Session 1:
Chapter 1 Homeschool Foundations: Legal, Personal and Philosophical
Chapter 2 Thinking Skills: From Facts to Discernment
- Identify key legal and personal requirements to be effective home educators
- Review the variety of educational philosophies prevalent in America and their effects on home education
- Practice developing effective questioning strategies
- Spiritual Applications: Parents as stewards of their children and Biblical thinking (Intelligence v. Wisdom)
Session 2:
Chapter 3 Learning Theory: Keys to Understanding
- Overview three learning style theories and their applications
- Practice developing educational activities that apply learning styles techniques
- Analyze other environmental and physical factors which impact learning
- Review the basic components of reading
- Examine the nature of testing and assessment
- Spiritual Applications: Knowing your child’s uniqueness; dangers of comparing
Session 3:
Chapter 4 Nurturing Creativity: The Other Half of Learning
- Examine the nature of creativity and how to nurture it within the home
- Apply creativity principles in writing and drawing exercises
- Spiritual Application: Creativity & God’s image in Man
Session 4:
Chapter 5 Child Development and Understanding Math
- Overview the basic stages of human development and their relationship to understanding mathematical concepts
- Examine a variety of methods and resources for math instruction and money management (applied mathematics)
- Spiritual Application: Financial stewardship
Session 5:
Chapter 6 Curriculum 101: From Knowledge to Wisdom
- Determine the academic, personal, and spiritual goals with the 11 required subjects
- Practice developing unit studies
- Review junior high essentials and high school graduation requirements
- Overview multiple educational resources, suppliers, publishers, organizations, and approaches useful to homeschoolers
- Spiritual Application: Biblical curriculum & character development
Session 6:
Chapter 7 Home and Homeschool: Family Management 101
- Examine the goal of parenting: character development
- Overview issues of socialization and homeschooling
- Develop strategies for effective home management and parenting skills
- Analyze key parenting techniques and resources
- Determine the advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling
- Spiritual Application: Parents’ model walking with Christ, Family Mission Statements
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