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Why Education Must Remain Free
We are free to educate our children as we choose in nearly all U.S. states. (That is not necessarily the case in all countries.) Yet, this topic is becoming a raging debate with some becoming more supportive of educational freedom, and others favoring increasing government regulation and intrusion, even on homeschoolers. In this post, we…
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Values in Education
In last week’s post, we discussed the right and left brain hemispheres and how understanding them can help us educate our children for best results. Briefly put, the left brain quantifies, weighs, measures, defines, and calculates. It perceives the quanta, whereas the right brain apprehends qualia. The former sees a $50 bill on the table,…
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Right and Left Brains in Education
In this post, we discuss the right and left brains in education and how this understanding can inform how we educate our children. We will also draw connections to Artificial Intelligence (AI) which has ramifications for how we raise and educate our young. Neuroscientific researcher Iain McGilchrist explains the right and left hemispheres differ in…
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How to Help Your Child Succeed in Math: 5 Practical Tips
In this post, we talk about how to help your child succeed in math with five practical tips. Many parents lament teaching math to their child because, let’s face it, it’s hard. Math is where you either get it or you don’t. It’s not like history, geography, or language arts, where there’s more nuance and…
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5 Tips to Set Your Child Up for Success
You want to set your child up for success. You strive to do all the right things. Inevitably, you find yourself falling short and seeking others’ input. Maybe that’s why you’re here. Or, perhaps you feel a sense of accomplishment in child rearing and are curious to hear new ideas. Either way, there are principles…
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How to Bring “Waldorf” Into Homeschooling
In today’s post, we’re gonna be talking about how to bring Waldorf into homeschooling. Let’s start by saying true Waldorf arises out of a tradition called Anthroposophy. This term means “the wisdom of the human being.” It combines Greek “anthropos,” meaning “human,” with “sofia,” meaning “wisdom.” In other words, true Waldorf Education arises out of…
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The Essential Homeschool Curriculum
I often hear parents asking, “What is the essential homeschool curriculum to give my child?” Homeschoolers question the traditional curriculum and busywork of a mainstream school – public, private, and even Waldorf – and ask, what is really necessary here? It’s a fair question. After all, when I was a middle schooler playing drum set and…
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How to Homeschool Middle Schoolers
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Can you homeschool middle schoolers? Yes, but not without understanding adolescent needs and how to meet them. That will be the topic of this post. Ah, adolescent rebellion, that unavoidable thorn of parenting. Even the sweetest, most wonderfully raised children can give us a run for our money once puberty hits, hormones rage, and developmental…
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Preparing for Michaelmas
Michaelmas approaches – September 29. This is arguably the most important festival in the Waldorf school year as it symbolizes the important human quality of courage. In this post we will discuss the symbolism and importance of this holiday as well as how we go about preparing for Michaelmas. First, let’s consider what’s happening in…
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Holistic Education: The Human Embedded in the 4 Kingdoms of Nature
Last week, we introduced the concept of a regenerative education for children and youth. In this post, we are going to elaborate some details about that. A regenerative education is by nature a holistic education since regeneration comes from a recognition of the wholeness we are striving to regenerate. Such an approach cannot be more…
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