“My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.” GivingChildrenLastsAbilitySkillsAdultsAimMy ChildrenLearnersHomeschooling Author:Nancy Pearcey
“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better , if less "showily." Let him come and go freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself... Teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experiences.” IfsThinkingMindKindChildrenIdeasRealSeemsLeftTeachingSpecialTaughtBuiltIndependentImpressionIdiotSuspectsAssociationArtificialComes And GoesReal ThingsEducation SystemSchooledEpistemologyHomeschoolingUnschoolingPedagogySupposition Author:Anne Sullivan Macy
“The status quo was rote memorization and recitation in classrooms thronged with passive children who were sternly disciplined when they expressed individual needs.” NeedsChildrenIndividualClassroomPassiveStatus QuoHomeschoolingRecitationMemorization Book:Family matters: why homeschooling makes sense Source: Family matters: why homeschooling makes sense