschooling Count When it comes to teaching life skills, most of us were failed by the system. Ok, let’s do a short quiz today… First question: how much math do you remember from school? Oh, that’s right, you only remember addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Why do you remember…
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We love to travel. We love it so much that we sold our house, got rid of over half of our things, and moved our family into an RV so we can travel the country. Our favorite way to learn is through roadschooling and those real-life opportunities for learning lessons on the road. Roadschooling Our…
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Many of you might be starting to warm up to the idea of Lifeschooling. But even though it sounds amazing, you may still be skeptical about lifeschooling a high school student. How can high school students possibly spend their time pursuing their talents and interests whilst still being able to go to college or university at…
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A few weeks ago, my family (consisting of two parents and three children under 8) went to the Oregon Coast for a long weekend. As a homeschool family, we couldn’t pass up the chance to turn a vacation into a learning opportunity. It’s really amazing how much you can pack into just a few days…
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Lifeschooling is All About the Child (Learning Struggles) Our Lifeschooling journey started at the beginning of my third year in my dream job as I dealt with the learning struggles of one particular student. I loved being a teacher… Helping kids succeed, discovering their passions, and the best part was seeing their faces when they…
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One size fits all boxed curriculum never worked for my family. Oh, we still bought it. We sliced through the pretty packaging and struggled through the first quarter of a school year. I always found myself cutting and pasting pieces to where they worked for each individual. Soon, my once stellar study plan, looked like…
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Music and Creative Writing in Our Lifeschool I love the term lifeschool. I love it because as an educator of over two decades, and as a homeschooling mom, I know that child-led learning and “learning from life” is the best way for children to learn. It’s also the best way for us to teach! Imagine…
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There have been many benefits that have come from the way that we’ve chosen to homeschool. I could talk about the relationships we have as a family, the great moments that we’ve spent learning together, and the opportunities for fun and learning that my kids have had that they would have missed out on had…
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What do Longbowmen have to do with Homeschooling? I’ve heard it said that it takes four generations to create a longbowman. The explanation was that because it takes so much skill and physical ability to become a truly great longbowman, you spend years learning from your father, your grandfather, and your great grandfather before you…
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Biblical goals for successful lifestyle homeschooling, should be the foundation on which we build our homes and our daily schedules. Homeschooling itself is NOT enough. We have to remember the reason we are teaching our children at home, keeping in mind that it is a lifestyle of discipling our children and preparing them for the…
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