Posts Tagged ‘educator’

Universities Seeking out Homeschoolers

“Home-Schooled Students Rise in Supply and Demand” By PAULA WASLEY,  The Chronicle of Higher Education For Katelin E. Dutill, high school began as soon as she woke up each day. During her senior year she would tackle her hardest courses first, while her 20-month-old sister was still asleep. That often meant taking a math or chemistry [...]

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Natural Learning Benefit #5: Mother Nature’s in Charge!

One of the benefits of natural learning is the abundance of time available for children to explore and enjoy the great outdoors, rather than spending their time confined inside a cinder-clock building. When our area was hit with a snow storm last week, my children were called to recess not by the clanging of a [...]

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History or Social Studies?

Did you know that most schools teach Social Studies, instead of history? Here’s why: “A common assumption found in history curricula seems to be that children can’t comprehend (or be interested in) people and events distant from their own experience. So first-grade history class is renamed Social Studies and begins with what the child knows: [...]

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Benefit of Natural Learning #1

Natural learning has its benefits–and lack of boredom is one of the best! It is a direct result of allowing children to explore their own creativity, unhampered by the clanging of a school bell (that would force them to stop working) or the pressure of peers (who might mock some of their more out-of-the-box ideas). [...]

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